Etymology

007 knife

Today it means: A rocker-locking folding knife, which was capable of flick action opening (flick of the wrist), originating in the 1970s, similar to a 1960s era KA-BAR. Full definition →

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The story

Most famous examples of this knife had their scales emblazoned with the number 007.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.