Fully automatic knives have an undeserved bad reputation ... Instead, the act applies only to commercial sale of auto knives across state lines. Autos also cannot be shipped through mail.

How quickly does the blade deploy? How tight are the tolerances? One of the best Benchmade knives, the fully automatic Benchmade Claymore has a lot of snap to it once you press the button.

With a sub-$300 price, the Axial Shift presents an attractive value proposition among automatic knives. Here's how it ...