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Footnotes for AKTI Approved Knife Definitions

Also see:
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
Understanding Bias Toward Closure and Knife Mechanisms

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