An OTF Knife, also known as an out-the-front knife, sliding knife, or telescoping knife, is a pocketknife with a blade that opens and closes through a hole in one end of the handle. Contrast this with the majority of knives, which are either standard folding knives or are "fixed blade" sheath knives (having no mechanical operation).
"OTF" only refers to the basic portion of the knife's mechanical operation where the blade slides parallel with the handle to deploy.
OTF knives may be further subdivided into manual sliding knives, which are not restricted as inertia knives, and automatic OTF switchblade knives and gravity knives, which are restricted offensive weapons.
Switchblades and gravity knives provide a great variety of different OTF mechanisms.
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