We're working to Keep Knives in American Lives
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AKTI has successfully defended the knife rights of Americans since 1998 by promoting
reasonable and responsible knife laws, laws that punish individuals that commit crimes not
those that use a valuable tool.
Las Vegas, NV….January 19, 2010. In the midst of a very busy SHOT Show schedule, the
American Knife & Tool Institute (AKTI) gathered at the Kershaw booth on Monday. Mr. Koji
Endo, President and CEO of Kai, Kershaw’s corporate entity graciously drew the winner of a
one-of-a-kind Kershaw SpecBump. Read more...
"One of the premiere goals of the American Knife and Tool Institute, AKTI, is the clarification and/or
removal of vague and ambiguous language involving knives from both state and federal statutes. AKTI is
in full support of Rep Coffey and Bill-2010-8-2015 as it is removing terminology from New Hampshire
statute that was far too open to misinterpretation." CJ Buck, Buck Knives, AKTI Board of Regents
For more information about Rep. Coffey's efforts to change NH knife law, see her website
www.knifelawonline.com.
AKTI will notify our Grassroots Supporters when she needs support with letters or phone calls.
10/28/09 - It's Law! Great News for All Knife Owners
The President has signed the Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2892) for FY 2010 that includes a
permanent “fix” so that any folding knife with a bias toward
closure cannot be declared a switchblade by U.S. Customs.
Changes to Federal Switchblade Act
However, knife owners should realize that they are still bound by the knife laws of their
state. And if you travel to another state, you are bound by that state's laws.
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Yes, even gentleman's folders such as this Frank Centofante custom folder or Case three-blade (pictured
above), Swiss Army knives, Leatherman tools, even old collector pocketknives were in danger from interstate
commerce interpretations if Customs' proposed ruling revocatin was not defeated. David D. Kowalski photos
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Now you can keep and use your folding knives currently permitted in your
state! With today’s vote in the U.S. Senate (and the President’s expected signature of H.R. 2892), the
American Knife & Tool Institute has accomplished the seemingly impossible. Thanks to the help of many AKTI
members, supporters, lawmakers and supporting organizations, we have turned the proposed U. S.
Customs' proposed re-definition of switchblades into an effective and sweeping clarification of the Federal
Switchblade Act of 1958.
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US Customs Timeline. We thank thousands of AKTI individual members and representatives
from every segment of the sporting knife industry for supporting hundreds of actions inspired and driven
by AKTI in this fight. This timeline gives you a reverse chronology of significant events.
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Ask your friends to join AKTI. We have now passed laws in five states,
turned back a Hawaii attempt to outlaw folders in early 2009, and responded to U.S. Customs
with a major piece of federal legislation. AKTI doesn’t just talk about knife rights. We actually
introduce and pass bills that have saved more than 70 million knife owners.
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