Difference?

[yclo]

I was reading this Victorian Control of Weapons Regulation, and came across two classes of weapons. (This applies to where I live, which is Melbourne)

Prescribed weapons, which is pretty much illegal to have.

Regulated weapons, which is not illegal but will have to have a reason for carrying it (not self-defence).

And came across this:
under Prescribed weapons-
(a) "flick knife": which means a knife designed or adapted so that the blade is concealed when folded or recessed into the handle and which opens by gravity or centrifugal force or by any pressure applied to a button, spring or device in or attached to the handle of the knife;

and under Regulated weapons-
(f) knives which are designed or adapted so that the blade is concealed by a plastic, wooden or metal sheath which retracts into the handle of the knife by gravity or centrifugal force or by any pressure applied to a button, spring or device in or attached to the handle of the knife, including the knife commonly known as the "Black Eagle Knife";

So the basic difference is one flicks open and the other flicks close. Would anyone have links or photos of examples of these two types of knifes?

Thanks heaps!!

YC

 

[Steelwolf]

Should be easy to find photos of "prescribed" knives. Go over to TAD or 1SKS and look for anything that says "Automatic". The Microtech Halo ,Talon, UDT , Ultratech are all examples of flick knives. If it says D/A, that's also a flick knife.

The second category might be harder to find. I sure don't know who in their right minds wants a knife that folds shut on gravity. However, balisongs will belong to this category because they close shut on centrifugal force. Of course, they are already banned because they also belong in the first category.

 

[medusaoblongata]

The only knife I know that closes automatically (other than a DA OTF) is the Bokermatic. It opens as a manual OTF, and closes with a spring. It's not a very popular design, but lawmakers ban some weird stuff.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

The way I read those rules on "flick knives" I would say any thumbstud, opening disk, wave, or flipper would qualify as illegal, too. and so would a Spydie hole.

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