Legal News
The Texas Senate on Monday (April 29) passed Knife Rights’
“Location-Restricted Knife” Reform Bill, SB 2381, by a bipartisan vote of
19-12. The House companion bill, HB 2342, received the unanimous vote of the
House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence last week.
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| Big knife, hopeful fewer restriction on carry in Texas |
These bills would reduce number of places where Location-Restricted
Knives (blades over 5 1/2 inches) are banned. This includes restaurants and bars, amusement
parks and places of religious worship.
Good news for anyone in or traveling in Texas with a knife in their
pocket. I would have never thought that Texas would have legal restrictions over knife length. I means it's Texas, for God's sake!
Böker News
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| Durand prefers a unmarked, simple blade, hence no opening stud or nail nick. |
Böker has new releases from three of their designers. Serge Panchenko,
Raphaël Durand, and Kansei Matsuno who are back with more for the Solingen,
Germany manufacturer.
Serge Panchenko has opened his own production label, Serge Knife Co.,
and collaborated with Böker before on the popular Lancer model. His new knife for Böker is the Gust with a
2.8-inch D2 blade, a stainless steel frame lock, with an anodized front scale
embellished with a seashell-groove machining pattern.
Raphaël Durand’s new models are the Frelon and Boxer. Both require two hands to open as neither
features a nail nick. However, both the
Frelon and Boxer are locking knives, equipped with the tried and true back lock,
3 inch blades and new steels: the Frelon comes with VG-10, while the Boxer is
sporting N690.
Kansei Matsuno brings a liner lock to the LRF design, but maintains the
same elegant lines that defined his first release with Böker. His penchant for twists on opening mechanisms
is displayed here. Matsuno has incorporated a symmetrical ‘horned’ front flipper,
with small tabs protruding from either side of the pivot. The near-3-inch blade
is made from VG-10.
They all sound sweet!
On the down side: Böker has
announced that “On 1 May 2019 our grinding machines will be shut down and
delivery times may be extended accordingly. Our sales department will not be
available either.”
While this may just mean a temporary pause, to upgrade, fix, repair or
move we hope it’s just a very brief interval. I own several Bökers and they are an underappreciated knife and reasonable in price.
