What is a pocket knife?

A pocket knife is simply a knife with a blade that folds out or “opens” from the handle, where it is housed when not in use. The idea being that it will easily fit in the pocket for everyday carry. Generally, a pocket knife is either assisted opening or manual opening.

What is an assisted opening knife?

These knives are opened by the user employing either the “flipper”, which is a lever on the back spine of the knife or a “thumb stud”, which is a small stud on the blade. This action starts the deployment of the blade and a mechanism like a spring or ball-bearing finishes opening the blade and then it locks into place.

What is a trapper pocket knife?

This is a style of manual opening pocket knife that has two blades, which fold out from the handle. Traditionally, there is a spey blade and a clip blade, each having a nail nick so that they can be deployed with just an upward pull on the blade.

What is an OTF knife?

When you see a knife listed as an OTF, it stands for “out-the-front” and means that it is a knife with a blade that extends straight from the handle. An OTF pocket knife can be opened with a manual slide, with assisted opening, with an automatic mechanism or by using gravity.

How do I choose a pocket knife?

A good, quality folding pocket knife should be a tool that you can take for granted because it will be able to perform whenever and wherever you need it. Choose one that will perform the specific tasks that come up for you in your everyday life. For example, if you’re in emergency services, a rescue knife with an integrated seatbelt cutter and glass breaker would be perfect for you.

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Details and features of the EMT Pocket Knife.

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Close up image of the handle and glass breaker of the Ridge Runner Assisted EMT Pocket Knife.

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Ridge Runner First responder Assisted Pocket Knife

$17.99

Variety Pocket Knives

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Shinwa Black Taito Pocket Knife

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The Benchmade Osborne is a push-button automatic knife.

The green anodized 6061-T6 aluminum handle has a pocket clip.

Benchmade Osborne Automatic Knife

$275.00

The Black Night Butterfly Knife open and secured

Black Night Butterfly Knife - Stainless Steel Blade, Latch Lock - Length 9 1/4"

$19.99

Kissing Crane’s Doc Holliday Trapper pays tribute the an Old West hero.

The handle scales are black and brown jigged bone with artwork.

There is laser-etched, Doc Holliday themed artwork on the stainless steel blades.

Kissing Crane Doc Holliday Trapper Pocket Knife - Stainless Steel Blades, Burnt Bone Handle Scales, Nickel Silver Bolsters

$54.99

Honshu Senjutsu Ball Bearing Opening Pocket Knife

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Timber Wolf Black & Silver Folding Knife

Timber Wolf Folding Knife

$14.99

Slim open pocket knife with angled blade and dark wood and gold handle on a wood background.

Closed pocket knife with silver blade and dark wood handle with gold accents on a white background.

Partially open pocket knife positioned in a backwards “L” shape with a silver blade and dark wood handle with gold accents.

Slim extended pocket knife with angled blade and dark wood and gold handle on a white background.

Executive Office Automatic Pocket Knife

$75.99

Ghost Series Black Double Edge OTF Knife - Stainless Steel Blade, Metal Alloy Handle, Pocket Clip - Length 9”

Viper-Tec Ghost Series Black Double Edge OTF Knife

$89.99

Avalanche Novelty Compound Bow Shafts 10pcs

$17.99

The Kissing Crane M1911 Pistol Trapper has two laser-etched stainless steel blades.

The trapper knife has a wooden handle with M1911 Pistol themed artwork.

The Kissing Crane M1911 Pistol Trapper has a razor-sharp clip point blade with laser-etching.

The pocket knife has a spey blade with a nail nick and laser-etched artwork.

Kissing Crane M1911 Pistol Trapper Pocket Knife

$57.99

POCKET KNIVES FAQS

What is a pocket knife?
A pocket knife is simply a knife with a blade that folds out or “opens” from the handle, where it is housed when not in use. The idea being that it will easily fit in the pocket for everyday carry. Generally, a pocket knife is either assisted opening or manual opening.
What is an assisted opening knife?
These knives are opened by the user employing either the “flipper”, which is a lever on the back spine of the knife or a “thumb stud”, which is a small stud on the blade. This action starts the deployment of the blade and a mechanism like a spring or ball-bearing finishes opening the blade and then it locks into place.
What is a trapper pocket knife?
This is a style of manual opening pocket knife that has two blades, which fold out from the handle. Traditionally, there is a spey blade and a clip blade, each having a nail nick so that they can be deployed with just an upward pull on the blade.
What is an OTF knife?
When you see a knife listed as an OTF, it stands for “out-the-front” and means that it is a knife with a blade that extends straight from the handle. An OTF pocket knife can be opened with a manual slide, with assisted opening, with an automatic mechanism or by using gravity.
How do I choose a pocket knife?
A good, quality folding pocket knife should be a tool that you can take for granted because it will be able to perform whenever and wherever you need it. Choose one that will perform the specific tasks that come up for you in your everyday life. For example, if you’re in emergency services, a rescue knife with an integrated seatbelt cutter and glass breaker would be perfect for you.