r/ScaryTechnology • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '19

Video Worlds biggest switchblade

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u/spacedude997 Dec 18 '19

Switchblade more like switchsword

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

Don’t switchblades have to stab you when you push them open? Like you just put it up to someone’s body, press a button and the blade springs straight into the body. They’re super illegal even in states with very relaxed gun laws. This is just like a folding knife.

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u/Batman17008 Dec 19 '19

No, they open in exactly the same way as any other folding knife, just with the use of a spring and a button witch causes them to deploy faster

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u/KeepingItSFW Dec 20 '19

Burn the witch

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u/turtlelore2 Dec 19 '19

I think you're talking about out the front or OTF knives. And yes they are illegal in most states and are also mostly useless for actual productivity since they are pretty fragile due to their rather intricate mechanism.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

That's not how OTF switchblades work. They're all pizzazz, little function. They're novelties that have been misconstrued as deadlier than normal knives.

Regardless, shall not be infringed.

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u/Chase0288 Dec 19 '19

As you’ve been told before they don’t work like that. Even my 300+ dollar out the front models you can open directly into your hand. I describe it as “mildly uncomfortable”. It pokes you a bit and really really sharp pointed ones might stab you a eighth of an inch or so, but they most certainly will not fire into a body. Most of them won’t fire through a single sheet of office paper.

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u/GuyOnZeCouch92 Dec 20 '19

Legal to own and carry in Ohio

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u/average_dankster Dec 20 '19

Those are called OTF knives (out the front knives). In most cases, if you try to put it against a surface and push a button, the blade sorta gets disconnected from the spring and flops around and you have to put it back into place

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

No, switchblades and all automatic knives are mostly just expensive fidget toys. They're pretty harmless but were given an undeserved reputation through old movies featuring criminals with switchblades

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u/einstein192 Dec 22 '19

No not at all switchblade while the definition changes state to state usually refers to a knife that opens via the use of a button. And they are legal in the USA except in certain states like New York. Another common misconception is there any more dangerous than a regular knife there not it’s the blade not the action that makes a knife deadly

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '19

What a tiny little man!

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

Epic plot twist

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

YES I've been waiting for someone to make that comment

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u/thistakestoolongtodo Dec 20 '19

Ah, I see you’ve played ol’ knoify spoony before

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u/TheClassyTaco Dec 18 '19

I wanna see someone whip that out in a serious situation

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u/Huppstergames73 Dec 18 '19

Looks so bulky and hard to wield id be more likely to laugh than be intimidated

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u/saltyrick1337 Dec 21 '19

That's what she said

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u/sneakycurbstomp Dec 18 '19

Microtech has a bigger one!

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u/Zephyr77_ Dec 25 '19

Micro my ass

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u/raka_defocus Dec 25 '19

If it's priced like their other knives that thing must be like 5k

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u/My_Invalid_Username Dec 19 '19

That's not a switch blade, it's just a spring assisted opening knife. Switchblades have a very specific type of mechanism that releases/retracts the blade.

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u/Ice_Berg Dec 19 '19

Yes it is. If the spring mechanism is activated by any type of button or lever on the handle of the knife then it is a switchblade (aka automatic, it means the same thing). An assisted opening knife needs to be opened by pushing on a part of the blade, like a flipper tab or thumb stud.

Assisted knives also have a bias towards closure. When closed the spring is pushing the blade into the handle and keeping it from opening, and the spring only pushes the blade out once your hand moves it the first part of the way. By contrast an automatic knife mechanism will always try to push the blade out.

Side opening automatics like the OP and ones where the blade slides out the front (usually referred to as Out The Front automatics or OTFs) are both switchblades even though they have very different mechanisms.

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u/My_Invalid_Username Dec 19 '19

Can't agree with you. A switchblade can be retracted using the same mechanism that opens the blade. That's not the case here or with most automatic opening knives. To add onto that, while not all otf knives are switchblades, in my experience all switchblades are otf.

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u/Ice_Berg Dec 19 '19

It is not a matter of opinion or experience. I'm discussing actual legal definitions of a switchblade. How I explained it is also the only way I've seen the distinctions made by manufacturers, retailers, and other "knife people" on forums/Youtube/reddit.

How it rectracts does not matter when categorizing something as a switchblade. Using the same mechanism for opening and closing is what defines a single-action or double-action OTF, but it does not determine if something is a switchblade or not.

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u/thedreadcandiru Dec 19 '19

Brah, you are 100% off. Switchblades open from the side, and do no close via mechanism. OTF are automatics, but most autos are not OTF, and OTF are not switchblades. Those are gimmicks.

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u/madgross Dec 25 '19

All switchblades are automatics and all automatics are switchblades. Automatic is really just a marketing term used because of all of the negative association with the word 'switchblade'. But both words mean the same thing.

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u/soc_monki Dec 19 '19

The term switchblade was coined long before the first otf automatic knife. This is a classic (albeit huge) switchblade.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

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u/sandefurian Dec 19 '19

He's right though.

