Prevalent Switchblade
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Prevalent Switchblade
Anybody have any information on this?
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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
I do not know anything about them. The grind on your blade looks very odd: almost as if it were hollow-ground, then someone flat-ground over that. I have never seen anything quite like it. But, then again, it is hard to tell from the poor resolution of the pictures.
In a Google search I came up with pictures of two that are completely different from yours - yet one of which is exactly like a Chinese-made switchblade that I found in a parking lot a few years ago. It is very cheaply made, and not at all a good knife.
I found two other examples on eBay, and these have a flashlight on the back of the handle. They do NOT appear to have been made in the USA from the look of them.
I note that all of the examples that I found online say "USA Prevalent", yet not "Made in the USA". I could be wrong, but I believe that these are cheap imports that are designed to deceive people.
In a Google search I came up with pictures of two that are completely different from yours - yet one of which is exactly like a Chinese-made switchblade that I found in a parking lot a few years ago. It is very cheaply made, and not at all a good knife.
I found two other examples on eBay, and these have a flashlight on the back of the handle. They do NOT appear to have been made in the USA from the look of them.
I note that all of the examples that I found online say "USA Prevalent", yet not "Made in the USA". I could be wrong, but I believe that these are cheap imports that are designed to deceive people.
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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
Says USA but it was made in China. Used to sell for around $10 if you knew where to find switchblades back 15 years or so ago. Bout all I can tell you about it.
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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
Your knife Dimitri is an inexpensive Chinese built auto, I own a couple. Now that's not to say it's not a cool fun knife, just not high-end! Enjoy it! 


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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
Thank you to everyone who responded!
Chinese it is then, I was surprised that I could not find more of them on the internet
Will make a nice EDC

Chinese it is then, I was surprised that I could not find more of them on the internet

Will make a nice EDC

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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
Don't lean on that button while it's in your pocket or you might be castrated. Those cheap autos are notorious for some severe injuries due to missfires in pockets.
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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
That one does have a safety, don't know if it works though.
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Re: Prevalent Switchblade
Another indication it's Chinese is the safety, only cheap Chinese knives position their safeties that way! 

