Fixed blade epiphany.

Small fixed blades you say there Jacknife?
You owe it to yourself to grab a Dozier knife.
AG has them on his site with no wait.
I'm a big fan of the Personal Utility, a little bitty big worker.
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I carry a Chad Acker pocket fixed blade from flying A cattle co. in my pocket daily. I love how easy it is to pull it from its sheath, use it and slide it back in without having to worry about the joint getting gunked up.
 
Piling on with another Dozier recommendation. Solid designs, materials, fit, finish and a great Kydex sheath makes for a phenomenal combination. They can be hard to find but worth the effort. 20200523_150250_resized_1(1).jpg
K-13 Whittler, custom drop point, K-9 Personal Utility.
 
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While I do carry a folding knife (a Sandrin Lanzo, to be exact.), I'm very ,very fond of the idea of EDC fixed blades, and have 2 that go with me just about everywhere.

The first is a Ka-Bar wrench knife, which is a dandy little fixed blade, reminds me of the Izula, super comfy in the hand, gets wicked sharp super easy. I like the character it has, the forging marks on it. It may seem gimmicky, but I do implore you to try it. Slips into a pocket super nice.

Do wish it came with a belt clip, though. About the only complaint, and I could just buy one from Ka-Bar directly, but I'm a lazy ass. :p

The second is a Spyderco Jumpmaster 2. It's a complete beast at heavier cutting jobs, the thing is like a belt-portable chainsaw, it just eats anything you put it to. Plus it's H1 steel, so it doesn't even rust, which is rather nice from a maintenance standpoint.

I did have to pull it in a pretty hairy incident once, though it thankfully ended without me having to use it. All those shiny, sharp teeth really do have a good pucker factor, if you worry about that kind of thing. (I didn't, still don't, that'll probably never happen again. Still glad I had it then.)

In the future, I'd like to try the Spyderco Waterway as a hunting/fishing knife. It's basically the Jumpmaster, but with a drop point blade and in plain edge. The inability of the steel to corrode seems like a nice feature when exposed to rain, snow, and especially blood from cleaning an animal or fish. That and I just like it's lines.
 
*read confusing and open to interpretation by authorities
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Yeah - we had that same type of thing years ago.
Somehow the city of Akron Ohio managed to pass a law that said it was illegal to have any knife with a blade 2.5 inches or larger.
The police were arresting people for having a plastic knife from a fast food place - then doing an """inventory"" of their vehicle.
There was no definition of what a "knife" was & there was no clear definition of how length was measured - which meant that utility knife blades were illegal.
Even buying a butter knife in a store and taking it home was a crime.

Thankfully a judge stepped up and said the law was so vague it made everyone a criminal and called it for exactly what it was - a way to get around probable cause.
 
I admit that the Buck 102 may be on my "next buy" list.

Unfortunately, I am urban and the world is filled with "Karens". They call the police on a person for no reason. For example, some woman moved into my rural area around 1962 from New York. Complained that my mother was raising bees. Legal, but the neighbor was obnoxious. Mom got rid of bees. I raised bees at my own home until a few years ago. Urban mommy moved in next door. Bees were legal. Complained that bees were evil and would stick her kids. So, I gave the bees to my neighbor on the other side of me.

If I walked down the street with a fixed blade knife in a sheath, the Karens would be calling the cops.
 
I opened this thread expecting to see a hot new knife, and all I saw in the OP was a bunch of words. :(
C'mon, you've got to admit Epiphany is a good name for a fixed blade.
I routinely carry a fixed blade, J jackknife - welcome to the party. (Better later than never)
 
jackknife said:
Under Texas law, we can conceal up to a 5 inch fixed blade if I understand it right.
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The laws have changed so you might want to research that.


AntDog said:
Under Texas law, you can carry ANY knife. No blade length limit, concealed or open carry. Fixed blades, autos, dirks, daggers
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I wasn't aware that "dirks" and "daggers" were now allowed. I understand that there are still a few restrictions on carrying larger blades. I have not remembered the restrictions because I don't tend to carry large fixed blades, and I'm not a person to provide legal advice, but if someone is interested in current laws I'm sure they could find the specifics with some research.

When I started collecting knives I didn't realize that there was a 5.5" restriction. Then hanging around forums I discovered this and ended up selling most of my long blades that I might tend to carry, things like my Cold Steel SRK. I also considered buying a Spyderco Tatanka as the largest folder that I could legally carry, and carry it just because I could. Then the law changed and messed up all of my plans.
 
bdmicarta said:
The laws have changed so you might want to research that.




I wasn't aware that "dirks" and "daggers" were now allowed. I understand that there are still a few restrictions on carrying larger blades. I have not remembered the restrictions because I don't tend to carry large fixed blades, and I'm not a person to provide legal advice, but if someone is interested in current laws I'm sure they could find the specifics with some research.

