3/29/2023 0 Comments Flick knifeManufacturers have done an excellent job of finding ways of making modern switchblades that slip through the loopholes in the laws, but even so, you can find yourself in a mess of legal trouble if you are caught carrying, buying, selling, importing, handling, or looking too closely at an automatic knife. Since then, it’s been difficult to get automatic knives, which are actually just like any other blade, except a little more efficient. The same way that marijuana, motorcycles, tattoos, and free love became part of the agenda of politicians, so too did automatic knives get labeled as “Evil” by untrustworthy government officials who needed something to rally against. That’s when the government stuck its grubby little fingers into the pie and passed the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958. This was a Hollywood fabrication that eventually led to many young greaser punks packing the knives around. ![]() ![]() Soon after, moving pictures of the time started depicting street toughs carrying these blades. ![]() These spring-assisted knives had a small following in Europe, which was then brought over to the United States after WWII when brave, Nazi-killing soldiers saw these snap-open knives during their time fighting in the European theatre and adopted them for home use. Switchblades, which are now better known by the name “Automatic Knives” have a history that goes back hundreds of years, with the earliest models appearing in France and Italy – which is why they are often known by the name “Italian Stilettos” – back in the 1700’s.
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