Knives at your workplace.

Knives are not expressly forbidden, but I need to use common sense. I carry only a slip joint folder that is less than 3 1/2 closed just to make sure I don't make anyone nervous. I am also careful when I use it, food prep such as Apple peeling seems to be perfectly fine with everyone:)
 
I do warehouse work. We have to use a company provided utility knife with a blade that automatically retracts back into the handle after each cut.

We have no restrictions about carrying our own knives but we can't use them.
 
In a terrible nightmarish past life I was a chef, and wielded 12", 10" and 8" Wusthof chef knives, a 3lb cleaver, a 14" slicer, a HUGE vintage meat tenderizer, etc, etc. routinely (not to mention the giant 5 pound crank can opener, smoking hot saute pans, heavy octagonal rotisserie spits, enormous vats of 385 degree oil, crazy dusted methhead dishwashers and a Hobart mixer that wouldn't even hesitate as it sucked you screaming into the mixing bowl to pulverize your skull, spine, pelvis and both femurs in that order by your dreadlock at 15 RPM). With all that hardware, I could have pretty much anything shoved in my waistband without creeping anyone out more than usual.

I work in an office environment now, and I carry a Techno :P
 
I supervise grounds maintenance at a small private college and have student workers doing most of the work. We use all kinds of sharp tools so I tell them they have to comply with school rules when they aren't at work but when working a pocket knife in 3" is close to required. On occasion I will bring in a couple of machetes when we have brush to clear but there is a lot of supervision given and I won't hesitate to correct bad form. I remind them that tools get work done so as long as we are working they can't be weapons. Some young people coming to college need to get their minds right on the definitions of tools versus weapons.
 
therealmrjones said:
In a terrible nightmarish past life I was a chef, and wielded 12", 10" and 8" Wusthof chef knives, a 3lb cleaver, a 14" slicer, a HUGE vintage meat tenderizer, etc, etc. routinely (not to mention the giant 5 pound crank can opener, smoking hot saute pans, heavy octagonal rotisserie spits, enormous vats of 385 degree oil, crazy dusted methhead dishwashers and a Hobart mixer that wouldn't even hesitate as it sucked you screaming into the mixing bowl to pulverize your skull, spine, pelvis and both femurs in that order by your dreadlock at 15 RPM). With all that hardware, I could have pretty much anything shoved in my waistband without creeping anyone out more than usual.

I work in an office environment now, and I carry a Techno :P
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Dang. I thought construction was crazy haha.
 
I own my place of work. Means the boss is kind of a jackass, but if I want to wander in with a broadsword strapped to my back all I have to worry about is sarcasm from the peanut gallery. ;)
 
I work in the Accounting Department of a Fortune 100 company and the only 2 other guys on the floor sit by me so I thought that I was good to carry pretty much any folder but whipped out my ZT 0301 to open a box of Christmas cookies last year and one of the guys (ex Navy, no less) had a friggin cow! What is that? You can't have that here...why do you have such a big knife, etc. I closed it and handed it to him for a second and then took it back and told him to shut up or I was going to hit him with it ;)

Needless to say, I now carry a much smaller knife Mon-Thurs (ZT 0770cf, BM 940-1, Brous Bionic auto) but I do still carry a bigger folder on jeans Friday's (ZT 0560, Strider SMF, occasional MT Ultratech or Troodon) just because I can since there do not seem to be any written knife rules in the Handbook. No guns but seems like they defer to State laws for knives...
 
coinbuysell said:
I work in the Accounting Department of a Fortune 100 company and the only 2 other guys on the floor sit by me so I thought that I was good to carry pretty much any folder but whipped out my ZT 0301 to open a box of Christmas cookies last year and one of the guys (ex Navy, no less) had a friggin cow! What is that? You can't have that here...why do you have such a big knife, etc. I closed it and handed it to him for a second and then took it back and told him to shut up or I was going to hit him with it ;)

Needless to say, I now carry a much smaller knife Mon-Thurs (ZT 0770cf, BM 940-1, Brous Bionic auto) but I do still carry a bigger folder on jeans Friday's (ZT 0560, Strider SMF, occasional MT Ultratech or Troodon) just because I can since there do not seem to be any written knife rules in the Handbook. No guns but seems like they defer to State laws for knives...
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Man, that sounds like hell. Seriously. I couldn't do it. Im glad someone can though because without guys like you the economy would fall apart.
 
