Butterfly Knives

I started collected knives when I was a teenager, and when I was able to buy my first butterfly knife by my self I looked at Benchmade Butterfly Knives. I knew I was getting a quality knife, and I would be able to have good resell value if needed. Benchmade Knives have been around for over 20 years now, and you know your getting a quality made knife when you purchase a Benchmade. I had a couple of butterfly knives that I received from the swap-meet. When I bought my first butterfly knife it was a Benchmade Butterfly Knife, and let me tell you are able to fill the difference. I like to be able to practice my tricks with the knives which I have been working on for years know and still need more practice. When I was growing up I did a lot of damage in my room by putting holes in the walls from the knife slipping out of my hand.

When I put my cheap butterfly knife next to my Benchmade Butterfly Knives you could see the quality difference in the steel, and other components of the knife. It was noticeably heaver, the blade operation was much smother, and the lock mechanism felt like it would keep it closed. Unlike my cheap butterfly knife that would come open in my pocket if I was running or something, so I always had to be careful.

Benchmade started making knives in the early 1980’s, and like most knife makers they get their start out in their garage with a cold peace of steel and a grinder. Making a knife takes some skill and artistic side to be able to come up with the design and have it work like a knife is design to do. Benchmade Knives are made with the end-user in mind, they take the time and effort to build a knife that will stand the test of time. I have had my first Benchmade Knife for over 15 years now, and it still looks brand new. I have used it for hunting, and other task and it has always stood up to what ever I threw at it. When Benchmade moved to Organ I was bummed out because I lived in California at the time and wanted to go take a tour were they make the knives. Now that I live in Idaho I am thinking about making a trip up there this summer, and take a look around. I am always impressed to see how the knives are made, and the effort that goes into making the handles out of a peer peace of wood.

I have people ask me all the time why are butterfly knives illegal, and I always wonder why they ask that question. If you have been around knives, or have ever collected knives you know any type of knife that’s concerted a deadly weapon, and opens and closed like a butterfly knife, or a switchblade is considered illegal to carry. Trust me as a collector I love having and carrying my knives but it’s not worth getting them confiscated and fined just because I want to carry it with me.

           I can tell you there illegal in most states with the exception of a couple like Arizona or Idaho were you have the right to bear arms. The main reason that there considered illegal is the fact that there gravity assisted knife, and if you’re caught with one on you then you can be charged with a felony. Now there are a lot of dumb laws out there, and depending on whom the officer is you most likely will get off with a warning if you’re caught carrying one. The Bailsong or better known as the Butterfly were always used in the movies with thugs or tuff guys robing some little old ladies. You would also see them in a lot of martial art show’s like kung few theater, and other shows like that. They would impress there opponent with how fast they could open and close it like they were some type of master or soemthing like that.  They mainly were used to show off guys as being bad boys in movies for the most part.

           So are butterfly knives illegal I guess you can say yes and no for the most part, but butterfly knives illegal yes. Like I said its going to be up to the officer to make that decision, just like one law we have here if your caught in your car with a girl under 16, and her shoes are off you can be charge with child endangerment. Like I said there are some silly laws out there. I was in a store one time and the store clerk happen to see I had a butterfly knife on me, and he ask are butterfly knives illegal as if he was going to do something about it, and of course I was like know it’s a concealed weapon so its all good and left. Knives are fun to collect just like gun’s are but you defiantly have to be careful who knows you have them or what type of weapons you have.

           Are butterfly knives illegal I think we can conclude that you’re ok to have one as long as you’re smart about carrying it, and also how you handle it? I will end with a story of a buddy of mine who always use to carry his Butterfly knife everything with him, and some guys were giving him some beef like most punk kids do, and like a dumb a** he pulled out his butterfly knife to try and scare them. Well they left him alone and a few minutes latter here comes a cop that stops him, and ask him about the incident and of course takes him in for threaten minors with a weapon. So let that be a lesson to anyone out there like that, don’t follow my friend Mike methods with your butterfly knife, because at that point you wont be asking are butterfly knives illegal because you will be in the back of a cop car and know that answer. Fill free to post a comment if you have a buddy like my buddy Mike how like to do dumb things without thinking first.