Capbyrd

Really hope we can meet up at blade as I'd like to check out both the Yun and the Martin. I love martin's designs. As for flippers for me, I've yet to handle one but Ray Laconico's Blast flipper is top of the pile right now for me. I've already been speaking to him about it and ill picking up mine from Ray at the Gathering this year. And then of course, I've got my fingers crossed for a Horton flipper.

I really wish people would stop with the whole self defense thing.  Why is that everything we carry has to be solely about self defense?  Is there anything you carry on a daily basis that is actually a tool?  Small keychain knives can come in handy for lots of daily tasks.  And as they are put on your keychain, its easy to forget them.  Thats why so many are confiscated now.  The rest of the world already allows these knives through so TSA is just trying to match the rest of the world and relieve a little of the burden in dealing with so many.     Me, I wouldn't carry it on a plane for self defense, there are plenty of other things on a plane I would rather use.  My fists, my laptop, my backpack, etc.  But I would like to know that if I forget it on my keychain, I'm not gonna be harassed by the TSA.  

No.  If you read, that is the current law that I quoted.         The bill we are discussing merely deletes the switchblade knife part.  

    Read it again.  That part is the exceptions part and it says it is LAWFUL to purchase and have shipped a knife over 5 inches.  

Sorry for the wonky formatting.  I hate the way IPboards works when it comes to images, quotes and the like. 

Alright.  So I'm going to post up the full bill here.   And try to make it as clear as possible.                    So lets go over each section one by one.       Section 1 will delete the following wording completely from the "definitions" section of weapons.  It does not replace the wording at all.             Section 2 alters the list of prohibited weapons from "(7) A switchblade knife or knuckles; or"  to just say "(7) knuckles; or"     Section 3 will change the rule of gifting or selling to minors from "(1) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly sells, loans or makes a gift of a firearm or switchblade knife to a minor;"  to "(1) Recklessly sells, loans or makes a gift of a firearm to a minor;"     Section 4 changes the intent to go armed law.  It currently reads " (a)  (1) A person commits an offense who carries with the intent to go armed a firearm, a knife with a blade length exceeding four inches (4''), or a club."  Under the new bill, it would read " (a)  (1) A person commits an offense who carries with the intent to go armed a firearm, or a club."     Section 5 deletes the words "switchblade knife" from the following wording.  Here is where I would like to see a little more changed.         Section 6 changes the rules for purchase.  Currently it reads as follows.         Section 6 removes the switchblade knife part.       Section 7 is the preemption clause.  It will remove restrictions for those of you who have city or county ordinances that aren't in line with the rest of the state.         Section 8 states that if passed, the law shall take effect on July 1 2013.           Hopefully that makes it pretty plain.  

    There are knives for less than 100.   http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Side-Opening-Automatics--40?sort_by=price_each               I would wait if I were you.  The law hasn't been passed yet and even if it had, it won't take effect until July 1st (I think).     As for gravity and inertia knives.  See my post below where I'm going to outline all of the parts of the bill.           Not yet.  Law hasn't been passed.  

It has to move through the House and then to the Governor's desk.  

I would urge you all to contact everyone you can about it.  We have three days until its heard again and its likely to be a split vote.  We need to make sure that our legislators know the facts.  Tell them to look at the fiscal note that is attached.  1 arrest per year for switchblades.  It saves the state money for housing the "criminal" and saves locals money (time spent dealing with it by local LEA).  

Bell just had it shelved until Thursday as it is "cutting edge legislation."  

Coming up!   http://tnga.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=250&event_id=118

Cryo 2 should come out soon too

    Nope.  The bill we are discussing has a supremacy clause.     http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/billinfo/BillSummaryArchive.aspx?BillNumber=SB1015&ga=108  

    Protechs are on my short list.  They have some Protech/Emerson models that interest me! 

Its on the Senate calendar for today but its so far down on the agenda, I doubt it will get any time.     http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/videocalendars/VideoCalendarmain.aspx?committeeid=601000&videodate=03/04/2013&ga=108   Click on Senate Regular Calendar and its third from the bottom.         Its also listed as being on the Criminal Justice Subcommittee's agenda for tomorrow.

  Because thats as cheap... OP, I've been through the process three times.  Its a bit daunting at first but honestly, its not that hard.  There really isn't much more paperwork than your standard 4473.  The wait is the hardest part.   If you want, I can send you fingerprint cards and a couple of form 1s or you can order them from the ATF site.  If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a shout and I will help out any way that I can.   http://www.atf.gov/forms/dcof/ If you order from the ATF, you need to order Form 1 (5320.1), Certificate of Compliance (5330.20) and fingerprint cards (FBI FD-258LE).  I would order at least 5 of everything.  

    Agree completely.  

My latest acquisition. I had to trade away a good deal to get this but it was something that I wanted very badly so I made the sacrifice. I can't give the specifics on steel because I just don't know and they aren't readily accessible. I'll ask Jeremy and see what its made of. The knife is a "tanto" like grind with the typical Horton Platinum Edge and zero ground. Its not hair shaving sharp, its hair POPPING sharp. This little guy is great. I wasn't really a fan of this blade when I first saw it because I hate short blades (blade should be at least as long as handle to me). But this guy just feels so good in hand. I love to carry it. Its been around my neck everyday since I got it and I honestly don't see it going anywhere anytime soon.

Law measure from handle to tip.   SOG is likely just measuring the cutting edge.        The bill was voted on.  7 aye, 1 nay, 1 abstention.  It moves to general at this point.  YAY!

    Still just the same ole torsion bar.   Regardless, they have a great warranty, and if you ever have an issue, they will send you a new one at no charge.  

I think he would be really happy with an esee. Or maybe hit up KfU and see what's in your range.

I agree with the busse love but he asked for us to save him some money.

Do you need it to have the saw teeth on the back?  Generally, you won't find those to be overly useful.  I would recommend a nice Becker or ESEE over this one.  TOPS is not a bad company so its most likely a nice quality product.  But the design just isn't for me.  

They just jumped to SB0443.  I have to leave in 8 minutes so I probably wont see it either