Thread: EDC Knife

Originally Posted by Wildtim

A quick question for the knife experts:

What s the line between assisted opening and unassisted opening?

I believe "assisted" knives are illegal here in michigan while unassisted are not.

As far as I know, assisted openers are the same as standard folders. Personally I think the AO's are very close to autos. Take for example the big black folding Hissatsu in my picture. That blade flies out and locks uo as solid as a fixed blade. It is called a "tactical folder". I have full automatic knives(switchblades) that are not nearly as threatening as that Hissatsu but the autos are illegal and the Hissatsu is legal.

Here is a link to details of the knife carry laws for all 50 states:
http://home.netcom.com/~brlevine/sta-law.htm#A-H

Originally Posted by jockeys

how does that folding hissatsu treat you? i have the fixed blade version and love it, but it's not real practical for an EDC knife

The Hissatsu is very heavy. Too heavy for me to carry but it is fun to play with. That blade comes out furiously and the lock up is extremely authoritative. It is more weapon than tool.

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i don't feel like taking pics this late, but i also have a Jamaican ratchet knife (hand made), and husky knife/razor blade, a gerber gator grip half and half blade, a leatherman multi tool i've hade for 15 years or so and a crappy folder i abuse. i have more and a few came from people who had pulled them on me (like the ratchet!) but the top 2 pics are my usual carry. always the folder, some times the fixed.

shots of the ratchet

My carry knife is a case stockmen yellow handle in the summer and a full size traper during hunting season. I also carry a leatherman core on my belt that replaced my supertool.
Man I miss the supertool I started another thread on it a while ago. I think the next one will be a SOG.

Don

It's a nice little knife, large enough to be useful without looking like you've got some kind of fetish. It's just below the UK legal limit for length but technically illegal (arguably) because it locks open. Having had a penknife close on my fingers - doing something stupid admittedly - I choose to break the law rather than risk it happening again. I just hope that if I ever get stopped by a cop it'll be one with a little common sense.

Kershaw Ken Onion Blur with Speed Safe. Nice assisted open folder. When in the saddle I have a nice Horsewright fix back demascus in a pancake sheath on my chinks. Maybe I'll get ambitious and take some pics this evening.

Mike

Ok, I suck at photography (hard to see the pattern in the Damascus) but here they are:

Mike

Here is a picture of my Gerber Fast-Draw that I carry every day.

For the last two years its been a CRKT M-16 in titanium, nice and lite. Before that it was an Emerson CQC7.