Microtech knives suitable for diving?
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"Best" knife? It's a switchblade fer crissakes. Possession of which is a federal crime under unless you're in very specific classes (Law Enforcement, handicapped, etc). :crossbone
If you're a soldier or a one armed diver with $400 that you don't know what to do with, this could be your perfect dive knife.
FEDERAL KNIFE LAWS and Switchblade Knives (from http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/sta-law.htm)
State and local ordinances are not the only knife laws. The
federal government also has its own knife laws. Federal law
bans interstate commerce in switchblade knives. The only
exemption to this federal ban is direct sale to government
agencies by manufacturers.
Even before Congress banned interstate commerce in
switchblade and gravity knives in 1958, in response to media
frenzy about "juvenile delinquency," several states had
already enacted more or less absolute bans within their own
borders. The first was New Jersey, in 1956, followed quickly
by New York. Today about half the states have outright bans
on switchblade knives, while another dozen or so states ban
carry and/or commerce in switchblades.
(link) Text of the Federal SWITCHBLADE Act
(link) History of the Federal Switchblade Act
Aside from the interstate ban on switchblade knives,
federal knife laws are of relatively narrow application. For
example, an 1860s law bans sailors on U.S. flag merchant
ships from wearing fixed blade sheath knives while aboard
ship. A logical reading of the Constitution would seem to
rule out any federal restriction on "keeping and bearing
arms," but logic plays little part in legislation.
Let me know where you're diving so I can go pick it up after you lost it. :confused2
Do Not take it apart to clean it after diving, it will void the warranty. :crush:
See them all: http://nicnac.net/
You want a real folder (not an auto)? Look at Emerson Wave, Strider GB. Step up and run with the big dogs.
Wind up hurtin' yourself with a switchblade. That or tear your pant leg.
If you're a soldier or a one armed diver with $400 that you don't know what to do with, this could be your perfect dive knife.
FEDERAL KNIFE LAWS and Switchblade Knives (from http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/sta-law.htm)
State and local ordinances are not the only knife laws. The
federal government also has its own knife laws. Federal law
bans interstate commerce in switchblade knives. The only
exemption to this federal ban is direct sale to government
agencies by manufacturers.
Even before Congress banned interstate commerce in
switchblade and gravity knives in 1958, in response to media
frenzy about "juvenile delinquency," several states had
already enacted more or less absolute bans within their own
borders. The first was New Jersey, in 1956, followed quickly
by New York. Today about half the states have outright bans
on switchblade knives, while another dozen or so states ban
carry and/or commerce in switchblades.
(link) Text of the Federal SWITCHBLADE Act
(link) History of the Federal Switchblade Act
Aside from the interstate ban on switchblade knives,
federal knife laws are of relatively narrow application. For
example, an 1860s law bans sailors on U.S. flag merchant
ships from wearing fixed blade sheath knives while aboard
ship. A logical reading of the Constitution would seem to
rule out any federal restriction on "keeping and bearing
arms," but logic plays little part in legislation.
Let me know where you're diving so I can go pick it up after you lost it. :confused2
Do Not take it apart to clean it after diving, it will void the warranty. :crush:
See them all: http://nicnac.net/
You want a real folder (not an auto)? Look at Emerson Wave, Strider GB. Step up and run with the big dogs.
Wind up hurtin' yourself with a switchblade. That or tear your pant leg.
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