Illegal knife blade lengths.

[thejamppa]

Luckily when I checked Finnish law and my brother who is security guard with my cop friends told bit about native law: There isn't size restriction and you can carry knife if you have good reason for it.

Many building workers in here still carry Mora's and other work puukko's openly in their coverall's pockets when they go in coffee break or lunch. It is not uncommon to see group of men with paint stained coverall's in cafeteria or lunch place with all of them hanging puukko by belt or in pocket.

Finland has long tradition's with puukko's and puukko is the imtem symbolizing Finn's, Finland and our history.

 

[jfn]

It doesn't look like there is a blade size limit in Massachusetts (except for auto-assists which can only by 1-1/2") but in Boston there is a 2-1/2" blade limit.

16-45.1 Carrying of Weapons Prohibited.
No person, except as provided by law, shall carry on his person, or carry under his control in a vehicle, any knife having any type of blade in excess of two and one-half (2½ ) inches, ice picks, dirks or similar weapons that are likely to penetrate through police officer's ballistic vests, or other object or tool so redesigned, fashioned, prepared or treated that the same may be used to inflict bodily harm or injury to another, except:

a. When actually engaged in hunting or fishing or any employment, trade or lawful recreational or culinary activity which customarily involves the carrying or use of any type of knife, or

I carry pencils on me, and consider myself a commercial artist. Pencils need to be sharpened, right?

EDIT: I also cut boxes and paper, make models, etc...the pencil excuse might be a little thin.

 

[WvHiker]

I thought about this not too long ago, so I looked up blade length in WV state code...only to discover that my beloved Endura was just over our 3.5 inch limit. I had no idea, but have stopped carrying it. It seems silly to me, but just not worth the hassle of getting arrested, fined, or whatever.

On the upside it gave me a reason to buy a replacement carry knife. Several actually, in the quest to find one that was just right.

 

[jdm61]

The only restrictions in Florida knife law are for concealed carry. They have the vague "common pocket knife" reference. But, with that said, if you have a CCW, it also covers "weapons" other than firearms and there is no statutory restriction on open carry of knives at all. Now if you carry a big bowie on your hip, you might have some cops try to say that you are violating the prohibition against "brandishing in a threatening manner" but that won't get very far. Florida also does not have the quirky "partially concealed" law like some other states do, so if enough of the knife is showing so that it can be identified as such, then you should be okay, although I probably wouldn't try that in Miami with a big honking tactical folder (which have been determined to NOT be common pocketknives by at least one judge down there) by trying to say that the pocket clip showing renders it "unconcealed." Oddly enough, a big folder totally "concealed" by a pouch sheath with a snapped flap seems to be okay because cops know what it is when they see it.

 

[myright]

How's that working out for you? In my experience, human beings are the most unreasonable things on the planet. Especially when they've just been proven wrong about something, like the time a cocky young cop pulled over a certain motorcycle expecting a kid he could intimidate and found me under the helmet instead. He had his training officer shaking his head and apologizing to me by the time he decided the hole was deep enough and he should quit digging.

I really like the Spyderco Police model, but the only one I carry has had the blade tip reground to get the length down to Kansas legal maximum. The law may be stupid, but it is still the law. If we only obey the law when it is convenient, how are we different than all those people we have in prison?

I too had my large Stockman reground to the legal length to allow for legal concealed carry. I normally choose knives that allow me to legally carry.

I tend to be a law abiding citizen - knife laws are laws not suggestions.

 

[stabman]

"Big Brother" may be a Bastid, but "Big Brother" is BIG.

sal

Good point.

 

[marthinus]

Our legal limit is 10cm blade length and can carry as many as you want except to public gatherings like a rock concert or a night club. I am in my rights and I know and can explain it to the officer.

 

[cotdt]

Cops are known for confiscating knives just to keep for themselves, legal blade length or not. A lot of them are blade addicts like us.

 

[myright]

Cops are known for confiscating knives just to keep for themselves, legal blade length or not. A lot of them are blade addicts like us.

That's news to me - thanks for the heads up

Any facts to back that up?

 

[cotdt]

That's news to me - thanks for the heads up

Any facts to back that up?

