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In Hawaii would the Sharade OTF assisted opening knife be legal?
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Hawaii's switchblade prohibition is largely worded the same as most other states and federal law ("any knife having a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife"). The conventional side-opening assisted opening knife would be legal under this, but the Schrade OTF is rather unusual.
I own one too. Technically speaking the knife is opened by sliding the blade partway out, then the spring shoots it the rest of the way. This is an assisted opening mechanism. However, I cannot shake the feeling that a police officer seeing how it opens would not at least make a stink over it, if not make an arrest with intention that the court sort it out.
I took the spring out of mine for this reason (very easy to do), as I have a similar ban in my state. I find the knife to be better this way personally, as I found the prestidigitation needed to open the blade to be uncomfortable and somewhat dangerous. That, an with the spring out it can be opened and closed entirely with one hand.
I own one too. Technically speaking the knife is opened by sliding the blade partway out, then the spring shoots it the rest of the way. This is an assisted opening mechanism. However, I cannot shake the feeling that a police officer seeing how it opens would not at least make a stink over it, if not make an arrest with intention that the court sort it out.
I took the spring out of mine for this reason (very easy to do), as I have a similar ban in my state. I find the knife to be better this way personally, as I found the prestidigitation needed to open the blade to be uncomfortable and somewhat dangerous. That, an with the spring out it can be opened and closed entirely with one hand.
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Be very careful in Hawaii. Their firearm and edged weapons laws are quite strict. In fact, one rather moronic Hawaiian legislator proposed a complete ban on the sale, possession, manufacture and transfer of pocket knives! That is the twisted mentality you are dealing with.
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That bill has actually made it through two of the needed steps to be added to the local laws. There's another thread on here about it, with info on who to contact if you want to oppose the bill. Sounds completely stupid to me, especially considering they don't even make an exception for police and first responders. More political BS fueled by the sheeple masses.
