D'allera Drop Point, poor man's Manix?

The D'Allara series are great heavy-duty workers. Been carrying a 1st edition D'Allara for awhile now at work, and I'm awaiting the scalloped handle upgrade to replace it.
The drop point has a broader-appeal, but the original rescue config still screams "cuts like a bandsaw" to me. Either way, you're getting way more for your Spyderbucks than usual!
 
Hesparus said:
I second what Artfully Martial said. The edge geometry on the DDP is much better than on the endura. That said, I carry the endura but largely because of the ease of carry and the fact that I think the DDP is consitered a switchblade in new mexico.
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I'd sure like someone to address this.


How could it possibly be considered a switchblade? Would that mean that any Axis lock (or other ball-bearing lock) knife would be a switchblade as well?

Upon what do you base this suspicion?


-Jeffrey
 
The only thing even remotely-relevant COULD be that when the ball is released and the knife is positioned just the right way, gravity will open the knife.
In some venues, a gravity knife can be equated with an auto-opener (seems like a stretch, but it's all I've got).
 
But you have to manually work against spring action to get the blade to "drop" open due to gravity. Hardly a switchblade, then.
Any arm of law enforcement or court that would attempt to prosecute for possession of such a knife is simply using the law as a bludgeon, disingenuously, fraudulently and maliciously.


-Jeffrey
 
I have heard that some laws exist which prohibit any knife which "drops" the blade using gravity. Gravity-knives can be lumped into the same prohibited category as a switchblade. They aren't the same, but some statutes may carry the same penalty for one as for the other.

As an example, in Michigan, a statute prohibits possession of a dirk, dagger, or stilletto, and while these things are different, they are all punished the same.
 
Received my new & improved D'Allara Rescue knife, and I'm very pleased. The concave scale profile fits my hand well, and my pocket even better! The original scale shape, while very good in hand, felt akin to carrying a roll of nickles in my back pocket.

This is way better!
 
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