Hm, seems I was referring to the older laws. I think they changed the law for the 2008 Soldier.
Many dealers will sell anything to anyone, and as long as they don't get caught, will continue to do so. Also, different instructions are issued to different regions. For places like Europe where you have a different set of laws everywhere it's probably easiest to just err on the side of caution and tell everyone not to sell stuff like that unless it is to authorized people.Def
But the 2006 catalog would probably pre-date changes of the law on cause of the 2008 Soldier.
I was always rather amazed that they changed the law because of the Soldier 2008..... wow!
Quote from: Steinar on April 24, 2018, 10:06:17 AMBut the 2006 catalog would probably pre-date changes of the law on cause of the 2008 Soldier. Probably this... Before that OHO was illegal to the general public (not sure, it might have been possible to get one with the correct papers for weapons)Quote from: Pablo O'Brien on April 24, 2018, 10:17:31 AMI was always rather amazed that they changed the law because of the Soldier 2008..... wow!Its a fairly simple story... EU law (while Switzerland is not part of the EU we have adopted many of their laws and also have many contracts with the EU) requires that something like getting a new knife for the military is open for everybody to make a bid. To avoid that, they upgraded the knife to a weapon (EU definition). Weapons contract do not need to be open for international bidders. Basically, the Swiss Army Knife is our ambassador for the Made in Switzerland label. So, while Victorinox/Wenger were the ones most directly profiting from it, its the whole Swiss industry that was interested in protecting that. Of course it was also a matter of pride...
Could they not open for international bidders and then simply fail them during testing for not being Victorinox?
The knife store in my town has a small display of auto knives. In Virginia, you can't carry or buy an automatic unless you are active duty military or police (who can only carry them on duty), but you can own them (I guess that's what's called a grandfather clause). They can only be sold to active duty military and law enforcement. They'll only sell automatics to police and military with the proper credentials. Similar to the way Spyderco does it. Here, I see the occasional auto at flea markets in my county, but they're mostly cheap crap. Geez, I think I might as well move to Tennesee where the laws state basically "anything goes" in terms of carry.