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Switch blade or Assisted Opening Knife?? Should I buy a full auto knife because I can or is it not worth the $?
I can pull some strings and buy a switch blade but is it really worth the money to buy something that you can't even carry. I am thinking about a SOG tac auto with the standard black and black tini coating that should be about $120 shipped. Its similar to my flash ii tanto serrated black tini blade that I got for about $60 shipped. I live in texas so I can easily carry my flash but the auto would always have to stay at home. Is it worth dropping $120 into a quality knife that I can only "play" with. lol? Also tell me your opinions on switch blades because I know benchmade has some great options like the infidel (blade comes out the front of the handle- quickly and great engineering), which run about $350 which is out of my price range for a knife. 10PTS
Wow! You must have found a lot more money since yesterday's first post. My suggestion would be to save it. (The way things are going you're going to need that extra cash for gas, anyway.) 
In my experience, switchblades are inherently - intrinsically - weak knives. As a young man I owned them; as an older man I wouldn't waste my money on one. 'OTF' knives? Naaa. In comparison to the handle, the blades are always too small and too fragile.
With the, possible, exception of my Randall straight knives, I tend not to own any knife I cannot carry about with me everyday. I like, 'assisted opening' knives; however, because I spend a fair amount of time in the overregulated Communist state of New Jersey, I'm leery of bringing an, 'assisted opener' with me into the state.
Automatic knives are things that young men often become fascinated with and obsess about. (Just like young girls!) They're not practical for EDC; they'll often expose you to trouble with the law; and, more often than with other more conventional folding knives, owner/users are more prone to injure themselves with one.
I don't agree with the excessive cost, the inherent mechanical weakness, nor the exposure to legal jeopardy. Look, there are basically two things you can do with a folding knife: Become fascinated and obsess over them, or learn how to use one skillfully as a possible: hunting, farming, or self-defense tool. (Hey, I sometimes use mine to eat with - I really do!)
Any knife I carry everyday has to be a good, 'working' design - One that is useful for a variety of cutting chores and not just specialized for self-defense. When you spend a lot of time carrying a knife you need to be careful not to come across to others as a, 'badass'.
(In fact, I spend a lot of time at gun ranges with police officers - Guys who really know the law and expect others to hold to it. There's no way I could carry an automatic knife of any type. I'd be spotted in a flash!)
In my home state the rap for carrying an illegal blade is exactly the same as that for carrying an illegal gun. In fact, the way these laws are often written, you're actually better off carrying or being caught with an illegal gun. (Think about it!)
You don't have to tell me you're young; I know you're young. Personally, I went through the phase your going through now over 40 years ago. Then I got smart. Instead of obsessing over different knife designs I decided to learn how to skillfully use a blade, instead.
I'm talking about EVERYTHING you can do with a blade. For instance, I'm a good butcher. It's been awhile now since I've hunted; but, once, I could take a deer carcass down to: fillets, spare ribs, and rump roast in less than an hour; and I wouldn't damage the hide, either!
I'm one of the few people I know who's completely ambidextrous with a blade, can twirl razor sharp straight knives with either hand; (or, at least, I used to when I practiced everyday) and, when confronted, will instinctively view an opponent - not as an individual personality, but - as a target with varying degrees of vulnerability.
Just like one of the Gladiators in, 'Spartacus' I'm trained to see strike and no strike areas in others. I'm a Christian; and I don't use this knowledge for any nefarious purpose; but, I know it! Whenever you truly understand something like a knife, (or some other hand tool) what you use is, by no means, as important as how well you're able to use it.
I could care less about, 'badass blades' like: switchblades, gravity knives, OTF folders, or one of those Russian, 'bullet-blades'. Give me a solid, tight locking folder like any of those I mentioned to you yesterday; and I'm, both, happy and effectively well-armed.
To my mind, the real fascination with cutting blades comes from knowing how to use a blade skillfully and well instead of how, 'tacticool' or brilliantly engineered somebody's, 'toy knife' design might be.
As long as a folder has a decent length blade and will lock up, 'like a bank vault', (Remember I told you that?) I can work with it effectively and feel secure. It's usefulness and not style or design that I depend on while carrying a blade. Anything else is, 'gingerbread' - Something that can, also, cause trouble with the law.
Thus endeth the lesson for the day. I wish you well and hope you get past this wide-eyed fascination with, 'gizmo-knives' soon.
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