Is your knife LEGAL to buy, own, carry, or mail?
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Links to the
text of all U.S. state knife laws, with introductory essay
What are the knife laws in your state? Read the
statutes, and the case law.
Text of U.S.
federal switchblade acts
The laws governing interstate commerce and mailing.
U.S.
federal switchblade acts, including notes and cross-references
Raw text from a law school website.
"Switchblade
Legacy;" history of the 1958 U.S. federal switchblade ban, from Knife
World
Laws don't just happen. People
make them.
"Oppressive Knife
Laws;" essay from Blade magazine
Why do we have knife laws? What do they accomplish?
A "Pointless"
Story: Federal Knife Law At Sea
Complying with the law, circa 1866.
Knife Laws in
Action: read about knife-related legal cases I have worked on
25 years as an expert witness. Truth is
definitely stranger than fiction.
The Exify Expert Witness Directory.
My Knife Expert Witness Internet Business Card: www.knife-expert.com
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KNIFE ORGANIZATIONS -- check their link pages, too
Oregon Knife Show - Oregon
Knife Collectors Association
450 tables
at our 33rd annual Eugene, Oregon Knife Show April 12-13, 2008.
Largest knife show west (and east) of the Mississippi River.
NWKC - Northwest Knife Collectors
Meets in Tacoma, Washington.
NCCA - Northeast Cutlery Collectors Association
Southern California Blades Knife Collectors Club
"Californias Largest, Oldest & Finest Knife Show."
BAKCA -
Bay Area Knife Collectors Association
The BAKCA website includes a searchable database of over 1750 knifemakers.
American Knife and Tool Institute
American Edged Products Manufacturers Association (former American Cutlery Mfr's Assoc.)
North Carolina Custom Knifemakers Guild
National Knife Collectors Association
Randall Knife Society, Inc.
Founded by my friends Rhett and Janie Stidham."
Australasian Knife
Collectors
My friends Keith and Joan Spencer
run this, and Knives Australia magazine. Say "G'day."
List of my
knife BOOKS and articles
I had to write
them all down, because there were too many to remember.
Levine's Guide to
Knives and Their Values, 4th Edition, Table of Contents
How did I fit all this in a mere 512
pages? I still don't know.
Don't be fooled by "5th" rate imitations of Levine's Guide.
The 4th edition was the last legitimate edition.
Click HERE to read about and SEE the defects of the "5th" edition.
Still puzzled by 4th vs "5th"? Read this comparison review from Knife World magazine.
Click HERE TO ORDER autographed copies of my KNIFE BOOKS
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KNIFEMAKERS OF OLD SAN FRANCISCO, 2nd EDITION
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Largest selection of Knife Books on the Internet, new and out of print.
List of OLDER
KNIFE BOOKS
Lots of good
reading.
HOW-TO Books for
Knifemakers
If you want
to do more than just read about knives...
Knife World Publications
I've written for Knife World magazine since 1978.
Knife World magazine
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Knives Illustrated from Y-Visionary Publishing
I've written for Knives Illustrated magazine since 1997.
Blade Magazine
(F+W/Krause Publications)
I've written
for Blade since it was called American Blade, back in 1974.
THE ART OF THE CUTLER by Jean Jacques Perret (1771)
The Art of the
Cutler by Perret (1771) table of contents
The finest knifemaking how-to ever
written. Translated from the French.
Perret on Damascus
Steel
The "secret" of damascus was
never lost. Anyone with a library card could find it here.
Perret on Pocketknife Patterns
Perret on the Arrangement of the Cutler's Shop
Perret on Making Veterinary Instruments
Perret on Sharpening
Equipment
Stainless Blade
Steel - History
A brief history of
chromium alloy steels used for knives.
Tungsten Carbide for cutting edges - history, for Knife World
Jigged Bone for Handles: Rogers Bone and Winterbottom Bone
History of
Michael Walker's LinerlockTM for
Knives Illustrated
Based on a series of interviews, and reviewed by Mike for accuracy.
1898 snapshot --
knife brands of the Klondike Gold Rush
What brands of knives were available on
the Northwest Coast in '98?
The story of
Jack Knife Ben
The most famous
knife dealer of the early 20th century, Ben Chon of the Chicago stockyards.