When I started collecting knives I didn't realize that there was a 5.5" restriction. Then hanging around forums I discovered this and ended up selling most of my long blades that I might tend to carry, things like my Cold Steel SRK. I also considered buying a Spyderco Tatanka as the largest folder that I could legally carry, and carry it just because I could. Then the law changed and messed up all of my plans.
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There are no “restrictions on carrying larger blades” that I’m aware of. No restrictions on knives at all anymore that I’m aware of. I only brought up dirks, daggers, and bowies because they used to be specifically named as illegal. Not anymore. First autos were legalized, then everything else.

Read the way the law is stated now.
 
Here in the People’s Republik Of Kalifornia, you can carry a fixed blade of any length, but it cannot be concealed.
So the only folks I see carrying machetes and big fixed blades are the homeless.
Cops don’t hassle the homeless, they can shit in the street, steal $950.00 worth of stuff with no ramifications, no tickets, no bail, and the governor let all the criminals out of jail.
Love the weather, so I CCW, and carry a Hogue Doug Ritter in my pocket.
Lol!
 
AntDog said:
There are no “restrictions on carrying larger blades” that I’m aware of. No restrictions on knives at all anymore that I’m aware of. I only brought up dirks, daggers, and bowies because they used to be specifically named as illegal. Not anymore. First autos were legalized, then everything else.

Read the way the law is stated now.
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Here you go AntDog. I hope it gets changed, but most new laws in Texas go into effect on September 1st. Texas LTC-16: Location restricted knife - page 75 # (6).
 
000Robert said:
Here you go AntDog. I hope it gets changed, but most new laws in Texas go into effect on September 1st. Texas LTC-16: Location restricted knife - page 75 # (6).
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Yep, of 2019. It’s already gone by.

The location restricted knives are only in courthouses, schools, etc. Every knife is legal in Texas except in restricted locations (as always).

All the law did was not carry on the distinction of an “illegal knife” - that included the 5.5” blade length description and any knives specifically named as illegal.

By the way, it includes impact weapons like saps, batons, clubs, etc. All legal now.

I’m not much on legal jargon, so I asked a buddy who’s a lawyer “what does this mean, exactly?” and that’s what he told me.

I read all I could on it too, and that’s what current situation is. It was pretty big news here in Texas a few years ago. Touted as a big victory by kniferights.

I bought up everything I ever wanted that had been length restricted when that happened, and continue to do so.
 
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jackknife said:
The job in question was modifying some plastic parts. It needed a slot cut into it, and rather than put the large parts in the machine and use the right tool, he was using the Buck 110 by pushing/pounding the butt to force the point through the material, and then levering down on the handle to cut through the plastic. He was pushing the edge toward the medium being cut. It didn't matter, he exceeded the pounds force the locking bar put on the blade tang. The shop Forman told him to knock off that crap and use the right tool. Young smart a$$ said "Its a Buck knife, It'll take it!" Well it didn't, and he needed some real intricate surgery at the Johns-Hopkins hand clinic in Baltimore. He got fired by the way for violating shop safety protocols and failure to follow shop Forman orders for job procedures.

You can't fix or regulate stupid. What we had there was a young guy who had the attitude of 'It has a lock on the blade, so I can lean on it a bit." He grew up in the age of lock blades and never learned proper knife use. He lost a finger as a result. Last I heard was, there was a question of it ever working again or it being lost eventually if it didn't "take".

If he'd had a fixed blade, maybe the blade would snap, but he'd have his fingers intact. Mechanisms fail. One solid piece of steel won't unless you exceed the pounds of force to actually break it. With a quality fixed blade that may be beyond what you can do without a cheater pipe. Even a mediocre fixed blade will take far more abuse than a very good folder.
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I worked at a place one time that had huge shears and press breaks. Everyone that is taught to operate them is always told a thousand times to NEVER put your hand between the jaws or reach through one under any circumstances. Well, a hard headed youngster didn't listen and the press break he was operating crushed his arm between his elbow and shoulder. They care flighted him to the hospital. I heard that they reattached it, but he lost a couple of inches of his arm and did not regain much use of it. Some people have to learn the hard way.
 
AntDog said:
Yep, of 2019. It’s already gone by.

The location restricted knives are only in courthouses, schools, etc. Every knife is legal in Texas except in restricted locations (as always).

All the law did was not carry on the distinction of an “illegal knife” - that included the 5.5” blade length description and any knives specifically named as illegal.

By the way, it includes impact weapons like saps, batons, clubs, etc. All legal now.

I’m not much on legal jargon, so I asked a buddy who’s a lawyer “what does this mean, exactly?” and that’s what he told me.

I read all I could on it too, and that’s what current situation is. It was pretty big news here in Texas a few years ago. Touted as a big victory by kniferights.

I bought up everything I ever wanted that had been length restricted when that happened, and continue to do so.
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I went to the website and it says 2019 - 2020. I haven't heard that it had been repealed and didn't see it anywhere. LTC-16 was written in Dec. 2019.
 
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