How Many Knives Have You Had Confiscated?

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By your parents doesn't count.

These can be knives you've had confiscated by metal detectors at work and elsewhere, or during a search, or while carrying in restricted areas like subways, etc.

What were the cost of the knives, and did you lose any that really torqued you off?

Do you have any super cheap knives you carry when you feel you may be checked? (During the terrorism threat days, my work locations sometimes set up impromptu metal detectors.) I got to where I'd carry an el cheapo Maxam...one I could ditch in a bush and come back and retrieve at the end of the day. Even though it was a medical facility, they'd confiscate even legal knives. It didn't matter that there were bladed instruments from scissors to scalpels all over the place, they wouldn't let you check your knife in for later pickup. And I didn't want to leave one of my good knives stuffed under a bush somewhere.

In New York City, the cops at one time could just walk up to you and pat anything that didn't look right. They had to tone it down with the advent of cell phones, but they were taught to look for concealed weapons. Some kept pre-cut lengths of string they would measure a blade with, and they would follow any curves in the blade and count it against the length. :mad:
 
None...but I live in a fairly knife tolerant state.

I make sure to have nothing on me if I have to go to the court house, and am rather discreet in some other areas.
 
None, I did have the cops "hold on" to my Sebenza one time when they felt like harassing a group of us after leaving the bar to walk to a friends house. They gave it back after they realized they weren't gonna be hauling any of us in that night. I sure kept my eye on that officer the entire time though, there was no way I was going to let him pocket my knife.
 
None.

I carried my Mini Barrage into Jury Duty and the Bailiff just asked me to put it all the way in my pocket, not clipped.

Pro Tip;

Stay as far away from New York as humanly possible.
 
Came close once by the TSA. Had a switch blade in my brief case (prior to 911) and they discovered it during the xray my bag. It was still in the original box. I thought I lost it. They found it for me and I promptly checked my brief case in as regular luggage. At that time, regular knives were okay to carry.
 
I'm pretty careful, but Florida is a pretty sane state. It would really hurt to lose one of my nice knives.
Sonny
 
I also live in a very knife tolerant state. I've never even come close to having one confiscated.
 
Over the years, 5 by Australian Customs, Cold Steel Terminator, Katz Sabre Dagger, Fox Profili folder and 2 Spydercos, a Gayle Bradley and a Fred Perrin folder.
 
Sonnydaze said:
I'm pretty careful, but Florida is a pretty sane state. It would really hurt to lose one of my nice knives.
Sonny
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The trick in Florida is to carry pretty much ANY knife visible. ;)
 
22-rimfire said:
Came close once by the TSA. Had a switch blade in my brief case (prior to 911) and they discovered it during the xray my bag. It was still in the original box. I thought I lost it. They found it for me and I promptly checked my brief case in as regular luggage. At that time, regular knives were okay to carry.
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I miss those days. Which reminds me of the time when I was a little kid: we were going to pick up my grandma from the airport and for some reason I decided to carry 3 or 4 SAKs in my pocket and not tell anyone. We were going through the metal detector and it went off so I took out ONE knife. :D I went through again, it went off, took out ONE knife. Kept doing this until my pockets were empty. The guy just looked at me, laughed, and gave me my knives back :D
 
Lost a little custom folder with mammoth tooth scales at the second metal detector in Manila last year. I sure miss that little knife.
 
Ive had my fare share of run in with the police and they have always given me my knife back.
I also have walked through quite a few metal detectors with my knives clipped to my pocket. It goes off but the security guards don't seem to care that I carry a tool with me.
 
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Heiheit, great story! My switch blade (stilleto-Italian job) had slipped behind the fabric lining of my hard surface brief case and I just could not figure out what on earth they were seeing with the metal detector. My brief case was stuffed full of junk from calculators to all kinds of things. At a glance, the charger looked like a bomb from the xray scan. It was all kind of funny really, but it worked out just fine.

Those were the good old days. I always carried a SAK in my pocket at the airport and never had a problem going through security. Times change... I believe I carried a 22 revolver once in my carry on bag because I was worried it might get stolen from my regular luggage. I didn't know the rules and could have lost that one. I was young and dumb.
 
aquaman67 said:
Stay as far away from New York as humanly possible.
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10-4. Live in California :-) Their limit is a reasonable 4" from what I gather. I've never been hassled about a knife and been carrying about 10 years. I guess I don't look too shady to anyone :)
 
In 44 years of carryin' knive I've never had one confiscated, once an LEO took my knife durin' an "EVENT" but he returned it when I was released as I had asked him to write me a reciept, he just handed it back.

One thing I've always had goin' for me when it came to knives and work was that as a Mechanic knives were necessary tool so even when I was workin' the Courthouse or the Juvenile Detention Center, I've always carried multple knives.

I think a lot of impromptu searches and subsequent confiscations were a result of how the people who were searched carried themselves, (this includes how they're dressed how they act and how they talk) they're called stereotypes for a reason.
 
None, Zero, Nada. See, I live in WA, and I decided that when you follow the law and know it well, and never give crap to a cop, and if approched, say, at a traffic stop, tell them up front what you have in the car, and offer to either allow them to check it, or hand it to them, which they do not like, you don't lose knives. Even if I called them, I always mention any blades on me, so not to surprise them if they notice it. ALWAYS. Actually, the authorities appreciate the openness as they know you're not trying to hide things. And I always carry, minus the no no spots, aka court, fed ofcs, etc, etc.
 
I don't even tell the police if I am carrying a gun let alone a knife if I am stopped because of a routine traffic infraction. I figure, why would they care? I'm not going to yank it out. They are just doing their job. Guess I was never frisked in my whole life and have trouble even thinking a LEO would be suspicious. If they asked, I would tell them of course.
 
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