TimberLine Timberlite legal EDC?

[HunterTango384]

Remember the Timberline Timberlite?

It is a folder that locks into position, with a spring loaded floating pivot which pulls the blade back a few mm into a slot in the handle. This means that the blade cannot be closed by a simple force about the axis of the pivot but has to be pulled radially first and then closed. The kicker is that this is the exact reverse of the opening mechanism.

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Although, for all practical purposes, the knife "locks," it "can be closed at all times using the opening mechanism alone and without the operation of a lever or switch, etc..." (whatever the ridiculous wording is.) So for legal purpose it could be considered non locking.

What do you all think?

 

[glistam]

Hello,

I think I understand how the mechanism works, but I am not totally sure. From what I understand, the blade is not projected from it's closed position via a spring, but rather the spring merely aids in locking it.

In any event, I need to know what state you live in. Knife laws are not by any means universal all over the US. In some states, you can legally EDC switchblades and daggers of any length. In others anything over 2 inches can get you in trouble.