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1. What is such a 'flexible' knife called in English
2. How do native speakers describe the action dealing with such a thing? Are these OK?:

-I folded out/up a knife.

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[+3] - McTag - 01/03/2014 It works well on fruit, or in Gunga's case, entrails and viscera.

Some of the names for these knives are: folding knives, pocket knives, jack-knives. When a person makes such a knife ready for use by exposing the blade they are usually said to 'open' it. When they fold the blade away they are said to 'close' the knife.

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@WBYeats,

No, they are not OK in the U.S.A.
Try and get on a plane with one and spend the weekend in jail and get cavity searched for the rest of your life.
Go to N.Y.C. where you only get a month in jail, just for having it in your pocket.
Just stay out of the NE - the rest of the country is much more receptive.

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@Jack of Hearts,

WB's "okay" referred to the language, Jack.

Multiple firearms are okay but a jackknife is verboten, eh? Smile

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@WBYeats,

A clasp knife. Also a folding knife, as mentioned.

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I always called that a chive. (shivv)

Googled it and I found:
http://kershaw.kaiusaltd.com/knives/knife/chive

They can be very dangerous.

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@PUNKEY,

'Shiv' is soooo passe and 20th century. Only crossword puzzle makers use the word any more. These days on the street and the prison yard it's called a 'shank.'

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Jack-knife, penknife, pocket knife, folding knife -- all are colloquially acceptable terms.

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

WB's "okay" referred to the language, Jack.

Multiple firearms are okay but a jackknife is verboten, eh?

In many cities in the Northeast most all weaponry is outlawed.

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@WBYeats,

My recommendation for a basic folding hunting knife (the CRKT M16):

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/162/371162_CR14M.jpg

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Thank you~

But if my knife in my language has a clear 'fruit XYZ knife', would it have any change in its name?

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@WBYeats,

It works well on fruit, or in Gunga's case, entrails and viscera.

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Thank you~

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@WBYeats,

Are you saying that fruit is all the pictured knife is used for in your country, WB?

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@JTT,

At least the producer calls it 'fruit fold knife' in my language.

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@WBYeats,

Folding knives of all kinds.
(Am I the only person to use the term "clasp knife"?

http://frenchknives.com/

http://www.frenchknives.com/images/fdl1211am.jpg

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@WBYeats,

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1. What is such a 'flexible' knife called in English

A switch blade or A flick knife.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Switchblade_animated.gif

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2. How do native speakers describe the action dealing with such a thing?

Flick.

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Are these OK?:-I folded out/up a knife

Not in my neck of the woods.

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

(Am I the only person to use the term "clasp knife"?

I always thought a clasp knife was distinguished from other types of folding knives by certain features - large, one-bladed, and having a catch to hold the blade open.

I had one exactly like this when I was 12

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/cava58/ClaspKnife001.jpg

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@contrex,

That's the model with the spike for taking Boy Scouts out of horses' hooves. Nostalgic.

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

That's the model with the spike for taking Boy Scouts out of horses' hooves. Nostalgic.

That's what I thought for years, but apparently it's a "marlin spike" used with ropes and lines - this is what a knife with a "hoof pick" looks like:

http://www.bladetech.co.uk/gifs/large/B244.jpg

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