Esee-5 Legal in TEXAS?

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bigboy2011

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Hey Sorry i didn't post this in 'Knife laws' section, just need an answer ASAP. Is the Esee-5 legal to carry on your belt? Not for camping or hunting etc. Just for walking around / EDC

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5.5" blade in Texas as per state law, but not preemptive -- some cities more restrictive.

edit: Meant to add, a "bowie" knife not legal, but only case law was one 9" blade.

- OS
 
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yes it is single edge blade up to 5.5inchs

Check 46.01 and 46.02. In short, an illegal knife is a knife with a blade > 5.5", a knife designed for throwing, a dagger/dirk/stiletto/poniard, bowie knife, sword, spear, or a knife that opens automatically by a spring, force of gravity, or centrifugal force.
 
cricketdave said:
yes it is single edge blade up to 5.5inchs

Check 46.01 and 46.02. In short, an illegal knife is a knife with a blade > 5.5", a knife designed for throwing, a dagger/dirk/stiletto/poniard, bowie knife, sword, spear, or a knife that opens automatically by a spring, force of gravity, or centrifugal force.
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Thanks. Guessing its legal because its only 5.25"
 
yep thats the way the laws read. Not that most cops are all that familiar with them, and some jurisdictions may have their own separate rules as well.
 
cricketdave said:
yep thats the way the laws read. Not that most cops are all that familiar with them, and some jurisdictions may have their own separate rules as well.
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San Antonio seems to have much stricter ones from forums I've read; how well enforced I couldn't say.
 
They have actually had a couple of four cases where the question was what does the law mean by blade length? The answer is the whole blade and not just the sharpened part. Also a clip point blade does not automatically make it illegal to carry, but a sharpened clip does.
 
some cops will be a bit finicky, Rode my Motorcycle in dallas and some cops were giving me grief over carrying one of my cheaper FB, was only 4.75" but still got hassled over it.
 
Most cops do not know what the laws are. The generally accepted test (whether it passes legal muster or not) is the width of the palm test. Cops will measure your knife against the width of their palm. If it is longer, you may (likely) be in for a bit of hassle.
 
Reasoned1 said:
How did such restrictive knife laws come to pass in the Lone Star State of all places?
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Lots of states would say that 5.5" is generous.

4" here in TN.

But we can open carry a gun, unlike Texas. But we need a permit, unlike Vermont. You Vermont folks can't conceal carry in other states though, since there's no VT permit at all for reciprocity purposes. I can carry in 38.

Weapons laws are a bizarre hodgepodge, eh?

- OS
 
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Reasoned1 said:
How did such restrictive knife laws come to pass in the Lone Star State of all places?
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It is a VERY old law designed to discourage dueling with bowie knives. No, I am not kidding.:D There are still MANY old laws on the books in many states. Until the last round of chages to the CCW and self defense laws in Florida a few years back, there was still a law on the books from the era of the state constitution of 1888 that made it a crime to "sell a bowie knife or a Winchester rifle to a minor". This went away a back pin 2006 i think, along with the law prohibiting "notorious cohabitation" by an unmarried couple.:roll eyes: I think there may still be an old law classifying bowie knives and only bowie knives in the same category as firearms for purposes of possession by a convicted felon in Mississippi.
 
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