Spotting someone else with a knife/tool.

[thatotherguy]

I used to be pretty good at being able to tell just about everything about a knife from the clip and whatever was sticking out of the pocket, but it's not really my thing now. I can still do it pretty easily, but I don't most of the time.

I've seen quite a few Kershaw CQC6/7Ks recently... used to see a bunch of Cold Steels, Bucks, Gerbers, and the occasional Kershaw Blur.
I live in a fairly rural area so knives are an everyday sight here. Most interesting knife I've seen someone locally carrying recently was an automatic Boker Automat Kalashnikov 74 with a tan painted handle

[Wanimator]

I saw a guy at a children's/family museum with a Gerber multitool (out the front plier style) on his belt yesterday, April 6th.

[LoopCutter]

I saw a guy at a children's/family museum with a Gerber multitool (out the front plier style) on his belt yesterday, April 6th.

Not more than a month ago, eating dinner, a guy pulled his Gerber
suspension from the sheath and hand to his about 1 year to keep him occupied during dinner time.  Starting the youngin off early, as there was not a complaint aired by the little one.

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

[Wanimator]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

[Aloha]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

I'm not sure I understand either.  No blades over a certain length because of what?   

[Alan K.]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

I'm not sure I understand either.  No blades over a certain length because of what?

Somebody at that site must have determined that a 3.25 inch or less blade is a tool while 3.50 inches and greater is a weapon. Whoever it was has amazing insight.  They might be able to tell you next week's winning lotto numbers.

[LoopCutter]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

No weapons on site, over 3.25" was/is considered a weapon. 
This applied to folders and fixed blades. Now that site is a hospital and same rule is applied by law enforcement.  No guns either. 
Was told they considered restricting locking blades!

[pfrsantos]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

I'm not sure I understand either.  No blades over a certain length because of what?

Somebody at that site must have determined that a 3.25 inch or less blade is a tool while 3.50 inches and greater is a weapon. Whoever it was has amazing insight.  They might be able to tell you next week's winning lotto numbers.

Not sure if this is actually so but I heard that in Spain you can't carry blades over a certain size AND UNDER a certain size. I think because the big ones could be weapons and the small ones are easily concealed... Only the middle sized ones qualify as tools...

 

[Etherealicer]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

I'm not sure I understand either.  No blades over a certain length because of what?

Somebody at that site must have determined that a 3.25 inch or less blade is a tool while 3.50 inches and greater is a weapon. Whoever it was has amazing insight.  They might be able to tell you next week's winning lotto numbers.

Not sure if this is actually so but I heard that in Spain you can't carry blades over a certain size AND UNDER a certain size. I think because the big ones could be weapons and the small ones are easily concealed... Only the middle sized ones qualify as tools...

 

Well, commonly it is 6cm the max length of a blade. The reasoning is, that stabbing wounds with those short blades are less fatal
reasons:
- stabbing to the arms is commonly non-lethal
- most dangerous stabbings are to the torso those short blades cannot reach the heart
- neck and face stabbings are rather rare

In Switzerland we used to have max length 6cm or longer than 30cm. Nowadays, we have more lenient knife law again thanks to Soldier '08 knife. The min 30cm rule is still in place for double-edged daggers. The reason there is that after a certain length it is impractical to carry concealed. Of course you may still wonder why it is 30 and not 35cm, but that is simply the length of the Stgw-57 Bayonet (Old Swiss Army rifle) pretty common in Switzerland so they are legal but anything shorter is not.

[Aloha]

All very interesting.  Thanks for the answers as there is no right or wrong necessarily it is interesting to know the thinking behind such rules. 

[Kampfer]

On Tuesday I saw a dad carrying a Espada XL in my kids school.
We made eye contact, I gave him a  then pointed at my pocket; he looked then smiled.

[Weasel]

I was at a wedding party last night at Whitley hall , saw a guy with a vic sheath on his belt ,swisschamp size. It was busy and I didn't get to talk to him sadly, was on child shepherding duty.

[alexTOOL]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

I'm not sure I understand either.  No blades over a certain length because of what?

Somebody at that site must have determined that a 3.25 inch or less blade is a tool while 3.50 inches and greater is a weapon. Whoever it was has amazing insight.  They might be able to tell you next week's winning lotto numbers.

Not sure if this is actually so but I heard that in Spain you can't carry blades over a certain size AND UNDER a certain size. I think because the big ones could be weapons and the small ones are easily concealed... Only the middle sized ones qualify as tools...

