Once deployed, the UTX-85’s blade is locked in place until you retract it. The lockup is as solid as it gets with OTF knives. In my experience, there is always going to be a slight bit of wiggle ...

This, I learn, is the beauty of an out-the-front (OTF) automatic knife. In short: Not without its limitations, the CRKT Twist Tighe is a seductive, eager automatic knife for both EDC enthusiasts ...

Most notably, it’s a automatic OTF—or out-the-front—knife, meaning it deploys with just the slide of a button. The Shootout is also double-action, so it retracts using the same button.

Yes, this pen is secretly an OTF (out-the-front) knife in disguise. Cobratec Hidden blade. As you’ve likely surmised from the image above, the CNC OTF Pen Gen II isn’t a normal EDC pen; it has a knife ...