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Public perception never bothers me. I've carried the native chief and pm2 with zero concern. But here in MD blade length is not a issue. I could potentially carry a sword on my back.

My state allows me to carry any folder that I like, but as you get down to county and city jurisdictions, things get murky. If there were no limits, I'd carry my Police 4 Lightweight. It's a very nice knife. There's a knife that I have that is made by another brand that I prefer to the Police 4 as a carry tactical option — extremely easy to carry, but not good for anything except the self-defense scenario. With either, I might still carry my Delica.

Warrior and Pygmy Warrior. Plus my usual EDC.

Pretty happy with the Para3. I got no need for anything larger.

Here in the Netherlands the knife legislation states that stilleto's, OTF's, balastic knives, ballisongs and folding knives exceeding 28 cm when opened are illegal. It's not legal to carry any knife when public ordinance is effective e.g. a music festival, demonstration or football match. In case a police officer finds grounds to frisk you and finds a knife, they will decide based on the circumstances if they confiscate it or not.

Then there is the public perception. A lot of negative publicity about school stabbings and underaged purps and vics. The thing is that most of these stabbings occur with cheap kitchen knives so it's hard to ban. It reflects negatively on the knife communityand causing many people to see a knife only as a weapon, not as a tool.

I am conscious when and what I carry and don't use knives in public that often.

To answer the question. I would carry a larger knife such as my Millie far more often if the situation was different.

I live in a southern state with very lenient knife/gun laws, but at this point the limiting factor is my pockets. My largest folder is a Yojumbo but I have recently gravitated away from it and towards smaller/slimmer knives that allow easier access to my pockets.

The Charisma is shaping up to be quite the pocket hog for me once it comes out even though I prefer larger (~4") knives.