Another method for discreet carry.

[nativecajun57]

Is that these United States of America is no longer the LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. A knife is a tool. And all those pussys out there complain about a small utility knife were just born in the wrong era. No offense ladies I am using that term for both gender. When I was growing up way back when. A man carried a knive period. No problem. This is to all who are living in their own world of letting others control them. They are winning in that they have accomplishing what they want, "with some anyway". Not this guy. I carry my knife leagaly any where I want. I get so pissed when I cannot carry my small pocket knife to fly anymore. It is just so ingrained in me that a knife is just a tool. And I even get more pissed that they charge you to stash you luggage under. So ya I could pack light without my knife in the bag. Or I can pay to have it stashed underneath, that way having to pay for bringing my knife along.

And to show you the mentality of those checking people before boarding an aircraft. My daughter had what used to be a large tube of toothpaste she was going to carry on with her. The lable on it said it was over 3oz or what ever the acceptable weight was. Now mind you she has this little thing on the tube that rolls the paste up evenly. It was rolled almost touching the screw cap. The ignorant person told her she had to leave that back. She asked why. He said because it is over three ounces. But she said it is almost empty, he said but it originally had three ounces in it. Now tell me that does not want to make you jump the counter and teach him some common sense. And yes this really happened. I could hardly believe her when she told me. Lucky I was not there cause I may not be typing here right now, i may be in Jail for choking the SOB.

The problem with all this stuff is that their are so many people freely willing to give up our blood bought freedoms for the "guise" of security.

The intelect of some like the lady this man had to deal with literaly makes me one, angry and two, sick to the stomach. The stupidity out there is getting to much for me. I may have to go find some land on a mountain and live in a log house and not fly and shoot and grow what I eat. Cause this world is going to hell on a very fast track.

Daniel

Edit: You mentioned pencils. What about the scissors in that ladies drawer back at her desk, probably three times as long as that mans small utility knife. What about the belt around the waists of many that could choke you to death. The list goes on. Pretty soon we will have to go on an airplane in our birthday suits. Yuck what a site that would be for some. If a few more men would stand up against these people at the airports and say "no way man you are not going to touch my junk" I loved it' a brave man for once.

A lady really bitched about you having a POCKET KNIFE? Seriously, wtf is wrong with people these days. You could stab her with a pencil if you really wanted to.

 

[Carlos]

I like to carry folders clipped IWB, around 4 o'clock, they are invisible that way

My only concern with that is that I have had both tip-up and tip-down folders open in-pocket if the spine isn't pressed against a pokcet seam (rare, but once is too many). So I'm a little leery of carrying clipped IWB with nothing against the spine -- or that would be the simplest solution.

Should have asked her what she was doing out of the kitchen...

LOL. That just made my day. FWIW I doubt she can cook.

 

[nativecajun57]

But I still hate it. I would just carry a classic pocket knife to work and be done with it. Just do not pull it out to open a letter in front of that lady. We would not want to make her feel 'uncomfortable', with something like a Case Peanut.

Welcome to Corporate America where the petty have enormous power to do damage by using the right buzzwords when complaining to the right people. Stealth is survival, and in this context it is better to let her think that she's won than to lose for real. Sigh.

 

[dcycleman]

A lady really bitched about you having a POCKET KNIFE? Seriously, wtf is wrong with people these days. You could stab her with a pencil if you really wanted to.

thats funny, I got suspended in high school when the principal told me to empty my pockets and I flipped my swiss army out on the table with my keys and she had a meltdown. she asked me if I could do harm to someone with it as she held it up, I looked her in the eyes and said " well I could stab someone with a pen just as easy, what are you gonna do?, give us all crayons?" Didnt go over so well. Got a week vacation to think about my "crimes". My old man just brought me to work with him.

 

[jeff_c]

Ive started carrying traditional slipjoints to work. You know, what I would call "gentlemens" knives.

Kind of like... well these:

Its given me a good reason to get some nice folders, and reunited me with my interest in knives. That said, i have been considering keeping a decent "tacticool" folder in my car and just changing them out when exiting the work zone.

This one was a bit much... really tickled when worn IWB.

If someone at work really hassled me... and HR came back and told me no weapons. I would become SUCH a pain in the butt for them. ANY time I saw ANYTHING that could be considered a "weapon", I would march RIGHT to HR and have them fill out some report LOL.

 

[monsterdog]

Nice solution to a nasty problem.

I've thought of sowing a small band into my pockets, about half an inch under the rim to clip my folders to. That way the clip would be completely concealed, but the knife would still be available in roughly the same position.

Also got a purple Delica, so I can just say "But its PURPLE?!?!?" if someone gives me a hassle

 

[00ChevyScott]

thats funny, I got suspended in high school when the principal told me to empty my pockets and I flipped my swiss army out on the table with my keys and she had a meltdown. she asked me if I could do harm to someone with it as she held it up, I looked her in the eyes and said " well I could stab someone with a pen just as easy, what are you gonna do?, give us all crayons?" Didnt go over so well. Got a week vacation to think about my "crimes". My old man just brought me to work with him.

Another example of the bullshit zero tolerance rules in schools.

