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Footnotes for AKTI Approved Knife Definitions

February 8, 2011

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  • Introduction to AKTI Approved Knife Definitions
  • AKTI Approved Knife Definitions
  • Understanding Bias Toward Closure and Knife Mechanisms


(1) The Book of the Sword, Richard F. Burton, Shatto and Windus, London 1884.

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(2) Daggers & Fighting Knives of the Western World, Harold L. Peterson, Walker & Company, New York, 1968, page 50.

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(3) District of Columbia v Heller, 128 S Ct 2783 (U S 2008).

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(4) McDonald, et al v City of Chicago, et a l., 130 S Ct 3020, (U S 2010).

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(5) Smith v. Gogan, 415 US 5666 (1974).

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(6) Garyned v. City of Rockford, 408 US 104 (1972).

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(7) Colautti v. Franklin, 439 US 379 (1979).

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(8) The Complete Book of Knife Fighting, William L. Cassidy, Paladin Press, 1975.

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(9) Daggers & Fighting Knives of the Western World, Harold L. Peterson, Walker & Company, New York, 1968, page 60.

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(10) A swedge is typically beveled, as if to form a cutting edge, but is not finished or ground to form an actual effective cutting edge.

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(11) Daggers & Fighting Knives of the Western World, Harold L. Peterson, Walter & Company, New York, 1968, page 67.

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(12) 15 U.S.C Section 1241(b).

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(13) House of Representatives, Subcommittee and Commerce and Finance Meeting of April 17, 1958.

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(14) 15 U.S.C Section 1244(5).

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(15) “…who walks into the classroom cool and slow, who calls the English teacher Daddy-O…” Lines from a popular song: “Charlie Brown,” by the Coasters, circa 1958-1959.

Also see:

  • Introduction to AKTI Approved Knife Definitions
  • AKTI Approved Knife Definitions
  • Additional Definitions

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