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Legal knife?
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txinvestigator
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Have no idea what F.A.S.T technology is... How does it open?
Eidt. Found a video review. That is an assisted opening and perfectly legal in Texas. The legislature just clarified that these are legal.
I have a Kershaw assisted opening in my pocket right now.
Eidt. Found a video review. That is an assisted opening and perfectly legal in Texas. The legislature just clarified that these are legal.
I have a Kershaw assisted opening in my pocket right now.
txinvestigator
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Opens by using a little knob on the BLADE, that you push a little and a spring pops the blade open the rest of the way.
Not a Switchblade.
Not a Switchblade.
Harley Rider 55
Active Member
Locking blade knives are illegal in San Antonio.
txinvestigator
TGT Addict
Google Texas Legislature
Click on Texas Legislature Website
Click on Statutes
click statutes again
click Penal Code
Click chapter 46
see 46.01; definitions;
"
(11) "Switchblade knife" means any knife that has a blade that folds, closes, or retracts into the handle or sheath and that opens automatically by pressure applied to a button or other device located on the handle or opens or releases a blade from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force. The term does not include a knife that has a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure and open the knife."
Click on Texas Legislature Website
Click on Statutes
click statutes again
click Penal Code
Click chapter 46
see 46.01; definitions;
"
(11) "Switchblade knife" means any knife that has a blade that folds, closes, or retracts into the handle or sheath and that opens automatically by pressure applied to a button or other device located on the handle or opens or releases a blade from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force. The term does not include a knife that has a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure and open the knife."
txinvestigator
TGT Addict
Only those UNDER 5 1/2 inches. Texas law makes knives over 5 1/2 inches illegal. See the out?
Harley Rider 55
Active Member
Get a lockblade knife that has a blade EXACTLY 5.5". Although it would be a little large to carry, it would be state legal as well as legal under city ordinance.
I'm a retired civil servant too poor to get a good lawyer. I do agree there is an out. If SA is like my city, the city council would just change the wording of the ordinance, unless deep pockets challenge it under the Texas Constitution.
How absurd, a city ordinance keeps me from carrying my 2" blade Old Timer, but I can carry a 5.5" hunting knife and firearms.
Are politicians just naturally dumb or is it something learned from having power?
there are exemptions for Peace Officers and members of the military
How the blade length is measured is also an issue as it's not defined. A curved or heavy profiled blade may be longer when the profile of the blade is measured than when measured from point to the sharp end. ~ vs - .
txinvestigator
TGT Addict
There is case law on this, but I don't recall the rule.
(6) “Illegal Knife” means a:
(A) knife with a blade over five and one half inches;
Rainer v. State, 763 S.W.2d 615 (Tex. App.-Eastland 1989, pet. ref’d) To determine
length, measure entire length of blade past handle, not just the sharpened portion of the
blade. Same result in McMurrough v. State, 995 S.W.2d 944 (Tex. App.-Ft. Worth 1999).
This is what I found. Not anything "blade" is as if yet.
(A) knife with a blade over five and one half inches;
Rainer v. State, 763 S.W.2d 615 (Tex. App.-Eastland 1989, pet. ref’d) To determine
length, measure entire length of blade past handle, not just the sharpened portion of the
blade. Same result in McMurrough v. State, 995 S.W.2d 944 (Tex. App.-Ft. Worth 1999).
This is what I found. Not anything "blade" is as if yet.
Harley Rider 55
Active Member
5.5" KA-BAR is fine.
If your going hunting , fishing, camping, etc., the 7" is fine.
Harley Rider 55
Active Member
I would think the maker/manufacturer specs are the best evidence of blade length.
