Do you carry a pocket knife?

Morts · 03-02-11, 03:56 PM

F no, i'd go to jail if i was caught with one

GoldenRivet · 03-02-11, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Morts

F no, i'd go to jail if i was caught with one

may i ask you to expand on that.

does carrying a pocket knife in Denmark automatically cause one to be arrested? or are you involved in some sort of trade wherein pocket knives and other sharp objects are frowned upon?

Where i live, i can only think of a couple of people i know who dont take one with them virtually everywhere they go

Morts · 03-02-11, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

may i ask you to expand on that.

does carrying a pocket knife in Denmark automatically cause one to be arrested? or are you involved in some sort of trade wherein pocket knives and other sharp objects are frowned upon?

Where i live, i can only think of a couple of people i know who dont take one with them virtually everywhere they go

its just illegal to carry knives here, hell, even a carpet cutter or a screwdriver might get you into trouble if you're carrying one and you're either off work, or you have no use for it

GoldenRivet · 03-02-11, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Morts

its just illegal to carry knives here, hell, even a carpet cutter or a screwdriver might get you into trouble

pardon the expression

but

you've got to be down right $h*tting me

Morts · 03-02-11, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

pardon the expression

but

you've got to be down right $h*tting me

i wish i was, people are afraid of everything over here

Armistead · 03-02-11, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Morts

i wish i was, people are afraid of everything over here

Geesh, I know hundreds of trades that require sharp tools, paperhangers, carpet layers, builders, etc... Certainly you have these trades there and somehow they have to carry the tools to work and back.

I have lot's of pocket knives, my son loves using them out in the woods or backyard. Years ago in the 4th grade, he put on pants with a small pocket knife and went to school. He gave it to the teacher and explained, but was suspended for a week anyway, never been in trouble of any kind.

When I was in high school, late 70's, we didn't carry guns or knives into school, but many a pick up had a gun rack loaded with guns in the school parking lot, we all went hunting after school. They did finally stop it in 1980. Good thing, busing crap started about then and a small white rural school became mixed with the inner city an hour away. All hell broke out for two years and I guess we finally got use to each other. I still got several scars from being cut up with a box razor.

Dowly · 03-02-11, 05:28 PM

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Geesh, I know hundreds of trades that require sharp tools, paperhangers, carpet layers, builders, etc... Certainly you have these trades there and somehow they have to carry the tools to work and back.

Carrying one in public "just in case" is a different thing than carrying one in public while working.

razark · 03-02-11, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Morts

... or you have no use for it

Well, there you go. You just need to be creative in finding a use for it.

I tend to carry one with me all the time. It's a useful tool, and better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it. Unless I'm going somewhere it is specifically forbidden, I have my knife.

Dowly · 03-02-11, 04:10 PM

I believe the law is somewhat the same here as in Denmark. Without a good reason, you're not allowed to carry potentially lethal blade in public. Not sure if there's an length limit or something, tho.

GoldenRivet · 03-02-11, 04:14 PM

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I believe the law is somewhat the same here as in Denmark. Without a good reason, you're not allowed to carry potentially lethal blade in public. Not sure if there's an length limit or something, tho.

I think in many places in the US - anything with a blade length of over 6 inches is prohibited in public places.

obviously - regardless of blade length there are places you can't take knives, like concerts or airports etc.

but in general every day life, i have it... i dont view it as a weapon though it could be a means of self defense - i see it as a tool.

Opening boxes, containers, uncooperative wrappers, securing loads to the truck with rope or twine sometimes requires that the rope be cut to specific length, i have sliced off the insulation from wires for quick repairs and splices. there are countless uses for it.

Growler · 03-02-11, 04:16 PM

Leatherman Kick. It was cheap, and carries the default necessary tools - phillips screwdriver, knife blade, slotted screwdriver, plier, wire snipper... think light utility tool. For anything else, I'd bring the tools for the task.

Smuggled a Swiss Army knife all the way through OSUT at Ft. Knox, when such things were considered contraband, but it was a gift and I wasn't turning it in during the amnesty. I think Top knew I had it, but he never called me on it.

Ducimus · 03-02-11, 04:21 PM

hehe my leatherman was issued to me. I acutally had (edit: HAVE) two of them. A regular leatherman, and a super leatherman. Had Gerber's version of a multifunction plier tool issued to me too. Being into construction and maintanence, they were VERY handy.

That's what happens when there's money left over at the end of the fiscal year, and the powers that be are worried about getting the same budget allotment for next year.

03-02-11, 04:13 PM

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i wish i was, people are afraid of everything over here

Hasn't Denmark got the same sort of laws as the UK but metric, so you are allowed a 70mm blade as long as its a manual opening non locking pocket knife, unless its a hunting/fishing/work knife which you can carry when you are engaged in those activities?

Ducimus · 03-02-11, 04:14 PM

Before i ended up as a cubicle dweller, i used to carry one of these around all the time on my belt:

of course, back then, i had a real job, and was working hard. ( Now i have a virtual job, and am hardly working.

)

So no, I don't carry a pocket knife, or even a multi function tool anymore. Not much of a need for it when your ass is parked in a computer chair all day, and carrying anything with a blade on it would probably get me into trouble in an office enviorment.

GoldenRivet · 03-02-11, 04:20 PM

Those leatherman tools are great, i used to carry one years ago. Switched to a pocket knife though because i found that many of the tool accessories on the leatherman tool were used very infrequently.

given the bulk, and that i most often used the blade or the pliers, i just switched to a pocket knife and threw a pair of needle nose pliers in the truck.

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Those leatherman tools are great, i used to carry one years ago. Switched to a pocket knife though because i found that many of the tool accessories on the leatherman tool were used very infrequently. given the bulk, and that i most often used the blade or the pliers, i just switched to a pocket knife and threw a pair of needle nose pliers in the truck. __________________

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Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	F no, i'd go to jail if i was caught with one

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I believe the law is somewhat the same here as in Denmark. Without a good reason, you're not allowed to carry potentially lethal blade in public. Not sure if there's an length limit or something, tho.

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	hehe my leatherman was issued to me. I acutally had (edit: HAVE) two of them. A regular leatherman, and a super leatherman. Had Gerber's version of a multifunction plier tool issued to me too. Being into construction and maintanence, they were VERY handy. That's what happens when there's money left over at the end of the fiscal year, and the powers that be are worried about getting the same budget allotment for next year.

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Before i ended up as a cubicle dweller, i used to carry one of these around all the time on my belt: of course, back then, i had a real job, and was working hard. ( Now i have a virtual job, and am hardly working. ) So no, I don't carry a pocket knife, or even a multi function tool anymore. Not much of a need for it when your ass is parked in a computer chair all day, and carrying anything with a blade on it would probably get me into trouble in an office enviorment.