Ever carried or taken a knife somewhere you weren't supposed to?

[CapitalizedLiving]

Yes, I carry a knife places I'm not supposed to nearly every day of my life, and have done so for about 20 years straight with no intermission.

 

[A Justice]

Ever committed a crime and incriminated yourself on an online forum, giving a full detail of past and ongoing disregard for laws in a typed confession? No Thanks :thumbdn:

I guess I don't live as dangerously as the lot of you. I'm allowed to carry any knife I feel like in the majority of circumstances, and always empty all my pockets before going into a courthouse or on an airplane. It isn't worth getting your knife confiscated (you're really lucky if you run into a guard that will keep it for you until you exit, or you're in a position to return to your vehicle and stash your knife).

 

[Gingerman]

I carried a switch blade from Mexico to the U.S. The customs guy specifically asked if I had any such thing and I specifically said no.

 

[bigmark408]

Does prison count ?

 

[Ramiel]

Ever committed a crime and incriminated yourself on an online forum, giving a full detail of past and ongoing disregard for laws in a typed confession? No Thanks :thumbdn:

I guess I don't live as dangerously as the lot of you. I'm allowed to carry any knife I feel like in the majority of circumstances, and always empty all my pockets before going into a courthouse or on an airplane. It isn't worth getting your knife confiscated (you're really lucky if you run into a guard that will keep it for you until you exit, or you're in a position to return to your vehicle and stash your knife).

Thankfully, carrying a knife into the Pacers games isn't a crime
Against arena policy, but not illegal.

 

[link2derek]

I take mine to work everyday, even though we're not supposed to

A conscientious objector - I can dig it! My story is from my college days (undergrad, circa 1988) - I had to fly home for family business, and I forgot to take my 4-5" folder (some cheap P.O.S.) out of my jacket pocket where it normally resided. Of course, the airport metal detector went off... I pulled it out, said "Oops, forgot about that!" and threw it to my buddy who drove me there. Security guy just smiled and shook his head. No harm, no foul.

 

[bigmark408]

Ever committed a crime and incriminated yourself on an online forum, giving a full detail of past and ongoing disregard for laws in a typed confession? No Thanks :thumbdn:

I guess I don't live as dangerously as the lot of you. I'm allowed to carry any knife I feel like in the majority of circumstances, and always empty all my pockets before going into a courthouse or on an airplane. It isn't worth getting your knife confiscated (you're really lucky if you run into a guard that will keep it for you until you exit, or you're in a position to return to your vehicle and stash your knife).

How many cyber busts you got under your belt ?

 

[NorthernSouthpaw]

A conscientious objector - I can dig it! My story is from my college days (undergrad, circa 1988) - I had to fly home for family business, and I forgot to take my 4-5" folder (some cheap P.O.S.) out of my jacket pocket where it normally resided. Of course, the airport metal detector went off... I pulled it out, said "Oops, forgot about that!" and threw it to my buddy who drove me there. Security guy just smiled and shook his head. No harm, no foul.

That made me pause and reflect on how pathetic our society has become.
Just imagine that same situation happening today............

 

[MEJ]

That made me pause and reflect on how pathetic our society has become.
Just imagine that same situation happening today............

I don't fly often so maybe im not the best judge but it seems the worst they would probably do is confiscate the knife.

 

[Will Batayte]

Yup, all the time. If I'm out and come to a bar with a metal detecter you gotta believe my high end folder ain't going in the bushes and will be clipped behind my belt buckle. If I'm not breaking the law by carrying my knife you're not telling me to take it off. But that's just me. I also don't go around menacing people with it so I should have the right to have it.

 

[Will Batayte]

Wow, here is a generational differences study in action. When I was growing up and was a young man into adult hood, there were NO places that I can think of that a knife was not supposed to be. There were some municipalities that had ordinances on the books regulating knife size for carry, however, I don't recall anyone taking them seriously when it came to pocket able knives. We carried our trappers and our Sod Busters and our Gerber Folding Sportsman and Buck 110's any place we pleased without thought. A common boys game in our middle school was mumbly peg. You mention a multi tool being a problem in your school....when I was in school, multi tools had not yet been invented, however we did have access to SAKs but generally thought of them as rather sissified, something that you might have in college just so you could have the cork screw when you needed it to entertain lady friends in your dorm room. I am 58 years old and grew up in the Chicago Suburbs and went to college in Champaign, IL The first time I was disallowed entry to anyplace for having a knife was the 7th district court house in Markham, IL in approximately 1995 when they put in metal detectors. I was very surprised that my Case Muskrat was not allowed entry, told them they were nuts and paid my traffic via the USPS. Second time was at the St. Louis Arch in 2005. I have not flown commercial since 2001 so that is not an issue for me. Ridiculous school rules have gotten our young men totally out of the habit of carrying a knife. I would not risk putting a knife in my pocket if I was subject to the draconian rules of schools today that is for sure but I would be a lesser person for it.

Damn right thats how the world should be. Too bad the the few have to ruin it for the many.

 

[willrise]

Everyday living in and near shitcago.

 

[SENGVIN]

The one on top I carry whenever I go to forest , the one on the bottom I carry everywhere I go , I'm using it as work tool . Yes and I live in Chicago.

