My dad gave me this in the 80's. The spring is still very strong. Notice how he, then I wore the blade down through constant use and sharpening. I still carry it quite often.
In the fire I lost several stilettos like Rusty's. I might, MAYBE, still have one black one. But I have others.
In this picture the third knife in from the top right is a red stiletto - I forgot I had that one. The third knife in from the bottom right is a "peanut" switchblade.
This next one is the smaller sized Boker Avtomat Kalashnikov. Not sure how they got the license to use that name but they did!
This Benchmade Osborne is not actually automatic but it might as well be, it opens so fast:
I bought this little out-the-front automatic knife solely to match it to the red pistol. I'm a child, I know..............
I had a Benchmade auto that I bought the first year carry permits were allowed here in Kentucky. I think I lost in in a truck that I sold. Last I recall of it was stripping wires for a stereo install. I have since decided that I don't deserve expensive knives or sunglasses. I only lose or break them.
But I sure enjoy looking at these. I still catch myself looking at and pricing auto-knives, but I know I'll carry it and soon do something stupid to lose it. Every kids dream in my generation (male youngsters mostly) was to own a "switchblade".
I have quite a few...but this heavily built Italian model (not to be confused with the recent ones that I see for sale at the gun shows!),....came into my hands about 40 years ago:
Here are a few. Left to Right:
Piranha Pocket Auto. Very sharp. I like it a lot.
S&W Extreme Ops.
Boker Kalishnakov automatic.
CRKT (Columbia River Knife & Tool) Anubis Auto
Benchmade Apparition "assisted" opener.
Kershaw Junkyard Dog II "flipper technology"
I bought two Lightning out the front auto knives and their quality is very good for the price. You can typically get them on sale for about $30 and one is a double edge stiletto and the other is a standard blade and I use them on my construction sights like I would any other tool. I use them to cut, scrape, hammer, chop, pry, whatever, and thought that would wear them out pretty quickly but they have held up really well.
No offense, but these are mostly “bad guy” impressive little stickers
I like big practical knives. Here’s my Gerber Auto 06 (next to an old Benchmade Emerson CQ). I love the big button on the auto Gerber. You can mash that down with cold wet fingers or even mitts and have a blade. I always carried that during the winter.