Who knows this Busse?

Meluck when did you get yours? Mine came from blade this year.

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So if is the law in my state, carry or keep it in my car is only for 5"knife , is it for blade length or from plunge line?
 
A Magyar said:
So if is the law in my state, carry or keep it in my car is only for 5"knife , is it for blade length or from plunge line?
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they will probably measure from the scales, to maximize their chance of busting people. Plus they wouldn't know a plunge line from a clothesline.
 
A Magyar said:
So if is the law in my state, carry or keep it in my car is only for 5"knife , is it for blade length or from plunge line?
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That is a big gray area. Some places it is the cutting edge and some are the total blade length. Most laws I have read do not make it clear. Here it is 4 in fixed or folder but most law enforcement don't say anything unless you look like you are up to no good.
 
The TGM is a sweet blade. I got lucky catching a card at Blade.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
they will probably measure from the scales, to maximize their chance of busting people. Plus they wouldn't know a plunge line from a clothesline.
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Exactly, I did some research recently on Texas law and its on the books that they will measure from the scales to the tip for blade length. ALWAYS assume this is the rule to be safe anywhere. The cutting edge is NOT blade length, a monster choil and/or large ricasso only exacerbate the length unnecessarily. Much better safe than sorry.
 
Laws can be pretty vague sometimes. Not sure if it is still in effect but Michigan used to have a law that said the blade of a folding knife had to be smaller than the palm of the police officers hand.

Garth
 
We are left with two questions that both ask: WHERE AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE BLADE LENGTH?
In an unpublished appeal out of Dallas (Perez v. State 1999 WL 521705) the court made reference to the tang of the blade. They said: "We use the more specific term "tang" in addressing the unsharpened portion of the knife blade that attaches to the handle." Addison police arrested the defendant for having a blade over 5 ½ inches. The sharpened part of the blade measured 5 ½ inches and the tang measured ½ an inch. The trial court found that the blade length was more that 5 1/2 inches making it illegal. The court relied on Tx Penal Code section 46.01. The appellate court went on to say: "Texas, however, does not limit an illegal knife blade to the sharpened portion of the blade. Any ordinary person exercising common sense would be on notice that a blade includes that portion of a knife between the handle and the sharpened portion of the blade."


In McMurrough v. State (995 S.W.2d 944) the court talked about how to measure the blade length:
""Blade" is defined as "[t]he flat-edged cutting part of a sharpened tool or weapon." the American Heritage Dictionary 185 (2d ed.1985). The common meaning merely distinguishes the cutting part of a knife from the handle. See Rainer v. State. Therefore, a "blade," as used in section 46.01(6)(A), is the flat-edged part of the knife, which includes the sharpened part of the instrument and any remaining flat-edged part up to, but not including, the handle."
 
Brummie said:
Then why not just get something from the SAR series, or is the TG handle shape an absolute must?
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I like the handle. While the top guard doesnt bother me, Id like one without as well. Just cause;):D

GIve me a hunter version of the zombie hunter:cool::D
 
One of the frustrating things about laws of all forms and knife laws in particular, is that they are intentionally left vague to give police and judges maximum ability to interpret the law which makes the law by definition subjective. Attorneys like it this way because then we must pay them to argue about what should have been made clear in the first place. Texas is particularly frustrating in that respect. The state (Tx) where Jim Bowie's legacy is taught in every 7th grade Texas history class, is also the only state where a "Bowie knife" is specifically listed as illegal to cary...? Besides that, ask 20 members here to define a bowie knife and you will get 20 different answers, could any fixed blade clip point be a "bowie knife"?. In addition to Busse's, I am a microtech fan... why is a 3.5 in. microtech more dangerous than a 3.5 in spyderco, or fixed knife? It may also interest some of you to know that there was a case in San Antonio where an assisted opener benchmade was determined to be a switchblade and the owner was prosecuted.
Don't get me started...:mad:
 
Perry recently signed the papers to make switchblades legal in Texas, it goes into effect sometime in September. :D

I've been waiting for that for a very long time. Kind of wishing I'd not let that SOCOM go a while back, or the LUDT or both..... :(
 
Arizona and Utah, all knives are legal to carry and use :)
 
leatherman said:
Perry recently signed the papers to make switchblades legal in Texas, it goes into effect sometime in September. :D

I've been waiting for that for a very long time. Kind of wishing I'd not let that SOCOM go a while back, or the LUDT or both..... :(
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Sadly, switchblades are the least of my interests, I'd have much rather the blade length restriction or double edged restriction lifted.
 
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