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California Knife Laws?
I was just wondering if it is legal to carry this Stainless Steel Consort Knife in public. It looks just like this one http://www.promo-wholesale.com/Upfiles/Prod_l/Barlow-Stainless-Steel-Consort-Knife_20090741354.jpg however, the size may differ. Mine is 7 in. in length and 1 in. in width. I've looked at the california laws and not sure how to distinguish this knife between a pocket or gravity knife. Thanks.
Folding knives such as that are legal to carry in California regardless of their length, provided there isn't some kind of local city law such as in LA. Folding knives that open with one hand via a thumb-stud or an "assisted opening" spring mechanism are legal as well.
"Gravity knives" are extremely rare despite what a lot of people seem think. How they work is you hold the knife a certain way and press a button, and the blade literally FALLS out into position without any movement from your hand. This is actually not a very good design which is why they are so rare, but they were popular back in WWII for paratroopers to cut themselves out of trees.
Switchblades are actually legal in California but they have to have blades under 2 inches. These have actual switches, not just a spring. Butterfly knives count as switchblades under the phrasing of CA law, because they are opened via "the weight of the blade."
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