 

That is not true.

http://www.guardiacivil.es/es/servicios/armasyexplosivo/controldearmas/clasifica_armas/armas_prohibidas/index.html

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Cuchillos, machetes y armas blancas

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Navajas cuya hoja exceda de 11 cm.

Igualmente está prohibida comercialización, publicidad, compraventa, tenencia y uso de las navajas no automáticas cuya hoja exceda de 11 centímetros, medidos desde el reborde o tope del mango hasta el extremo.

No se considerarán comprendidas en las prohibiciones anteriores la fabricación y comercialización con intervención de la Guardia Civil (inspección de locales y comunicación previa de apertura, modificación y traslado), la compraventa y la tenencia exclusivamente en el propio domicilio, con fines de ornato y coleccionismo, de las navajas no automáticas cuya hoja exceda de 11 centímetros.

Folders over 11cm of blade lenght are forbbiden, except collections at home.
But the under 11cm blade lenght ones you must have a very good reason to carry.

Example:
 
SAK cutting an apple while eating on a trekking: OK   
Spyderco Griptilian at night in a pub = MEEECKKKK   

[ThePeacent]

A safety inspector on a job site paid real close attention to blade clips, the site had a knife blade length maximum of 3.25".  He would ask guys to pull their knife and measured blades, usually walking away with 75% tagged for pick up after the shift and a warning .  Second time they were removed from the job site, banned from the site.  I swear he knew the blade types before he even asked.   I never was approached, had a CQC4K in my pocket most days, others a simple Pocket Pal.

I don't even get how a rule like that is logical, it just makes more work and makes people uncomfortable and on edge.

I'm not sure I understand either.  No blades over a certain length because of what?

Somebody at that site must have determined that a 3.25 inch or less blade is a tool while 3.50 inches and greater is a weapon. Whoever it was has amazing insight.  They might be able to tell you next week's winning lotto numbers.

Not sure if this is actually so but I heard that in Spain you can't carry blades over a certain size AND UNDER a certain size. I think because the big ones could be weapons and the small ones are easily concealed... Only the middle sized ones qualify as tools...

 

That is not true.

http://www.guardiacivil.es/es/servicios/armasyexplosivo/controldearmas/clasifica_armas/armas_prohibidas/index.html

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Cuchillos, machetes y armas blancas

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Navajas cuya hoja exceda de 11 cm.

Igualmente está prohibida comercialización, publicidad, compraventa, tenencia y uso de las navajas no automáticas cuya hoja exceda de 11 centímetros, medidos desde el reborde o tope del mango hasta el extremo.

No se considerarán comprendidas en las prohibiciones anteriores la fabricación y comercialización con intervención de la Guardia Civil (inspección de locales y comunicación previa de apertura, modificación y traslado), la compraventa y la tenencia exclusivamente en el propio domicilio, con fines de ornato y coleccionismo, de las navajas no automáticas cuya hoja exceda de 11 centímetros.

Folders over 11cm of blade lenght are forbbiden, except collections at home.
But the under 11cm blade lenght ones you must have a very good reason to carry.

Example:
 
SAK cutting an apple while eating on a trekking: OK   
Spyderco Griptilian at night in a pub = MEEECKKKK   

Yup, that's how it works here. I love fondling my big CS XLs at home...



but should not be taking pics like these: 





Weird Spanish laws, indeed

[Kev D]

I was spotted with mine yesterday in the park where I walk my dogs. 
My glasses were bugging the crap out of me until I realised it was because an arm was loose.  I was sat on a bench using the victorinox mini screwdriver in my bit extender to tighten said annoying arm when I was spotted by an old guy walking by with his dog.

While our dogs ran around like loonies together we had quite a nice chat. The guy owns a BO new surge and thought the idea of the mini screwdriver in the bit extender was genius and was going to do the same. So thanks to whoever suggested it on here.  He also loved the duct tape jigsaw blade holder/wallet as well, so again thanks for that.

I told him all about this forum and the great help it can be with everything multitool and beyond. Though he admitted he isn't internet or computer savvy and would ask his grandson to show him, so he way well be heading this way sometime.  Seeing as he isn't computer savvy I left him with my mini driver and duct tape blade holder to help him out.   

[magentus]

Very kind act K-Dazzle.  I bet he was well chuffed with your gift. 

[Etherealicer]

Very kind act K-Dazzle.  I bet he was well chuffed with your gift. 