 

[jfalkos]

Whenever I go to church...I'm going to hell.

 

[chopchop]

One time I was going to a friend's graduation ceremony at the state department. I had a buck 521 in my pocket. The marine at the metal detector asked me what I used it for. I said, "to cut things." He said, "Yeah, you can't bring that in here." At that point I'd had that knife for maybe 10yrs, so I hoofed it back to the truck and made it back in time.

Another time I was flying back home from out of the country. I'd picked up a couple of really nice chef's knives and stuck them in my bag. I didn't really think about it at the time, but I wasn't checking any bags. The folks at the gate were going through my bag and started unwrapping the knives, and I was trying to say "watch out! sharp!," but didn't speak the language. I thought somebody was going to slice themselves open. They just rewrapped the knives, put them in a box, and checked them for me. I picked them up at the bag claim back in the US. This was maybe 15 yrs ago.

 

[Bill1170]

Wow, here is a generational differences study in action. When I was growing up and was a young man into adult hood, there were NO places that I can think of that a knife was not supposed to be. There were some municipalities that had ordinances on the books regulating knife size for carry, however, I don't recall anyone taking them seriously when it came to pocket able knives. We carried our trappers and our Sod Busters and our Gerber Folding Sportsman and Buck 110's any place we pleased without thought. A common boys game in our middle school was mumbly peg. You mention a multi tool being a problem in your school....when I was in school, multi tools had not yet been invented, however we did have access to SAKs but generally thought of them as rather sissified, something that you might have in college just so you could have the cork screw when you needed it to entertain lady friends in your dorm room. I am 58 years old and grew up in the Chicago Suburbs and went to college in Champaign, IL The first time I was disallowed entry to anyplace for having a knife was the 7th district court house in Markham, IL in approximately 1995 when they put in metal detectors. I was very surprised that my Case Muskrat was not allowed entry, told them they were nuts and paid my traffic via the USPS. Second time was at the St. Louis Arch in 2005. I have not flown commercial since 2001 so that is not an issue for me. Ridiculous school rules have gotten our young men totally out of the habit of carrying a knife. I would not risk putting a knife in my pocket if I was subject to the draconian rules of schools today that is for sure but I would be a lesser person for it.

I'm 55 and this mirrors my experience very closely. We didn't play mumbley peg, but I heard about it from my dad who did when he was a boy. Lots of kids in my school didn't carry a blade but my having one was no big deal. Everyone knew it and even the teachers would sometimes ask me to cut something for them. My, how things have changed. I doubt that either knives or people have gotten more dangerous since the 60's, but fear of knives and of people has grown tremendously since then. Why this divergence between perception and reality?

 

[navbouy]

As a merchant seaman I've carried either a fixed blade or a locking folder at work for 30 years,on a normal work day I carry a Gerber big rock fixed and a spyderco manix 2 xl or a benchmade 520- grip h20,dragonfly salt s,depends on what I'm doing,the knife laws in the UK mean that I'm ok to carry any knife too and from my place of work in a back Pac but I carry a dragonfly g10 in my watch pocket most days, I've seen cuts from non locking folders due to the hard use of a blade at sea.

 

[navbouy]

As a merchant seaman I've carried either a fixed blade or a locking folder at work for 30 years,on a normal work day I carry a Gerber big rock fixed and a spyderco manix 2 xl or a benchmade 520- grip h20,dragonfly salt s,depends on what I'm doing,the knife laws in the UK mean that I'm ok to carry any knife too and from my place of work in a back Pac but I carry a dragonfly g10 in my watch pocket most days, I've seen cuts from non locking folders due to the hard use of a blade at sea.

 

[DShiflet]

Sort of. At my old job, carrying any "weapons"(which included any knife) was forbidden by company policy. However, my managers were cool and overlooked my carrying a folder(at least one of them carried a folder as well), as long as it wasn't too massive(so no Cold Steel XL Voyagers or anything like that) and as long as I wasn't doing something stupid with it like waving it around or anything like that.

So carrying the knife technically violated company policy, but I since I don't do stupid stuff with my knives, there was no chance of me actually getting in trouble for having it either since the managers didn't care.

 

[davek14]

I'm 55 and this mirrors my experience very closely. We didn't play mumbley peg, but I heard about it from my dad who did when he was a boy. Lots of kids in my school didn't carry a blade but my having one was no big deal. Everyone knew it and even the teachers would sometimes ask me to cut something for them. My, how things have changed. I doubt that either knives or people have gotten more dangerous since the 60's, but fear of knives and of people has grown tremendously since then. Why this divergence between perception and reality?

58 here. Went to a Catholic grade school with the uniforms and everything. It was kind of in the country though. Mumblty Peg, whittling, no big thing. Kids would cut themselves and get fixed up with no comment on the knife, maybe telling the parents to teach safety better.

I carry a quite small knife on weekends 'cause I use my knife as a worry stone (for one reason). Lately my carry has been a small (1 1/2" blade) one hand opener instead of a slipjoint of the same size. More bad reactions of course, even without opening it one hand. Many more if I do that. I guess appearance does matter.