 

[harkamus]

I've resorted to IWB carry after buying a new android phone which cost quite a bit. I used to carry my knife in a pocket by itself. I would still carry my knives like this but somehow find it rather difficult to IWB carry my phone! Yes, they have phone pouches with clips, but I hate those. Sooner or later I will add a Malkoff MD2 flashlight to my edc and probably my 9mm Jericho 941.

 

[Robocarullo]

That's a bummer that someone you work with is such an irrational and scared person......

At least you found a good solution, gonna check those out for sure.

I had a similar problem at work. No one complained to my face but I started to notice a lot of people checking out my pocket where the clip was showing. Apparently a box cutter is fine but a Para is just to hardcore for the sheeple?

Well anyways before things got out of hand I bought a Mission wallet and it worked out great for me.

 

[actionjackson1]

Im the chef at a butcher shop. Employees that are uncomfortable with knives are the ones that are soon unemployed here.

Hahahaha..thats funny..

 

[dman62]

Busybodies always have to ruin it for the rest of us. The Lums ride pretty high, glad you found a fix to work for you. I've got a CF Lum clipped to my pocket right now. My white jacket for work covers it (I work in a hospital). I've been carrying my Caly alot though since the wire clip rides alot lower and is more stealthy. If anyone asks it's a pager. I have an SAK for use in front of the sheeple.

 

[scotsmanspride]

IMHO a sharpened pencil can kill just as easily as a knife. Seen someone stuck with one before as a medic and it was pretty sweet. Just file a hostile work enviornment claim when you see her writing anything. Oh....and the swingline staplers are a deathtrap.

 

[yuldeli]

Ive started carrying traditional slipjoints to work. You know, what I would call "gentlemens" knives.

I was at a corporate conference and somebody at my table freaked when I used a Victorinox Cadet" to cut my apple. Go figure! At my office they are used to me using a Delica or similarly sized blade as a letter opener, apple cutter, etc. I get some looks, but folks tend not to bug me about it.

 

[racer88]

I was at a corporate conference and somebody at my table freaked when I used a Victorinox Cadet" to cut my apple. Go figure! At my office they are used to me using a Delica or similarly sized blade as a letter opener, apple cutter, etc. I get some looks, but folks tend not to bug me about it.

On the one hand, I shouldn't be surprised to hear these stories. But, on the other, I remain astonished that people are THAT freaky. By "freaked," could you be more specific? What did he / she say? Did others at the table react? I'm genuinely curious about this behavior. Thanks!

 

[golden chicken]

i think we should start carrying kitchen knives in sheaths.

keep a paring knife as a neck knife and a chef knife on your hip.

is it illegal now that you're walking around with it attached to you?

 

[gregncat]

I just mentioned in another thread about a school mate of my Nephew who was suspended because his mother packed a butter knife in his lunch. Utterly Re-donk-uless.
They're allowed to use sharpened wooden stakes (pencils) all day long, but a damn butter knife is just over the top.

Pencils make good weapons too. I stabbed my Sister in the leg with a pencil once when we were kids. No body else could piss me off the way she used to, not even my wife (although sometimes I think she tries) It didn't go any deeper than the lead, but she still has the mark.lol

at the same school mentioned above, 2 boys were suspended because one of them brought a hand full of airsoft bb's to give to his friend. No gun, just the plastic bb's. Wish I was the father of one of them. I'd strap on my Corby and have a chat with the principal. (lol prolly not) I wonder if you could get away with wearing an empty 50cal shell on a necklace.

If you have the opportunity to homeschool your kids, do it. I homeschool (HS) my 2 boys. they can come to class loaded for bear. Right shoulder arms and Ka-bars. We even do rifle drills and combat training. it's fun, they even learn to read and write. How are you going to learn to field strip your 9mm if you cant read the manual? How are you going to know how many rounds are left in your clip if you can't add and subtract?
that inspires them to want to learn.

 

[jimnolimit]

thats funny, I got suspended in high school when the principal told me to empty my pockets and I flipped my swiss army out on the table with my keys and she had a meltdown. she asked me if I could do harm to someone with it as she held it up, I looked her in the eyes and said " well I could stab someone with a pen just as easy, what are you gonna do?, give us all crayons?" Didnt go over so well. Got a week vacation to think about my "crimes". My old man just brought me to work with him.

2 words: tactical pen

 

[jimnolimit]

lately at work i've been keeping my knife clipped to my back pocket (instead of being in my front pocket). im a large machine operator so no ones going to complain (plus i sharpen a fair amount of the workers knives).

outside of work i always keep my knife in my pocket, right next to my money. NY law states that knives must be concealed.

p.s. im extremely politically incorrect at work.

 

[Carlos]

lately at work i've been keeping my knife clipped to my back pocket (instead of being in my front pocket). im a large machine operator so no ones going to complain (plus i sharpen a fair amount of the workers knives).

outside of work i always keep my knife in my pocket, right next to my money. NY law states that knives must be concealed.

p.s. im extremely politically incorrect at work.

The funny bit is that my Lum was in the back pocket of my jeans when she noticed it. Obviously she's a bum-looker.

 

[powernoodle]

and she then proceeded to spew verbal diarrhea on me about weapons.

For the workplace, I have always advocated painting a folder pink, and then placing Sponge Bob stickers all over it. Tell your co-worker that you use your pink Sponge Bob knife to open boxes of prosthetic limbs when you volunteer at the orphanage.