Kansept’s Dako could be just the tonic for knife nerds who yearn to really dial in the snap of their blade’s action.

Artisan Cutlery follows up the luxe original Revel with a much more approachable treatment that might be even better.

It took the officer four or five tries, but he managed to lock the blade into place with a flick of the wrist. The New York law on gravity knives has since 1958 banned any blade that can be opened to ...