These negative stories eventually led to the passage of the Federal Switchblade Act in 1958. Fortunately, it’s still the only federal law on the books regarding automatic knives. According to ...

Spyderco has knives named Military 2 ... enacted in the Federal Switchblade Act of 1958 are starting to be overturned and ...

Benchmade has automatic OTF knives that modernize these old blades while not taking them so far that they’re only use is self-defense by the military. The Shootout’s comfortable handle and ...

The most obvious that comes to mind is that automatic knives, often called switchblades, are illegal in various countries around the world, as well as individual states in the USA. In some ...

The change will take effect Oct. 29, USCIS said, and applications submitted before then will be subject to the automatic policy. 'I am a liar': 2 men who lied about military service must wear ...

That included bombs, grenades, machine guns and automatic knives, which includes switchblade knives. The change in law simply removes automatic knives from the list of prohibited offensive weapons.

The US military plans to equip its ground forces with the Switchblade 600 loitering munition from defence technology manufacturer AeroVironment. Senior Pentagon officials announced that intent on ...

However, that’s all about to change with the introduction of the Emerson A-100 Automatic. The A-100 is such a good ... some regions have restrictions on what they call “switchblade” knives — it suits ...