Restrictive knife laws ( if there were none )

California law allows open carry of fixed blades but that doesn't make it a common practice. Try walking through your local shopping mall or dining in a crowded restaurant with a big bowie on your belt and see the reactions you get! So concealed carry of that same knife would be so much better. COLD STEEL Laredo Bowie inside the waist with shirt or jacket covering the handle would be nice.
 
Which part of ca do you live in ?
Because right now in my NorCal small town I'm carrying an 11" oal fixed blade.

I to have little interest in balisongs or autos ( mostly because autos are normally dagger blades or tactical ), but the Shcrade paratroopers auto just appeals to me.
Honestly if they made a standard slipjoint version I'd love to have it.

I'm in LA. I meant concealed carry, OC isn't really practical around here. I wouldn't mind a nice 3" or so traditional-style fixed blade that I could carry in a pocket.
 
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TN here. Thanks to the efforts of Doug Ritter, they repealed all knife laws a couple of years ago. I can legally carry a switchblade or a sword.

I have no need for either, so my carry habits didn't change. Medium to small slipjoint in a pocket, occasionally a ZT 0560 or Benchmade Griptilian on weekends.
 
My state only restricts autos and anything sharpened on both edges (i.e.: daggers). So while it'd be cool to edc my Gerber Mk-I (which I have anyway on occasion), it's not really practical for anything other than defense, which is covered by Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson anyway.

So really, no change from me EDC rotation as it currently is.
 
Personally, a slim OTF Auto with about a 4" blade or a fixed blade double-edged dagger of the same length and slimness. Something that slices and stabs with fairly equal efficiency, is easily concealable, comfortable, accessible and rapidly deployable.
 
I'd carry the same knives I do now. The only difference is I'd consider visiting D.C. and New York more often, and I'd be alot more willing to fly.
 
Great topic. I just tend to gravitate more towards old fashioned, classy stuff and natural (preferably living) materials nowadays. If there were no legal complications (people raising their eyebrows I can more than live with), I'd love to be able to do stuff like whipping out a horn handled Hubertus Springer or a traditional, Filipino balisong with stag handles, brass bolsters and razor sharp Kris blade, just to cut a cigar while sitting in a leather armchair in a jazz bar. Now I can do nothing of the sort, not only because of knife laws, but because of my country's block headed "no smoking in bars"-law.
 
I would openly carry a fixed blade in that 5-6" range. Probably a bk15.
One of my favorites and a very useful knife! I tend to carry blades similar to the BK-15 for most purposes when I carry a fixed blade. However I do have a couple Dozier's that I am comfortable to carry on my belt in his horizontal kydex sheath.
 
TN here. Thanks to the efforts of Doug Ritter, they repealed all knife laws a couple of years ago. I can legally carry a switchblade or a sword.

I have no need for either, so my carry habits didn't change. Medium to small slipjoint in a pocket, occasionally a ZT 0560 or Benchmade Griptilian on weekends.
That's pretty much me as well regardless of the law change. My carry habits never changed. One day I'll tell you a story about carrying a medium sized fixed blade in Smoky Mountain NP. Not ready to do that yet as I am still pissed about it.
 
Very few knife laws in my state. Autos, ballisongs and any knives whose primary purpose is a weapon are excluded, but anything else in any size is acceptable. They must be carried fully open or fully concealed, although I never heard of anyone busted because of a pocket clip showing. Common sense dictates where you can carry openly without attracting undue attention. It may be legal to carry a machete in a shopping mall, but you could expect a lot of conversations with security personnel or the law. Also, although state regulations are lenient, there are local ordnances that have to be considered. In some jurisdictions, there are restrictions about size or locking blades. In all the years I have been carrying knives, the only thing I was ever hassled about was my Boy Scout four blade Kamp King at a traffic stop. They said I resembled a suspect they were looking for, but I think the real reason was my car looked like a doper bustmobile (at the time, I didn’t even know what marijuana smelled like). The cop held it as if it were a dagger, or something. It was all I could do to keep from laughing, which under the circumstances would not have been wise. But nothing came of it, the knife was handed back and all ended well.
 
Don't forget the main gauche! Or buckler if you rock that way!

Btw, that looks like a beaut. I see it may actually be a true transitional rapier, being double edged. How long and how heavy is it?

I'd like to tell you all about it, but it's a pic I snatched from Google images. In general, I'm a devotee of 18h century swordsmanship, from backsword to smallsword, heavy saber to baratero navaja. This sword just spoke to me. My own preference, as a professional horseman, though, is the model 1728 Spanish cavalry sword:

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