The local cop took away my friends Benchmade 710, and after that we saw that knife clipped to the cop's pocket every time we saw him.

 

[Pipeman]

Up here in "liberal" Canada there is no law regarding length of blade. The law here is based on intent and concealment however the police will not likely arrest someone for having a pocket knive in their pocket. IF however you say the knife is for self defence you'll likely be arrested, so it's always a tool. I live in the boonies and carry at least two and usually three pocket knives and a sheath knife everywhere I go with never a problem.

Best regards

Robin

 

[DanOConnor]

I carry what'ever I want here in New Mexico even my Ka-Bar no one bothers me but I do get a few stare's

 

[tambrico]

Eh, I've carried a locking knife in NYC every time I went to work when I worked there. I'm pretty sure some cops saw it clipped to my pocket. No one cared.

 

[lohengrin]

the Korean National Police(KNP) is now conducting some major crackdowns on possession of knives and swords.

For example, what the police officers are doing these days is: just walk into some of the larger knife/sword shops, confiscate whatever they see as illegal, seize their sales record, hunt down the customers, and issue a summons to see if these people possess any edged tools illegally, i.e. without proper license of possession. Bigger problem is that the law is being applied retroactively to those innocent people who have hardly questioned themselves whether their collection was perfectly legal.

It's not just about these shops and their sales records, but also about some of the Korean on-line knife forums. The authorities search through all the posts for possible violations of the law (especially knife reviews with pics), and issue a summons.

All these problems are taking place due to literal/strict application of the current knife/sword laws in South Korea, without actual changes in the law text. Let me briefly sum up my understanding by a couple of Q&As:

Q1: For what sort of edged tools am I required to have a license?

A1: For any edged tool with blade length longer than 15 centimetres you need a license. A license may be required also for any edged tool with blade length longer than 6 centimetres (or 5.5 centimetres in case of automatic knives) if they are considered to have clear possiblity of being used as edged weapons.

So far the "15cm rule" has been in common use, and anything shorter could be purchased and possessed without much trouble. Now the police are enforcing the new law:

The new law states

fixed or folders with blade over 6cm, not the blade cutting length but everything metal part, will need a license.
Only exception seems to be the non-locking multitools and SAKs

 

[tom19176]

tambrico, in NYC an exposed knife ( including the pocket ckip showing) is illegal, unless you are suing it for work, fishing or a boy scout.

 

[pagey1973]

here in Sweden there is a total ban on carrrying a knife nomatter what length..

/Roger

Wow. Is there any other country in the WORLD with such insane rules? That you wouldn't mind being compared to (N-Korea comes to mind... )

The Swedes have gone waaaaaaay too far in their attempts to mold society to what they regard as ideal.

(I apologize, I do not mean to rag on Sweden, it is a lovely country and its people are great. I just loathe their policies)

Australia has the same rules
But i wouldnt say they are overly strict on it..unless your a gangbanger
And you can carry any knife you want out bush
Its also illegal to buy or sell slingshots...lol..but we sell them as bait casters instead and we sell white ball bearings with them but they are labelled as tracers for bait casting...gotta love those loopholes

Australia- $4000 fine for starters, then jailtime on that.

Who's in charge?

These clowns..........

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LA19961029017

sorry for the old news, i'll try to find something more recent, but i break the law every time i leave the house.

Haven't stabbed anyone in the 20+ years i've been carrying.

had a heap more to say, but it's all been said before...........................

 

[Muchblade]

Here in Taiwan, my understanding is that carrying a folder with a 6" blade is not an issue as long as you don't scare people by pulling it out all the time.
A few years ago the government tried to ban switch blades and balisongs,
but people got upset saying law abiding citizens should be allowed to carry knives, so the govenment backed down. Still, the government did ban the sale of knives in night markets. I used to enjoy going to a night market to pick up a cheap switch blade just to feed my craving.

Fortunately, knives are common tools around here and so it's hard to ban them without causing a public outcry. Go into a small grocery store and you'll see a very sharp curve-blade knive by the bannanas so you can cut some off a bunch.

Most crimminals use a watermelon knive with maybe a 40 cm blade or a gun
(illegal) for crimes, so a folder of any length really isn't an issue.
I hope it never will be an issue.