Berlin Germany, and St. Paul, Minnesota..

I heard that Germany enacted some very tough anti-gun and anti-knife laws after a couple of highly-publicized bloody rampages by some disaffected (read: psychopathic!) young men. Again, this is the way things are going in Europe: blame the object instead of the psycho. Just to be safe, I wouldn't carry anything more than a SAK anywhere in Germany, or the rest of Europe for that matter.
 
hi masteroffajitas,
you can carry fixed knives up to 12 cm and folding knives. but you need a reason such as hunting/fishing/camping for one handed opening folders. self-defence is no legal reason for one hand folder. better take a folder like a Buck 110 or a slipjoint. fixed knives were seldom carried in germany.
greetings from germany khb
 
It was my understanding that locking folders were also verboten. You might best stick with a Stockman or something similar.
 
locking folders are forbidden, if they can ce opened with one hand and you do not have a legal reason for carrying.
khb
 
Here is Bernard Levine's page on Minnesota Knife Laws
My understanding (I am not a LEO or a lawyer) is that Minneapolis is the only city in the state that has knife length restrictions (4").
Remember, your knife is not a defensive weapon but a tool. State law restricts possession of "any other dangerous article or substance for the purpose of being used unlawfully as a weapon against another", and I'm not sure how the case law works out with that.
 
khb said:
locking folders are forbidden, if they can ce opened with one hand and you do not have a legal reason for carrying.
khb
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Just to make this very clear:

You´re allowed to carry locking folders or fixed blades over 12cm IF you have a "good reason" to do so. However, what constitutes such "good reasons" is very debatable and probably up to the police officer/magistrate.

Knives you can carry without having to prove that you have a good reason are fixed blades under 12cm, non-locking folders (such as the UK pen knife by Spyderco) or locking folders that are not designed for one-handed opening.

That said, as in most countries, any knife will be considered a weapon if used or intendes as such.
 
ok, so what's the largest knife (tool) hahaha... I can carry is st. Paul?
 
TOM1960 said:
I heard that Germany enacted some very tough anti-gun and anti-knife laws after a couple of highly-publicized bloody rampages by some disaffected (read: psychopathic!) young men. Again, this is the way things are going in Europe: blame the object instead of the psycho. Just to be safe, I wouldn't carry anything more than a SAK anywhere in Germany, or the rest of Europe for that matter.
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Best to play it safe in Europe....under 3 inches, no one handed openers, no axis....so pretty much a slipjoint or a SAK.
 
gbuskirk said:
Here is Bernard Levine's page on Minnesota Knife Laws
My understanding (I am not a LEO or a lawyer) is that Minneapolis is the only city in the state that has knife length restrictions (4").
Remember, your knife is not a defensive weapon but a tool. State law restricts possession of "any other dangerous article or substance for the purpose of being used unlawfully as a weapon against another", and I'm not sure how the case law works out with that.
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NC Statue restricts the HANDLE size to 4 inches on a folder. Not enforced in the least bit, but no mention to blade size makes it funny.
 
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