Dear Deacon

[twinboysdad]

I have to go to Greenville for a week, business related...how serious are they about the 3 inch knife law?

[twinboysdad]

Went ahead and grabbed a Kiwi 4, totally using Greenville knife laws as the reason! "Honey, would you rather me end up in jail? I needed this for my trip". Now the question is can I write this off as a business expense?!?

[timlara]

LOL, played like a true knife knut! Well done, sir! :D

[SpyderNut]

@twinboysdad,

I see what you did there. Very clever. My wife would likely veto that logic with something like, "Why no, Honey, I don't want to see you end up in jail. That's why you should just leave all your knives at home." :D

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Your wife honestly thinks you might leave the house without a knife? The horror! My wife knows better now than even to ask how many I have on me at any given time (the average is 3)...

[SpyderNut]

Your wife honestly thinks you might leave the house without a knife? The horror! My wife knows better now than even to ask how many I have on me at any given time (the average is 3)...

Haha! Nah, you're right. My wife knows better than that too. ; ) She just likes to razz me sometimes. It's funny, but I usually carry three knives too (except for the weekends).

[swigert]

I've turned into a 3 knife guy also. I didn't hunk I would but I did.

I like a traditional folder, a Spyderco folder and a fixed blade. For the fixed blade something small and horizontal appendix carry.

[Popsickle]

my family lives in Greenville and I've never really worried about it with a 3.25-3.5 . in the state of SC a knife is NOT a weapon unless in your possession during the commission of a crime. Knife was removed from "weapon" in 2008

[The Deacon]

I have to go to Greenville for a week, business related...how serious are they about the 3 inch knife law?

I agree with Popsickle. Unless the knife is discovered while you're being arrested for something else, there's really nothing to worry about. Still, I almost always choose to respect the city's 3" limit out of an abundance of caution. And, while I've never used it as an excuse for buying one, it's a great excuse to give some of my sub 3" folders pocket time. :D

[Knutty]

my family lives in Greenville and I've never really worried about it with a 3.25-3.5 . in the state of SC a knife is NOT a weapon unless in your possession during the commission of a crime. Knife was removed from "weapon" in 2008

I wish NC would follow your lead. I hate NC's vague knife laws. But I do strictly comply with blade length limits (as best I can interpret them, anyway).

[Popsickle]

my family lives in Greenville and I've never really worried about it with a 3.25-3.5 . in the state of SC a knife is NOT a weapon unless in your possession during the commission of a crime. Knife was removed from "weapon" in 2008

I wish NC would follow your lead. I hate NC's vague knife laws. But I do strictly comply with blade length limits (as best I can interpret them, anyway).

South Carolina allows each county and city to regulate knife law, and a police officer will be the first to tell you its ridiculous. I took the time to call all of the surrounding county and city police around my area and while each one had different length laws, etc..... they all said they wouldn't give you a second look as long as you weren't committing a crime or threatening someone. I know that knife rights is trying to get states like South Carolina to make statewide laws that govern knives as opposed to what we have

[Knutty]

My fear isn't police per se but that some day I'll have to use a knife in self defense, and some prosecutor will nail me to the wall for having a blade 0.1" over the "legal limit". I'm not sure how that interplays with self defense scenarios though. To me, if you're legitimately defending yourself, it shouldn't matter whether you do so with a pen cap or a samurai sword. I should probably speak to an attorney, although my guess is if you talk to 10 of them, you'll get 10 different flavors of responses.

I actually measure the blade of each knife I own, and have a chart listing their exact lengths. The blade length of any knife can actually vary a tiny bit from unit to unit, depending on how they ground the tip. I have a translucent ruler I use to measure. You could say I'm paranoid. :)

[The Deacon]

My fear isn't police per se but that some day I'll have to use a knife in self defense, and some prosecutor will nail me to the wall for having a blade 0.1" over the "legal limit". I'm not sure how that interplays with self defense scenarios though. To me, if you're legitimately defending yourself, it shouldn't matter whether you do so with a pen cap or a samurai sword. I should probably speak to an attorney, although my guess is if you talk to 10 of them, you'll get 10 different flavors of responses.