It is our way

[Huntsman]

Was in a shopping centre in Canberra last weekend and spotted a cop with a LM on his belt.
It looked like a Wave and I was right!!

I had a wee chat with him and asked him if it was standard issue - It was not - He bought it himself.
However he said he used it all the time.
Good man - and shame on you Canberra police!!

I asked him if I could take a pic, but he seemed pretty uncomfortable about that - so I dropped it.

Also saw one on the belt of a cop at Sydney airport a while ago (may have posted that already)

[sLaughterMed]

I went to pick up some coolant from the local Honda dealer a few weeks ago, and one of the parts guys had a Spyderco Manix XL on him. We chatted a bit, he even let me fondle it a little! 

[Huntsman]

This was the thread I was looking for!!!!

I guess an add counts!!

[Aloha]

  Nice bump.  Still seeing lots of knives clipped to pockets but not a lot of sheaths. 

[dmattaponi]

I work at a very liberal university in a rural State.  Gun are strictly prohibited on campus but knives seem to go largely unnoticed.  I see them clipped to peoples pockets and on belts around campus pretty regularly.  Within my department, I can think of four faculty members who carry Swiss Army knives.  Granted three of the four are archaeologists who spend a fair amount of time in the field, so this isn’t too surprising.  I’ve seen them used both in and out of the classroom.  That said, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear of some fearful person making a complaint someday, but over the last 20yrs people haven’t seemed to mind.  The SAK is so innocuous to most people  that it goes largely unnoticed.  Leatherman is thought of more as a tool than a knife, so it has much the same reputation.

Lol…I once took students on a field trip and later while looking over some pictures of the games played at the event, I noticed a sidearm on the belt (peeking out from under the shirt) of one of the students(a former Marine).  Needless to say, I didn’t submit that one for the department website :-)

[Huntsman]

Interesting and good ! - dmattaponi

Assume you are in the US - Which state?

[smiller43147]

Took my wife in for a pre-admittance appointment and the male nurse had a LM Tread on his wrist.  He was quite surprised that I knew what it was, said most people just thought it was a big clunky bracelet.

[tinker gnome]

Today shopping in a local super market, I spied an elderly gent having three(!) knive holsters on his belt. What caught my eye was a honing steel at a Zermatt or Matterhorn type Victorinox holster. He stood two queues farther in the checkout zone, so no chatting across the room 

Perhaps when I see him next time... 

[nate j]

Today shopping in a local super market, I spied an elderly gent having three(!) knive holsters on his belt. What caught my eye was a honing steel at a Zermatt or Matterhorn type Victorinox holster. He stood two queues farther in the checkout zone, so no chatting across the room 

Perhaps when I see him next time... 

Three belt sheaths at the same time…he’s either already a member here, or darn well should be!

[Huntsman]

 

[tinker gnome]

Well, one could be for a double AA flashlight like a Maglite or a Fenix LD 20. A fixed, a folder and a flashlight seems normal to me ... 

All sheaths had a flap with a push button. Maybe a hunter.

[King_Gorilla]

I work in construction.  3 out of every 4 guys have at least a small knife clipped in their pocket.  But at least 1 out of every 5 or 6 of the workers have a MT on their belt. 

About 7 months ago, I was checking on some workers who were hanging wallpaper in a hotel room.  I walked in and saw a guy named Charlie with one MT clipped in a small pocket on his pants and a second MT in a sheath on his belt.  I asked him what he was carrying and we both did a pocket dump and talked for about 15 minutes about MTs and knives.
 
Charlie carried his Wave everywhere because he felt that it had the best selection of tools.  He kept the Wave in his pocket because it fit well in that pocket of his pants.  His belt carry MT was a Gerber Suspension that he hilariously kept in a  Leatherman sheath on his belt because it was the only sheath he had that would fit the tool.  He told me that he carried the Suspension as a "beater" tool that he would use to chip, pry, beat, or any other form of mistreat when the situation called for it.  He used his Wave often, but he loved it too much to abuse it.

Charlie and I still talk whenever he is working for my company on one of our jobs.     

[Huntsman]

Nice story - Always good to find a kindred spirit   

A little surprised that 'tradies' still carry a multitool - As big users of tools every day - You'd think they'd mainly be using regular tools
So this is great to hear.

Also surprised about the Wave - eg With its tiny scisssors and eyeglass SD - You'd think it would be a Surge or Supertool for Charlie.