I carried the leek for a while. I liked the "idea" behind the knife, but in the end it turned out to be to weak a knife for me. The auto open was so addictive, I would just flip it open and closed about a hundred times a day. Eventually the knife became so loose it felt like if I tried to cut anything harder than cardboard the knife would just fall into pieces right in my hand. Trying to tighten all of the screws only led to the knife no longer opening properly. The blade would pop about half way open and you would have to use your thumb to finish opening it. Loosening the pivot led to proper opening accompanied by a blade more wobbely than a drunkards walk. I've been looking at the camillus dominator as a bigger and better replacement for this knife. Because I really like the kinfe as it was when I bought it, I just feel it wore out too quickly. On the other hand, a lot of people have nothing but praise for their leek, scallion, chive, et.al. so maybe I just got a bad one.
As for the legality of the knife, for now at least it is technically legal under US and most states laws. As I understand it though, there are many local laws which prohibit such knives, luckilly not where I live. And everywhere the laws are so vague that it is really left to the disgression of the particular officer to which you are speaking. In Georgia for instance, you may not carry a knife "designed for the purpose of offence and defence to a public gathering" but there is nowhere a definition of "designed for the purpose of offence and defence" anywhere in the code or case law. In my experience, (Michigan and Georgia primarilly) most LEOs don't mind what kind of knife you carry - if it fits in your pocket, it's a pocket knife. I have heard horror stories from other places though, NYC in particular has a reputation for being very anti-knife.
