Knife assembly having a spacer or switch button including tritium

A knife assembly comprising:

• a handle extending from a first knife end to a second knife end;
• a knife blade interconnected to said handle and movable between a closed position wherein at least a portion of said knife blade is housed within said handle to an engaged position wherein said knife blade extends from said one of said ends of said handle;
• a switch button interconnected to said handle for releasing said knife blade from at least one of said closed or engaged positions;
• at least one vial of tritium housed within said switch button;
• and
• said switch button defining at least one opening for allowing illumination produced by said tritium vial to be viewable by a user of the knife assembly.

A knife assembly comprising:

• a handle having a first handle portion and a second handle portion extending in spaced and parallel relationship with one another from a first knife end to a second knife end to define a working gap;
• a knife blade pivotably secured to one of said knife ends and pivotable from an engaged position wherein said knife blade extends from said respective knife end to a closed position wherein said knife blade is at least partially disposed between said first and second handle portions;
• a switch button interconnected to said handle for releasing said knife blade from at least one of said closed or engaged positions;
• at least one spacer disposed within said working gap and extending between said first and second handle portions for spacing said first and second handle portions from one another;
• a first vial of tritium housed within said switch button;
• a second vial of tritium housed within said at least one spacer;
• said switch button defining at least one opening for allowing tritium produced by said first tritium vial to be viewable by a user of the knife assembly;
• and
• said at least one spacer comprised of a transparent or translucent material for allowing illumination produced by said second tritium vial to be viewable through said spacer.