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Daniel Dorn
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You might still be able to find the Boker "Bokermatic" which was produced for a decent price. Not the most exciting design, but had it's charm. It would push out manually, and had a spring to retract it auto-style.
Schrade has a few "assisted" OTF knives available for less than $40. The Viper. They're pretty cool little toys, as well.
Schrade has a few "assisted" OTF knives available for less than $40. The Viper. They're pretty cool little toys, as well.
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There are pantographic knives, sometimes called paratrooper knives, though those usually refer to the German gravity knives I think. They're really cool designs, its hard to find a quality one these days, I used to have a brass handled one that was nice years ago. I think Cold Steel makes or made one recently that might be good.
photo borrowed from knifecollector.net, great site.
photo borrowed from knifecollector.net, great site.
Tekna (Japan) made one where the blade is permanently fixed but a shroud slides back to expose it, then slides forward to 'close' it. Seems like it was around in '70's--early '80's. You can probably find the knife on Google. What the availability is these days I don't know. Should be relatively inexpensive if you can find one on the used market. If memory serves, the blade was no longer than three inches though.
EDIT: When I Google "Tekna Hidden Blade" the first pic I get under "IMAGES FOR" is from an old Bladeforum post by Kershawguy from 3/23/07 showing two knives laying horizontal. It is the top knife shown. When I go to the page however the pic seems to have been removed. He was asking $50 for it. Maybe you can find him here if you want more info. It is NOT a folder, a few of which can also show up under similar names.
EDIT: When I Google "Tekna Hidden Blade" the first pic I get under "IMAGES FOR" is from an old Bladeforum post by Kershawguy from 3/23/07 showing two knives laying horizontal. It is the top knife shown. When I go to the page however the pic seems to have been removed. He was asking $50 for it. Maybe you can find him here if you want more info. It is NOT a folder, a few of which can also show up under similar names.
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