Just went bladeless for over a week in NYC and I have to say.......

Reignman said:
Final #%^@$% Lee.

Seriously, the amount of daily activities where I found myself going for one was incredible. I knew the value of my knives however, it was so obvious that my g/f observed several situations where I visually was flustered because I didn't know what my next step was because I normally handled that with a blade. Really cool experience regarding the "Do you really need that everywhere you go" type of questions.
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"observed several situations where I visually was flustered because I didn't know what my next step was because I normally handled that with a blade."
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I'm wondering what were the "several situations" you mentioned that you "normally handled" with a blade"?
That you specifically encountered while on your "over a week in NYC."
 
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Going without a knife is :barf:. At the least I like to have one just for cleanliness. Forgetting my blade(s) is self inflicted torture. It's my extra appendage. I'd rather forget my wallet.
 
Last summer me and my GF went to San Antonio, TX for vacation. They have some pretty stupid knife laws down there, but I went ahead and carried a CRK Umnumzaan anyways. Always have a knife on me, no matter what. This is still America right?
 
00ChevyScott said:
Last summer me and my GF went to San Antonio, TX for vacation. They have some pretty stupid knife laws down there, but I went ahead and carried a CRK Umnumzaan anyways. Always have a knife on me, no matter what. This is still America right?
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I feel ya man, I cant take out a knife with a locking mechanism out here in San Antonio. Cant conceal a blade over 4" either
 
00ChevyScott said:
Last summer me and my GF went to San Antonio, TX for vacation. They have some pretty stupid knife laws down there, but I went ahead and carried a CRK Umnumzaan anyways. Always have a knife on me, no matter what. This is still America right?
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San Antonio bans locking blades knives under 5.5" in length. 5.5" is STATE law MAXIMUM for carrying in public. So SA's law effectively bans any locking blade knife. I was illegal everytime I went to SA from when they passed the local law (December 1995, if my research is correct) til I found out about the law here on BF when I found it / started perusing it back in Jan of this year. Oh, but fixed blades up to the state limit are legal. ????? what idiots.

No one ever said a thing to me about there being such a law, no signs at the city limits sign, nothing. The law has a caveat that it doesn't apply to traveling, but what's traveling? If I'm staying there for 3-5 days for a work, a training class or Naval reserve duty (retired in 97), does/did that constitute traveling? Maybe. Depends on the LEO doing the talking. Maybe yes, maybe no.

After I found out about the law, I wrote the SA city manager and advised him that I had just learned of the knife law, that I had unknowingly violated it multiple times over the last decade and a half, and since I was a law-abiding citizen of TEXAS not San Antonio, I would abide by state law, carry my locking knives and cease to spend money or time in their fair city until the law changed to conform with STATE law and that I would encourage folks to go elsewhere as well. I did the same for Corpus Christi as well - they ban all fixed blades and anything else over 3.5". Needless to say, I have yet to hear from either city managers.

So I encourage anyone visiting Texas to skip San Antonio (412 sq mi) and Corpus Christi (460 sq mi includingthe bay). We've got 268,728 other square miles to see. :D
 
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