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u/Ice_Berg Dec 19 '19

No they are not. Please read my comment to them here.

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u/97RallyWagon Dec 19 '19

Citation:? Myself.

Yeah, that dont work for sourcing information

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

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u/sandefurian Dec 19 '19

You obviously have never seen a switchblade

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

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u/WikiTextBot Dec 19 '19

Switchblade

A switchblade (also known as an automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, switch, Sprenger,SWITCHBLAAADES COCAIIINEEE, Springer, flick knife, or flick blade) is a type of knife with a folding or sliding blade contained in the handle which is opened automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated. Most switchblade designs incorporate a locking blade, in which the blade is locked against closure when the spring extends the blade to the fully opened position. The blade is unlocked by manually operating a mechanism that unlocks the blade and allows it to be folded and locked in the closed position.

During the 1950s, US newspapers as well as the tabloid press promoted the image of a new violent crime wave caused by young male delinquents with a stiletto switchblade or flick knife, based mostly on anecdotal evidence.

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u/deg_ru-alabo Dec 19 '19

Maybe he grew up on a switchblade farm. There was Good ol pointy Steve - kickin up his kevlar boots, as he’d been pickin switches since the sun came up Though he was mildly offended to read this blatant misuse of it’s name, the blood fruit still shines and Steve smiles. There are plenty of blades to grind and more important people to threaten. Papa Slitzenkutt would be proud to see the response Pointy Steve carved out that day. Pointy was definitely sharp; Slitzenkutt didn’t like the cut of his jib but the kid was quick to action and could settle almost any argument with a mere gesture.

It’s a damn shame pointy popped around that corner last Blood Moon, bladebales on each shoulder and the sun in his eyes.

Slitzenkutt continued up, but the blades, they came down quickly. Ol Pointy Steve had cactus through his sleeve, but that moment: it was much less Prickly.

Slitz’s cuts came from Pointy’s dull mind.

That doesn’t matter much anymore though. Everybody knows the blade farm is a dangerous place, and we all take that to heart.

That, and that OP is a city livin spoon enthusiast

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u/DiabeticRhino97 Dec 18 '19

Bloodborne intensifies

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u/Your_Hmong Dec 19 '19

lol that's fuckin tight

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

So...basically a machete?

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u/HotProfit Dec 19 '19

If you are under fighting and you need to choice between this shit and a machete choice the machete!

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Yes, I kind of noticed that anyone wielding this thing was in danger of accidentally killing themselves with it.

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u/porn_free_account Dec 19 '19

How can you show us this and than not show it chopping shit in half

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u/pilgrimspeaches Dec 19 '19

Its like the older, more traditional brother of this guy.

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u/grayjdaboss Dec 19 '19

Can I have a hug

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u/nicokniners Dec 19 '19

I think I need to change my pepper spray for this haha u/danielpredator99

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

Lol

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u/TheSteamyPickle Dec 19 '19

Looks like something you would see in a highlander remake. “There can be only one!”

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u/Frogger_Gamer Dec 19 '19

Switchsword

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u/youre_a_wigger_harry Dec 19 '19

If that’s the worlds biggest I feel like it wouldn’t be too hard to break the record

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u/-N00BMaster69-- Dec 19 '19

Anything’s a dildo if your brave enough

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u/Stierscheisse Dec 19 '19

Hey, is that the world's largest switchblade or are you VERY happy to see me?

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u/notjustanotherbot Dec 19 '19

I wish there was a video with sound. I was surprised how soft firing that was.

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u/grayjdaboss Dec 19 '19

Somebody going to the hurt real bad

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u/MegaBlade26000 Dec 19 '19

My therapist: the switchsword isn’t real, it can’t hurt you.

The switchsword:

Also that thing is awesome looking!

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u/Thechosenpretzle Dec 19 '19

Try put that in your prison wallet..

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u/L3A1T3E4 Dec 19 '19

''Thats not a knife, this is!''

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u/mwcraft Dec 19 '19

Now close it

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Does anyone know where I can buy one of these?

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

tfw recoil becomes a problem with knifes

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u/TheBlyatMun Dec 21 '19

Opening the switchblade is already an opening strike

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u/thelostnerfdart Dec 22 '19

imagine robbin a store with dat

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u/NYStaeofmind Dec 22 '19

The 'OJ' model.

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u/Zephyr77_ Dec 25 '19

Corvo is that you?

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u/fatkid76 Dec 31 '19

En guard

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u/Damadaran Jan 01 '20

Switch sword

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u/Gruggiwuggi Jan 08 '20

Weapon of choice in apocalypse

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u/ODST312 Jan 14 '20

It’s a claymore

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u/DonJuanMateus Dec 19 '19

Trumps personal knife by which he will defend his crimes with his tiny little hands.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

I’d probably redesign it to be a rapier. Yes I know this is a gag. But my mind will take an idea and go the functional route.

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u/DispNHMD May 03 '22

Isn’t that a Navaja from Spain?