Making Pen Knife
Blades in Sheffield
An
authentic 19th century account.
Making Files in
Sheffield
Another authentic
19th century account.
Knives Made From Files? Files Made From Knives? Now Illustrated!
Read my article from from Knives 99, plus much more information.
The U.S. Army Bolo
of World War I
We know what
they are, but how were they used?
The U.S. Marine
Corps Knives of 1942
Before the 1219C2 ("Ka-Bar"), the marines made do with what they could get.
Switchblade to
the Rescue - 1917
Ocean liner torpedoed, tragedy averted. Plus a poem in praise of the switchblade
knife.
My KNIFE IDENTIFICATION and APPRAISAL SERVICE
My background - how I got to be an "expert"
Frank Trzaska's U.S. MILITARY KNIVES site
Trade Axe & Tomahawk Collectors Association
African Edged Weapons: pictures and links
Thomas G. Lytle's Whalecraft site: harpoons, lances, spades, hooks, knives, etc.
Don Bull's Virtual Corkscrew Museum
Tony Hnilica's master index of knifemaking materials and suppliers
Thomas Register of Manufacturers
ASM International — formerly the American Society for Metals
eFunda.com Engineering Fundamentals
Huge website includes metallurgy, processes, data tables, calculators, more.
Key to Steel
Another huge website, links to dozens of technical articles about steel.
Key to Metals
Sibling website: articles and searchable knowledge base on non-ferrous metals.
Rockwell hardness
testing, introduction, for Blade
This article explains the basics.
Rockwell Hardness Testing, Wilson Instruments home page
Berger CNC grinders from Interamco
Berger CNC grinders home page in Germany
Charmilles Isopulse Electric Discharge Machines (EDM)
History of Various Plastics - The Plastics Museum, Italy
Plastics: Chemical Definitions of Resins
Dangers of Celluloid knife handles. Picture of a deteriorated knife.
Article by Dennis Ellingsen, from Knife World
Wood versus Plastic Cutting Boards
One kind is dangerous, potentially deadly.
Marble Safety Axe Co. folder, with original sheath. Knife shown open.
W. R. CASE & SONS 6251 slot knife, unused. The other side.
CASE TESTED XX 5165 folding hunter, second cut stag.
Lockback folding hunter sold by R. C. Kruschke, Duluth, Minnesota.
3 knives made by Jack Craver, Stockton, California, circa 1910.
Three enamel handle pen knives. Two more.
Plated fruit knife by Pairpoint Silver Co., New Bedford, Mass., c1880s.
Barnett pliers knife, patented 1900.
Pliers knife imported by Coles, circa 1960.
Ink erasers, from a 1915 catalog.
Three African trade knives made circa 1900-1925. Top: French. Bottom two: German.
F. Dick meat inspector's knife, pre-1914. Detail.
French Satanic dagger, marked Fait a Nancy en 1871 par Florian ROYAL.
Victorinox Swiss Army issue knife dated [19]43.
Table knives, butcher knife, and razor from 17th century still life paintings
Military fork (pole arm), Continental, c. 16th - 17th century Photos and text
Bowie knife by John D. Chevalier, New York NY, c1849 Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3
California bowie knife by Michael Price, San Francisco, with engraved handle and sheath.
Bowie knife by Geo. Wostenholm & Son, Sheffield, c1860s-70s I*XL close up
Maher & Grosh bowie style hunting knife, circa 1898.
Royal New Zealand Air Force
WWII survival knife, also used by 1st Bn. 21st US Marines
{closeup of RNZAF scabbard}
{the standard U.S.-made version of
this bail-out knife}
Barr Bros., Oakland CA, USN
survival machete, carried by a pilot in VP71
{closeup of the handle}
{Link to VP71 information page, with my
write-up on this machete}
See what I collect, other than knives.
Art by Kenneth D. Shoesmith (1890-1939).
Solingen, Germany
Deutsches Klingenmuseum The German Blade Museum in Solingen.
Das Rheinische Industriemuseum The Cutlery Industry Museum in Solingen.
Thiers, France - Musee de Coutellerie
The French Cutlery Museum in Thiers.
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
Home of the OREGON KNIFE SHOW.
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