They're kept out of harm's way within these protective sheaths, but when he needs to use them, the Mega Lion would swing them into action, like switch-blade knives, and could slice up prey.
Then he pulled out his big jackknife and some newspapers and made curtains to keep out the wind that whistled through the openings of the old family coach.
At the upper end of the table, Mr. Noah Claypole lolled negligently in an easy-chair, with his legs thrown over one of the arms: an open clasp-knife in one hand, and a mass of buttered bread in the other.
And it's true that he can whip out this almost sort of switchblade smile where you're not sure if his character is being sincere, if he's mocking who he's interacting with, if he's about to snap.
This cheered her considerably and she hurried to scrape together a heap of seaweed, while Cap'n Bill cut up the fish with his jackknife and got it ready for cooking.