max length of blade before it looks idiotic

shqxk said:
When someone tries to call out other idiots, gets called out himself.

Blade length has nothing to do with idiotic, carrying an excessive large knife won't turn anyone into an idiot as far as it still under the law.
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So if you see a guy shopping at Target, buying some shoelaces, with a 12" Bowie strapped to his belt, you're not going to even slightly think "What an idiot! What does he need a Bowie in Target for?" Time and place...time and place. Have you ever heard the phrase "Just because you can, doesn't always mean you should."?

The OP didn't call anyone an idiot. He simply asked about carrying large knives.
 
madcap_magician said:
Anyone who carries anything smaller than I do is woefully unprepared, anyone who carries anything bigger than I do is just a mouth-breathing mall ninja geardo.

How big is the one I carry? I'll never tell!
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Wow I've never heard anything so wrong on this forum.

Listen you arrogant boon, I so happen to be both unprepared AND a mouth breathing mall ninja geardo.
 
sharkattacksw said:
So if you see a guy shopping at Target, buying some shoelaces, with a 12" Bowie strapped to his belt, you're not going to even slightly think "What an idiot! What does he need a Bowie in Target for?" Time and place...time and place. Have you ever heard the phrase "Just because you can, doesn't always mean you should."?
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I personally wouldn't think that because I'd be carrying up to 3 knives and a handgun myself. I'd be hesitant to attempt to judge what anybody else needs without having an in-depth conversation with them about their circumstances. For all I know that guy is buying laces to secure his sheath to his leg and instead of guessing at what he needed he just brought his knife with him. Maybe he was in the woods and his laces broke and he ran into town quick to replace them. Hard to say off of a quick glance. I'd be more interested in what kind of blade it was than what kind of person he is. That's just me though.
 
sharkattacksw said:
So if you see a guy shopping at Target, buying some shoelaces, with a 12" Bowie strapped to his belt, you're not going to even slightly think "What an idiot! What does he need a Bowie in Target for?" Time and place...time and place. Have you ever heard the phrase "Just because you can, doesn't always mean you should."?

The OP didn't call anyone an idiot. He simply asked about carrying large knives.
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If I saw someone in target with a 12" Bowie, I'd ask them who made it, what blade steel it is, and how they like it.
This is a knife community, we like knives. Who cares where, why, how, or what we carry. To be honest you'd look more foolish (IMO) if you had no knife at all. Ever heard the phrase "Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it"?
 
I dont think it matters. I may laugh my ass off at the guy carrying a katana as an edc but at the end of the day if it puts a smile on his face who cares? Even if i thought anything over a certain length is pointless there are quite a few who think my knives with flippers and bearings are equally absurd. Of course they would be wrong because i said so but thats a topic for another thread. :D
 
I don't think there is a blade that is too big I live in a place with no blade length laws so I edc a katana with 30" blade and as a small pocket knife I edc a cold steel xl espada, people love it when when your make a sandwich in the lunch room with a katana they think your badass level 9000.

All jokes aside I think that a blade between 2.5-4.5 inches is a good reasonable blade length.
 
If you feel you need a really large bladed knife , then go ahead and carry it with the confidence that your prepared.
Most people probably couldn't get away with carrying a Bowie to the grocery store, but I've seen people that had them who would look strange if they didn't.
 
knife1


There are limits........But, I have yet to encounter them.

n2s
 
I use the ratio to body size rule - :cool:

1) Belt sheath carry - knife blade length should not exceed 30% of your inseam length.

2) Baldric style carry - knife blade length should not exceed 50% of your body height.

"Assuming you're outdoors of course. The rules reverse in a shopping mall." (VERY FUNNY Bryce) :D :) :D

Ray
 
T.L.E. Sharp said:
It depends on your footwear entirely.

Flip flops + Busse = doofus.
Hiking boots + bk9 = fine.

Assuming you're outdoors of course. The rules reverse in a shopping mall.
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What about moccasins and a samurai sword? Can one transcend the ridiculous and come around full circle into totally acceptable territory?
 
6-7 inch blade is a small knife IMO. There's really no blade length rule that will save you from ridicule by some ignorant idiot. Everybody has different opinions. Know your state, county and local knife laws and carry the maximum allowed. A big knife can do anything a little knife can, but the opposite is not true. If your locality allows conceal carry, no one need know that you're carrying a big knife. The only real limit on knife length is practicality. After 13 inches of blade length (which is about 18 inches overall), a "knife" starts getting too unwieldy. (I'm talking knives, not swords, by the way. And I don't see any reason not to carry a sword in the mountains. If it's legal, why the hell not? Short swords can be very useful in the woods.)
 
Cory Hess said:
He commented on the fact that I was carrying a knife and tried to joke about how unnecessary it was. It was a fixed blade with a 2.5" blade.

a leader from another unit pulled out a 5-6" fixed blade to give a demonstration on some cutting task or another and he was pulled aside by the camp staff for carrying weapons that threatened the safety of the boys at the camp
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Something wrong with those people, better to stay away from them.


Cory Hess said:
Personally, I don't like carrying anything over 4".
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I routinely carry a Spyderco Military or a Manx 2 XL to my office! I couldn't carry a sheathed knife to the office but if I carried a knife in my briefcase or in my car it would be at least a Ratmandu.
 
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