I walked through the Federal archives museum in NYC with a knife

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This one to be exact and security let me through. Another win for traditionals, I doubt he would have let me walk in with a modern one hander. Security stared at it and then let me through their metal detector.


I had thought a shard of NYC's original sewage pipe was in the building, this was the famous Aaron Burr sanitation project funded by Alexander Hamilton which caused the rise of two rival banks in NYC to emerge and a main reason why Hamilton died in a duel!

I've been on a mission to track it down and photograph it.

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Definetly plus one for Trads. I have had the same experience with my SAK at a courthouse, actually saw a tacticool get pulled, but the SAK was okay.
 
Probably thought you were donating it to the museum:D
Hopefully didn't say "thats not a knife".
 
Cool. I, on the other hand, had a SAK confiscated getting on the ferry boat to Ellis Island a few years ago. :mad: The officer let me keep the tweezers, toothpick, scissors spring, and split ring, though. It never hurts to have spares. :)
 
I had to surrender my Peanut at the county courthouse in St. Louis when going in to apply for a marriage license. The security guard actually laughed when I handed it to her to hold onto, along with about a dozen moderns and a couple of SAKs. She might have thought it looked diminutive but she still insisted on confiscating it, though. I was lucky to get it back -she went off duty just as I got done and I had to chase her down to get my knife back. Glad to hear not every official building is so ridiculous.
 
cchu518 said:
^ What! That's ridiculous!
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Yes, it really is. I asked if I could check it and get it on the way back, but was told it would be destroyed. (I had the option of not riding the ferry, but the rest of my group had boarded and it wasn't worth it) I told the officer that he should keep it then, it's a good knife. He said he couldn't do that. That's when I took all the accessories off.
 
Sad to hear this. We live in a Nanny State world. They won't let you in with a SAK at some High school football fields.
 
Way back in the 1990s, when non-locking pocketknives with blades under 3" were still allowed in courthouses, I was a court reporting student doing my required 40 hours of courthouse experience (with the real court reporter). My SAK Spartan was almost confiscated at the checkpoint by 2 security guys. It's main blade is well under 3". I had to tell them I needed it, as I've used it before to fix the ink ribbon in my old steno machine. After awhile, the one guy reluctantly handed it back to me and let me through. Interestingly enough, I did have to use it one time in the courtroom.

That was long ago, and I switched to a different profession years ago. Nowadays, I wouldn't even be able to take a SAK Classic into a courthouse. I don't know how the steno machines are nowadays, but if you ever needed a tool to adjust or fix one in a courtroom in a pinch, tough luck.

Jim
 
I flew back home from Milwaukee in 1979 with a Buck 110 on my hip, no one batted an eye:o
 
Now they take keychain knives at the airport yet let scissors through with no problem! Going back to what the OP's topic was...I have found traditionals are a lot less "scary" for the average person and it is a lot easier to bring one with you wherever you are going.
 
About 2 years ago, NYC's finest allowed me to carry a GEC #25 through security to tour the World Trade Tower Memorial, amazing! I have more trouble in my local community.

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I have left knives under a trash can in Battery Park when catching a ferry to Liberty Island, behind a column near the entrance of the Museum of Natural History and had one checked when going up the Empire State Building. Tough place to carry a knife anymore...
 
I served on jury duty about 3 years ago in Ar. The judge told us jurors that at the end of the trial, he would bring a watermelon from his garden for the jurors and have a small celebration. Well, everyday I made sure to leave my knife in my truck because there was a sign that stated no weapons, knives, guns etc. At the end of the trial, we had our watermelon party and the judge says, "I forgot my knife, do any of you have one to cut the watermelon?" I thought it was a trick question, but another juror pulled out a Buck 110 out of his pocket and cut the watermelon and the judge just said, "now that's a knife" and the talk turned from hunting knives to deer hunting.
 
NOT all that many years ago I can remember walking out to the United airplane, up the ramp, and finding my seat to go to Boise. In my pocket was a 38SPL pistol and there were no checks nor laws about carrying in an airplane.
Another time I was going elsewhere with a pal, a Customs man. He was armed of course and went to tell the airline folks that fact. I stood there, they looked at me, and my pal says " he's with me." After we went and set down waiting he slips a snub to me and says " carry this for me until we get to --- as the damn thing keeps poking me in the leg when I wear these pants."
I carry a 4" [ 3 5/8"...?] Congress pocketknife and no one ever even looks at it when i toss it in the basket before walking through the radar.
And so it goes...
 
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