I'm a job site foreman/ supervisor for a decent size construction company that my father just so happens to be part owners of. Generally there is no rule on what can be carried but from time to time I have to dial it down from time to time if we are working public school additions. Usually I carry either a ZT 560, 562 or a Microtech DoC kill switch.
 
My workplace has a strict "no weapons" policy... Without defining what a "weapon" is. I love my job too much to jeapordize it in any fashion, so I carry less stabby knives (I leave my autos and Espada at home) than I'm accustomed to and tend to open them slowly if others are around.

For the time being, my 4KXL is kinda pushing it, but I haven't heard a complaint yet. The second I do, I'll probably start carrying a much smaller knife. I don't look forward to that day, but I've done some preparatory work in that I made a thread asking for suggestions and now have a lot to consider. Hopefully, nobody will throw a fit before I've come to a decision on which will be my new "work" knife.
 
As an eye care professional, I try to use some common sense about what I carry at work. I usually have a 3 inch blade Kershaw in my pocket. My gear bag normally sports a Vic Mechanic and a Gerber EAB for back up. I am allowed to carry anything I'm comfortable with but, our patients would not understand if I pulled out something like a ZT or a Becker.
 
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We have a strict 'no weapons' policy at work. Of course the term 'weapon' is not defined within the policy or in any other company document that I can find. I've never seen a knife clipped to anyone's pocket at work. I've seen one or two engineers with a Leatherman on their belt, and Vic Classic SDs are common, but I've never seen anyone carrying anything larger than that.
I don't mind that much - I have an office job so I really don't need one at work.

At my last job, I carried a Leek clipped to my right pocket every day for over 6 years and nobody ever said a word. That was an office job too, but different part of the country and very different office environment. I know a couple other guys carried, mostly traditionals, but even so it was pretty rare for anyone to pull one out and use it.
 
I pretty much carry whatever knives and firearms I want. I'm in 8-10 different businesses and residences a day but being in the Appalachian foothills I've never had a problem. The worst I've heard was when I used an XM-24 to strip some wire the customer, trying to be a smartass, asked if I skinned deer with it also. I told him yes and he kinda shrugged and mumbled something and walked away.
 
Everyone in my office know I have a gun and knife fetish. I have knives all over my desk, and always have 2+ in pockets, usually my current fav's. But a few still act a little sciddish when I open carry my firearm, so I conceal 99% of the time. They seem to have no problem knowing what the bump under my shirt is though. Go figure. :)
 
I drive a tractor-trailer hauling heavy equipment, which I also operate, in NYC, New Jersey and New York thru the 95 & 287/87 corridor. I also do tree removals on the side. My time is split between the Adirondacks and NYC. NYS law allows a auto knife while hunting n fishing. That's a laff. Really no one to complain about what I carry at work. I carry d/a autos, so most would never know anyway. Generally use my Fallkniven juni for most tasks anyway n sheeple tend to call it cute. Oversized loads only permitted in NYC between 10:00pm & 5:00am. Get a Port Authority Police escort across the GW ,Goethals, & Outerbridge Crossing, so am in their company for quite a while before each crossing while they go over my permits. Actually talk knives quite a bit with them and have shown a few that I've known for yrs my edc of the day. Most are good troop. No worries here.
 
I'm a boilermaker and work in a shipyard. Ever since they started handing out "safety" spring retracting box cutters, it seems like everybody is carrying a pocket knife or a fixed blade. One of the carpenter leads was just talking about it the other day, a bunch of his guys are carrying 6" fixed blades now, just because :)
 
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