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pocketknife

a small knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle; penknife

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Both the early Tree Brand and American-made Boker pocketknives have become quite collectible.

THE WORLDWIDE EDGE: FROM HUMBLE ROOTS, BOKER KNIVES IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL JUGGERNAUT

After a lobbying campaign led by Knife Rights, the state Legislature overturned all these local restrictions in 2010, and Arizonans are now flee to stroll down the sidewalk with anything from keychain pocketknives to samurai swords.

Blade runners: knife rights activists want to protect your constitutional right to wield anything from a pocketknife to a cutlass

It is a provider of components, such as servo controls, for aircraft, jet engines, missiles, manufacturing equipment and other applications via its Advanced Technology Group (ATG) division, as well as of edged products, including cutlery, bayonets, pocketknives, machetes and combat, survival, sporting and agricultural knives, via its Consumer Products Group (CPG) unit.

Servotronics closes offload of Queen Cutlery

Security officials are still confiscating items such as pliers, razor blades, and pocketknives from airline travelers.

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While ballistic body armor provides a degree of protection against slash attacks, most modern pocketknives have the ability to puncture the material unless the weapon strikes a trauma plate.

Edged weapons: traditional and emerging threats to law enforcement

For knife collectors, this guide lists 5000 pocketknives with 2500 b&w and color photos.

American Premium Guide to Knives and Razors: Identification and Value Guide, 6th ed

Last trip, they took away my nail clipper, but I know people who manage to get through five screenings with pocketknives. What gives?

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As a child I got into my uncle's collection of old pocketknives and unleashed my whittling skills on the arm of nay grandmother's couch.

The perfect hunting knife: American cutlery icon Imperial Schrade has honed its knife-making trade for a full century

Meanwhile in a bid to help passengers move through airports more efficiently, the Transportation Security Administration has issued the following guidelines: arrive early and be patient; bring government-issued photo identification cards; put mobile phones, pagers, keys and change in carry-on luggage before going through metal detectors; don't bring scissors, pocketknives, corkscrews and other prohibited items on board; and don't make jokes about terrorism, weapons or security.

FAA to take steps to reduce flight delays during summer season

If anyone out there still thinks of Camillus Cutlery as that company that just makes the classic styles of pocketknives, you haven't been paying attention.

Camillus CUDA EDC Talonite. (Shooter's Box)

Pocketknives are in a full-fledged revival--most likely due to a more gun-friendly administration in the White House which has eased the focus on self-defense and shifted it over to more leisurely interests.

OLD SLICE NEW LIFE

The Trapper is a classic pattern and, according to those who specialize in manufacturing traditional pocketknives, the most popular.

Refined and redefined: the Boker Plus Urban Trapper is a traditional pattern reinvented