Ostap Hel - Custom Knives & Designs

[.LuD.]

Forbidden in France :/

[Jonathan P.]

Le push-dagger est top !

[Ostap Hel]

I think it will fit well in hand - anyway I need to do prototype and try.

I'm really interested in weapon law in france. Beside knifemaking I'm a student of polish law and I have my master exam this month - my masterwork is about "cold weapons" in polish law. "Knuckle" or "kastet (in polish)" is forbidden too here but... It's not a knuckle it's just a key-ring.

Does french law or judgemant specify the word "knuckle"? Because in Poland we have only 1 word "knuckle" and noone exactly know how it looks. Should it be 4 rings for each finger? Or if its only one is it a knuckle or just a hole in steel? Or is very big and heavy wedding ring with big sharp diamond is a knuckle too?

By the way is it true that word "kastet" comes from french "casse-tête" which means "crush the head"?

[Jonathan P.]

Well, at least this etymology gives a lot of credit to this little weapon
(but "casse-tête" does indeed mean "crush the head".)

[Serp]

The word "casse-tête" literally means head crusher but is used even in law texts to refer to knuckle buster.In france, any lockable blade is legal to possess but illegal to cary as it is considered as a sixth category weapon, category wich includes any fixed blade, any lockable folder, knuckle busters, pepper-spay,sword canes, crossbows and many other. Basically,everything but slipjoints and friction folders is illegal to carry.
Would your design be considered as illegal? Worn as a ring, I think certainly because the function would be obvious,worn as a key-hanger maybe not but it quite defeats the function... Anyway, the final appreciation of any object fitting in the sixth category or not is left to the policeman arresting you, wich is very bad as french policemans are prone to overzealousness and abuse of power. I personnally got robbed by french police, they took a very nice damascus slipjoint folder from me saying the blade was too long but didn't make any form of legal statement and send me away argueing some legal problems as I was discussing...

[Ostap Hel]

Almost ready - just logo engraving and sharpening left

[Serp]

very nice! sole authorship?

[Ostap Hel]

Sorry, what does "sole authorship" means?

[Serp]

you did everything by yourself?

[Ostap Hel]

Yes, except laser engraving

[kraspek]

What ? Don't you have your personal laser by now ???!!!

[michelS]

Good job !!

[Ostap Hel]

Today I finally get my knife from laser engraving - turns out pretty awesome

[Abaddon]

nice photo, this laser engraving looks pretty nice !

[Serp]

cool! keep up with the attention to the details,it's very important, you do so good, man!