Carrying a Fixed-Blade Knife in public?

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I have a Ka-bar combat knife that I take out into the woods, and sometimes I sorta' want to carry it every where I go. Are there any laws out there concerning with carrying fixed-blade knives? Do I have to have a license or a some kind of permit to carry it in public?
 
You need to check the rules of the state or country you going to 1st.

In the USA in NYC the knife must be concealled
in CA it must be worn in the open
 
No permits are needed to carry a fixed blade in public. Either it is or it isn't legal depending on local laws.
 
Since what is legal depends on where you live, folks can't give you a good answer unless you tell them where you are from. Since some states have a blade length limit, posting the blade length of the fixed blade you want to carry would also be helpful.
 
Also, a lot of it depends on the local attitudes. I can legally walk down the street with my bow and a quiver full of arrows. While it is legal, it has invited unwanted attention and hassles (LEO didn't know about the archery range nearby). You might want to think about if you should in addition to if you can.

EDIT: Don't start screaming about sheeple. That type of "I can, so I am, regardless of if I should" is what got UOC banned here.
 
How much attention are you willing bear?I used to carry a Buck 119 on my hip in public in the early to late eighties.I don't do that anymore.While I probably still could around here,I don't need the unwanted attention,and negative remarks.Plus,I'm not as young as I used to be,and when not in the woods don't feel the need to pack my pigsticker in town.It's like yelling out loud,"Hey,look at me,are'nt I bada$$"!!!.
 
Somebody got banned from here for talking about exercising their rights, and possibly offending sensitive people (who don't know the law in their area)?

Wow...I hope someday that nobody gets offended by my car because it is better than theirs or offended by where I live because its better than where they are. Maybe we should even stop scoring kids sporting events because we don't want the second place winners and their parents to get offended....oh yeah we are already doing that.

Exercise your rights or you will lose them!



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SVRIDER1 said:
Somebody got banned from here for talking about exercising their rights, and possibly offending sensitive people (who don't know the law in their area)?
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I believe he was referring to "UOC" meaning unloaded open carry, not a poster here at BF. It was "banned" by the Sacramento regime because more and more people started to exercise it, and cops were complaining about "having to" respond to complaints by "OMG, a gun!" calls.


SVRIDER1 said:
Wow...I hope someday that nobody gets offended by my car because it is better than theirs or offended by where I live because its better than where they are. Maybe we should even stop scoring kids sporting events because we don't want the second place winners and their parents to get offended....oh yeah we are already doing that.

Exercise your rights or you will lose them!
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Unfortunately, with UOC in California, exercising those rights got them banned. (all arguments about the God-given nature of the Second Amendment, which, of course, also covers non-firearm "arms" like bladed weapons, aside)
 
In some jurisdictions, like most of Canada, not wearing the knife openly can get you in trouble for "concealing a weapon", a distinct offence. Your may be able to convince an LEO or judge that carrying a fixed blade in public, concealed or not concealed, isn't carrying a "weapon", but it's an argument best avoided. I've worn my knife openly in towns going to and from the bush or the river with no problem but the further removed you are from hunting, fishing and other places where even sheeple expect knives, the bigger the risk you run of having a big problem.
 
I carry a Sog Seal Pup or my Gerber LMF II in Northern California and have had no problems. People in the North state are really tolerant and we love our guns and knives.
 
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