#Smith and wesson automatic knives full size#
#Smith and wesson automatic knives manual#
#Smith and wesson automatic knives series#

The blade itself is D2 tool steel, satin finished and chisel ground on both sides for a double-sided dagger shape.

#Smith and wesson automatic knives series#

A series a milled “steps” in the aluminum handle aid grip. This is a more natural action for your hand (similar to hand placement for deploying a folding knife via a thumb stud or hole) and gives you a more solid grip when the knife fires open. The Infidel is a dual action OTF meaning the switch pushes it out as well as pulls it in, and unlike a lot of OTF’s the switch is mounted on the handle rather than the spine.

#Smith and wesson automatic knives full size#

Note at the time of writing the full size Infidel now only comes in black (3300BK). Weights are 4.5 ounces and 3.4 ounces, respectively. It comes in two sizes: the full fat 3300 Infidel with its 3.9” blade and 8.9” overall length, and the newer Infidel Mini with a 3.10” blade and a 7.10” overall length. The Benchmade 3300 Infidel is one of the best-known OTF’s on the planet, and arguably one of the best regarded. With that, here’s a list of some of the better OTF knives on the market today. A dual action OTF means that both the deployment as well as the retraction are powered, usually by pushing and pulling the same control switch in different directions. Single action means that only the deployment is powered but the blade has to be forced back into the body manually. In general, there are two types of OTF knives: single action and dual action.

#Smith and wesson automatic knives manual#

In contrast, the natural position of the Spring Assisted Knife is closed and there is no pressure being exerted upon the blade which has to be deployed by some manual action (i.e flipping) by the user which is then assisted by a spring. The button allows the stored energy of the spring to propel the blade out from the handle. Now, the distinction versus Spring Assisted Knives is that with a switchblade or automatic knife the blade’s natural position is open, and it’s being held closed by a locking spring mechanism that’s released with a button or switch. Specifically, the OTF knife is a switchblade where the blade simply comes ‘out the front’. That all of your knives are bought from China, with phony markings onĪny help you can give me, would be greatly appreciated.For the uninformed, OTF knives are a type of switchblade – that is, an automatic knife which deploys the blade ‘automatically’ on pressing a button or switch. You never made any knives in the United States, or anywhere else, and The United States, but so-called experts on the S&W Forum, claim that Please let me know if I mayĬan you give me some information on a S&W Knife I bought in the 1990's? Also, we have never marked a blade with aįalse country of origin, this is illegal. Was made in the USA but it was before Taylor Brands starting making The correct information on your request below. Response I have in contact with a couple of people trying to get you Here is a communication I just received from Taylor Knives. Really, who's going to sue, another Chinese factory? And on the other side of the law, when you're talking knives, there's nothing because nobody has any standing to bring a suit. US Customs, who is about the only one doing any enforcement here, is constantly changing their idea of what they'll enforce and how they're going to do it. The law seems to be always changing in this area. To put the 'made in the USA' thing to bed, it's pretty easy to get a product made overseas in with the marking. You just need to have realistic expectations as to the quality. As far as being junk, while others look down their noses at S&W knives from Taylor, I've alway thought they were a good value for the money. They buy everything from somewhere in Asia. I collect knives and can count the number of knife brands that will/are appreciating in value without taking my shoes off.Ĭombat, Taylor has been in business around 25 years and has yet to make their first knife so it is not correct to say these knives are made by them. Is it a valuable collector's item of just a knife?Ĭertainly not valuable.