What is the hilt on a pocket knife?

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I just read that my towns only restriction (http://www.menomonee-falls.org/index.aspx?NID=321) on knives is it can't be more than 3 inches from hilt to tip. But what constitutes a hilt? Is it the start of the ricasso going from the sharpened edge onto the ricasso? Or on a flipper would it be the flipper guard?

I thought this restriction was kinda cool, pretty lax.

HEY MOD: Could you move this to the legal section please?
 
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I would think the start of the edge would be the legal definition.
***this is not legal advice just my opinion***

Oh and I'd ask a mod to move this to the legal section.
 
Honestly these types of definitions usually depend a lot on the officer. For some, blade length is measured by cutting edge, for some its the entire blade length from tip to handle. It's usually measured in a straight line from the handle to the tip though, and does not follow the curve of the edge. There are some goofy knives in that regard such as the zt 0350 and 030X, the 0350 has a 3.25" blade from the tip to the end of the handle, but because of the blade shape, the cutting edge is really closer to 3.75".
 
sintro said:
I just read that my towns only restriction (http://www.menomonee-falls.org/index.aspx?NID=321) on knives is it can't be more than 3 inches from hilt to tip. But what constitutes a hilt? Is it the start of the ricasso going from the sharpened edge onto the ricasso? Or on a flipper would it be the flipper guard?

I thought this restriction was kinda cool, pretty lax.

HEY MOD: Could you move this to the legal section please?
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:cool: I am not a legal professional or law enforcement officer, but I might suggest that a quick research trip via Internet to a website devoted to knife issues would be useful. I know that the American Knife and Tool Institute (AKTI) and the Knife Rights organization have some resources that might be useful here. I think that one or both have illustrated definitions that a court might accept. My information is from memeory; I hope I am correct. Faiaoga
 
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I would say it's probably from the furthest forward point of the handle.
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Without researching this, Yes, Dan is correct. Often knives would have a blade guard to prevent the other guy's knife from sliding down your blade and cutting you. Swords have these also. Remember the old movie line....He buried the knife right up to the hilt. In other words, where the blade naturally stops from going in further.
 
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