This style of knife is believed to have been used by Soviets. It used a compressed spring to launch the knife from the body (top) when a firing button was depressed.
This style of knife is believed to have been used by Soviets. It used a compressed spring to launch the knife from the body (top) when a firing button was depressed.
I remember Arnold using one of these in Commando.
From my little research it seems like there was a Soviet guy who wrote a book where someone used one then they were kinda popular for a short bit. Apparently they even got fully banned federally in the US which is weird, because pipe bombs aren’t even fully banned.
Yeah, it’s crazy how popularity of something vs actual deadliness factors into that sort of thing.