Good ole days?

I've carried my bowie knife around with my almost every single day for a year, stopping only when it became necessary to wear a winter coat, or when I'd swap it out for my kukri. Point is I've always got a sheathed knife on my belt. And other than one farming supply store clerk that got uppity about it, and got slapped down by the manager as a result for it, I've never had any trouble with it. The most trouble I've had is squeezing into confined areas with it. I've lost count of the number of cops who have seen me with it and never said a word about it.

Some people might prefer the setting of 100 years ago. I think things are actually getting better as far as knife laws and such go, because we've got advocacy groups fighting to overturn the ones in place. Bit by bit, if we push hard enough and long enough, the general attitude will swing back to viewing knives as tools and everyday necessities.
 
Charlie_K said:
Some people might prefer the setting of 100 years ago. I think things are actually getting better as far as knife laws and such go, because we've got advocacy groups fighting to overturn the ones in place. Bit by bit, if we push hard enough and long enough, the general attitude will swing back to viewing knives as tools and everyday necessities.
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I think the knife laws are changing not because of any general attitude shift (tools vs weapon), but because the average person has no idea what the current knife law(or laws) is in their state and the quickness of the newish modern knives (flippers, assisted openers, one hand openers, and so forth) are just about as fast as some of the traditionally banned or knives that are restricted to carry. Hence the laws often don't have much practical meaning in the present day world here in the US.

100 years ago, I'd be lucky to own a knife and it most likely would be a cheap slip joint. I like the choices available today.
 
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