Switchblade: The Ace of Blades

This book may be an edited version of an older work, but after two passes you would think that it would be better. There is scant little information in this book which was touted as being a reference about switchblades. I've collected for over sixty years and found this short and inadequate on all fronts. The most involved chapter of the book basically stated that OTFs were week sprung and held a mediocre description of how the mechanism worked. I was very disapointed with the book and would not recommend it to anyone.

one of the first if not The first switchblade book written.an absolute "Must Have" for the switchblade collector. not because it's good, it isn't. JUST because it's the first one. full of nonsense, written by someone that knows fairly close to NADA about knives and especially switchblades. entertaining in it's misinformation. a absolutely wonderful book for children (i would have killed for this book when a child). if you can buy it cheap, buy it just to have.

Was somewhat unimpressed with overall content, but it did have some personal stories of some interest.IF you can find this at a cheaper price, it might amuse you to read.As, I understand, it is one of the very few books on the subject.

Cute,fun,informative.

informative

This book is a re-write of a release from years ago. The book poorly covers the construction of switchblades, it does not cover in any depth the new construction. The chapter on laws pertaining to switchblades provides a very high level overview of the law. It does not provide the reader with any information that isn't currenly avaibale by and online search.

this book is small and author spends half of it on useless babble.Mine has blank pages& misplaced pages.At least one drawing is inacurate.Does not cost much; that is its saving grace.

Don't bother with this one. The illustrations are poor and there should have been more photographs of interesting knives. The material is very general and sketchy. A book that goes into a great amount of detail on any particular part of the subject would be more interesting and useful. I think most people would prefer a book showing in detail the mechanics of switchblades and some of the pattent drawings. A book about collectable button knives and their values might be popular too. I would like to read more about the Estes Kefauver and the motivations of other people in office that write and pass stupid laws regulating pocket knives.