Hey all you police officers! Is it illegal to carry a pocket knife in Oklahoma?
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The balisong knife other wise known as the batangas knife, fan knives click clack, and most known it the U.S. as a butterfly knife. Is a knife that would be considered a pocket knife it has two handles that are both on a hinge and the knife itself folds in to the handle and in the hands of someone that knows how to use it and be flipped open every quickly with just one hand. For the most part these knives are pocket knives size but are also make in sword size and can be over three feet when fully opened. These bigger blades are not surprisingly called baliswords.
Cold Steel is a leader in many sorts of edged weapons. Cold Steel makes every thing from pocket knives, hunting knives, Fixed blades, tomahawks, machetes, swords, and kukris. They make just about any thing that might be used in martial arts. Cold steel is based out of Ventura, California but most of there products are made in other countries like India, Taiwan, China, and Japan. Cold steel knives make there knives and other products out of some of the best steel made. Steel such as VG-1 Stainless Steel, and SK-5 High Carbon Steel and many other top of the line steels. Cold Steel also make some videos to show the quality of the knives and other products. I would recommended watching these videos, they are quite impressive.
Back in 2000 the US Customs seized a shipment of knives for Columbia River Knife & Tool worth over $4.3 million. The inspector thought that Because of the assist opening mechanism was to much like a switchblade even thought these pocket knives had come thought customs many before, this time they did not. After 17 days CRKT got there knives back. Even thought the pocket knives are very easy and quick to open none of them fit the definition of a switchblade defined by the U.S. Switch Blade Knife Act of 1958.
When knives first began to appear as pocket knives, they were developed so that they could virtually fold in half and be able to ride in a secure, hidden location. When the knives were opened, it was usually done with a thumb or another finger, which meant that a person would have to use two hands in order to open up his knife. This is something that worked for many people, but could also be dangerous in the long run.
