sebenza = switch blade?

Some folks just don't dig knives. Or suffer from edge envy. Or think they themselves are actually the real Robin Williams. Forget it. But, just out of curiosity, howcum it was you were chopping the fridge?
 
And to the EPA regulated chlorofluorocarbons point - it doesn't appear he cut thru any of the refrigerant lines (they're intact). So, for those ozone tree-hugging go save the rain forrest folks (and there's nothing wrong with that point of view) - the planet is safe (today). INSERT SMILEY FACE HERE
 
Big Barn said:
And to the EPA regulated chlorofluorocarbons point - it doesn't appear he cut thru any of the refrigerant lines (they're intact). So, for those ozone tree-hugging go save the rain forrest folks (and there's nothing wrong with that point of view) - the planet is safe (today). INSERT SMILEY FACE HERE
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Lol talk about aim huh
 
On the other hand... A double edged tanto may be an interesting creature, indeed. It would be half-tanto, half-wharncliff... All business... Blammo, that aichmophobe may have just invented the next great knife design...
 
ohmyheckinslc said:
On the other hand... A double edged tanto may be an interesting creature, indeed. It would be half-tanto, half-wharncliff... All business... Blammo, that aichmophobe may have just invented the next great knife design...
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Like the idea, but where'd that come from?
 
I agree that many times any fast opening knife is falsely called a switchblade. Now when it comes to the law, the wording is always an issue, and most law enforcement ( I am a former one) think an Assisted Opener is a switchblade. To add to the confusion, here is the defintion of a swicthblade from the Federal Law that banned them in the late 50s ( it seems to include knives that can be flicked open):
(b) The term ''switchblade knife'' means any knife having a blade
which opens automatically -
(1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the
handle of the knife, or
(2) by operation of inertia, gravity, or both.

The inertia part has been upheld in many states to mean a wrist flick that causes the blade to flick open. I assume your well made knife opens smoothly and therefore can be flicked open? The law is a funny thing this way. In NYC any flickable knife is considered a gravity knife! We know it is not, but the DA and NYPD think differently......
 
jerm03 said:
The problem with "what is a switchblade" is how the law defines it. I only recently again gained some interest in knives. I had seen lock back tactical knives, but did not see any need of such for me. I wanted to buy one as a present and even bought a Kershaw OSO Sweet for myself.

But then I wondered if such a knife was legal. There doesn't seem to be universal agreement when we get to the spring assisted opening knives, although I have not checked the knife laws of very many states. One has to be concerned that some over-zealous new cop will not know the law. Some are not well versed in the laws regarding carrying of handguns.

I am not surprised that the boss might consider the Sebenza a switchblade. What would he know about it unless he had looked into it?

I am just as happy to not flash my AOK.
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I guess there isn't a general consensus...except you know, the Congress of the US.

http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=1
 
This is not a new phenomenon. The best you can do is to educate them if they are willing to learn, or just move on.
 
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