You may be surprised to learn, however, that these kinds of tools were not always Benchmade’s stock in trade — and that its latest release, a premium butterfly knife called the Laro, is more on brand ...

The butterfly knife, also known as the "balisong," has a disputed origin. Some sources say it originated in France; others, the Philippines. It is anywhere from a few hundred to over a thousand ...

“It’s good to see civil liberties prevail.” Grell said he had owned a butterfly knife — a “relic” from his childhood in Colorado — before moving to Hawaii and saw no reason why he ...

The butterfly knife is at the heart of a controversy over Second Amendment rights. Butterfly knives are under fire in some U.S. states. Michigan just joined a case involving controversy over ...

I had a badass homemade Halloween costume (complete with split-toed slippers, thanks Mom), toy throwing stars and even a fully functional (albeit fully plastic) butterfly knife. Man, that thing was ...

“The butterfly knife is simply a pocketknife with an extra rotating handle,” and not a novel dangerous weapon beyond the comprehension of constitutional drafters. Such worries about butterfly ...

A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday held an en banc rehearing of a conservative three-judge panel's ruling in August 2023 that ended the state's 30-year ban on butterfly knives — a kind of pocket knife ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Monday morning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruled against Hawaii's ban on owning butterfly knives. A lawsuit had been opened, it went to the Ninth Circuit and the ruling ...