Spring-assisted Out-the-front Knives
Schrade and Smith & Wesson have both recently introduced OTF knives that are opened by sliding forward a handle attached to the blade to engage the torsion spring. As it is classified as spring-assisted, it is not covered by the Switchblade Act of 1958 and is therefore legal everywhere in the U.S.
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