I actually measure the blade of each knife I own, and have a chart listing their exact lengths. The blade length of any knife can actually vary a tiny bit from unit to unit, depending on how they ground the tip. I have a translucent ruler I use to measure. You could say I'm paranoid. :)

In today's America, that's certainly a legitimate concern. It may not even be the prosecutor, per se, it may be pressure put on him by organizations, or by the White House, to turn the perpetrator in a legitimate case of self defense into the victim of a racially motivated hate crime.

[MacLaren]

But......its still much better to be tried by 12, than carried by 6. At least that's how I look at it.

[paladin]

But......its still much better to be tried by 12, than carried by 6. At least that's how I look at it.

true-- to a certain extent...

there are fates worth than death, IMHO

[MacLaren]

But......its still much better to be tried by 12, than carried by 6. At least that's how I look at it.

true-- to a certain extent...

there are fates worth than death, IMHO

Lol, I cannot deny that :)
Seriously though that's very true...

[jackknifeh]

Where I live the police don't worry about strict knife laws so I can carry anything I own without worry. I don't have any 4" blade folders. My GB or Stretch are safe from confiscation. That is where I live. But I do believe in observing the laws about knife carry when traveling. So when I go on my state-to-state killing sprees I try never to carry an illegal pocket knife. :)

Jack

[chloe]

I carry a Orange Military everyday, now, I never leave Manhattan, and no Cop has ever said one thing to me having it clipped to my pants...they are not about to hassle a girl.

Well at least for the knife...coming home to the Waldorf, one night hammered, real bad, one Cop started to hassle me, but when I asked him do you want to see what a few hundred thousand of daddies' buys in the WA? He was like **** ya!

I gave him some of dad's expensive scotch, and he watched ESPN on the 60" all the way thru his shift. I just need to replace that Scotch before Daddie comes back from Dubai!

The trick with these NYC is stay in Manhattan, and know the Governor of NY, he got me out of some awful jail when I got loaded at some frat party near 57th and 5th Ave. I wound up neat Tiffany's, and they got me. At least I left the. Big knives home, but, they never found the lady Bug I had on me!

OK, my Car service is waiting, Bye, Bye!!!

[chloe]

I carry a Orange Military everyday, now, I never leave Manhattan, and no Cop has ever said one thing to me having it clipped to my pants...they are not about to hassle a girl.

Well at least for the knife...coming home to the Waldorf, one night hammered, real bad, one Cop started to hassle me, but when I asked him do you want to see what a few hundred thousand of daddies' money buys in the WA? He was like **** ya!

I gave him some of dad's expensive scotch, and he watched ESPN on the 60" all the way thru his shift. I just need to replace that Scotch before Daddie comes back from Dubai!

The trick with these NYC is stay in Manhattan, and know the Governor of NY, he got me out of some awful jail when I got loaded at some frat party near 57th and 5th Ave. I wound up neat Tiffany's, and they got me. At least I left the. Big knives home, but, they never found the lady Bug I had on me!

OK, my Car service is waiting, Bye, Bye!!!

[chloe]

I carry a Orange Military everyday, now, I never leave Manhattan, and no Cop has ever said one thing to me having it clipped to my pants...they are not about to hassle a girl.

Well at least for the knife...coming home to the Waldorf, one night hammered, real bad, one Cop started to hassle me, but when I asked him do you want to see what a few hundred thousand of daddie's money buys in the WA? He was like **** ya!

I gave him some of dad's expensive scotch, and he watched ESPN on the 60" all the way thru his shift. I just need to replace that Scotch before Daddie comes back from Dubai!

The trick with these NYC Cop's is stay in Manhattan, and know the Governor of NY, he got me out of some awful jail when I got loaded at some frat party near 57th and 5th Ave. I wound up near Tiffany's, and they got me. At least I left the. Big knives home, but, they never found the lady Bug I had on me!

OK, my Car service is waiting, Bye, Bye!!!