Blade length question.

[JamesA]

G'day folks,

I was just looking through various sites, Spyderco and AG Russell and Bladeart etc etc, and a question occurred to me. I've thought of it before, but never got around to asking.

What's with all the 3 1/8 bladed knives (coughnativecough)? Is adding an extra eighth of an inch really worth making it illegal in all the 3" states?

Three and a half I can see, that seems to be the biggest lots of people are comfortable carrying. And obviously four inches (or close to) is the OTHER legality break.

But I can't figure out the reasoning behind being SLIGHTLY over three inches.

Any thoughts?

JamesA

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Take a hand, build a handle to fit it, make a blade about an inch shorter, to fit in the handle. Make a shorter handle, fit a blade in it ... oh, legality? That's a different matter. Spydercoughcough makes a few tinyknives to beat the length requirements, so I guess they waive that factor from time to time. You can't let the sheeple decide everything you do, or you'll only have very long and very short. What about us wishy-washy types who want a blade that's only a little bit scary?