do you carry a knife with your ccw?

do you carry a knife with your ccw?

  • gun and knife.

    Votes: 208 77.6%

  • just gun.

    Votes: 42 15.7%

  • just knife.

    Votes: 18 6.7%
  • Total voters
    268
  • Poll closed .
misno:

It IS my understanding that when the knife is clipped on the top edge of your pocket and a portion is VISIBLE the knife is not considered a concealed weapon.

This is not to say that your local Barney Fife agrees with me, but I do believe that IF you encounter such a dim-wit leo and you are charged with a concealed weapon a good attorney can get the charges dropped.

I'm NOt a lawyer, but I did have a McDonald's sausage biscuit yesterday.

As to blade length?

Not a clue as I believe each jurisidiction varies and if you asked ten of your local cops bet you'd get ten answers.

My thinking is that I will NEVER threaten, or cut anyone with my knife unless it was a last ditch effort to prevent MY life from being taken by a bad guy.. Under those circumstances i will be glad I'm armed, and I'll worry about the legal ramifications later..

Most good cops have no interest in giving a law abiding citizen grief over having a concealed gun or knife.. Law abiding citizens are just that.. We don't use our defensive options unless we feel our lives, or the lives of innocents are endangered, and if that circumstance ever occurs you won't be thinking about anything but protecting yourself or those others..

As to my blade length preference.

I like my Kershaw Shallot w/3" (more or less) blade. I also have the Kershaw Leek, with a less than 3" blade, and I'm thinking under most jurisdictions the shorter blade would be just fine..

Not sure about the 3" blade of the Shallot, but I want that extra inch of sharpen steel because if I ever get scared enough to use it, I want all the cutting length I can get..

Again, just personal opinion.. I can't get'cha into trouble, and I can't get'cha out of trouble, so use common sense, research your local laws on the subject and make the best choice for you.

I have a concealed weapons permit, and I think that's always a good thing, even if you are carrying a knife.. Just shows you have made an effort to do right, and have passed whatever requirements are necessary to carry, concealed a potentially lethal weapon.

No offense to those who might disagree, this is just personal opinion from an old retired fart with an enlarge prostate and a nagging mother-in-law. :)

Best Wishes,

Jesse

P.S. As long as I have rounds left in my carry pistol I'm not gonna be pullin' no knife anyway (double-negatives or not).

P.P.S. Pictured below l/r. Kershaw Tyrade (if I were going to a knife fight, and couldn't take a gun, this would be my choice).. Kershaw Shallot, Kershaw Leek & Kershaw Leek.. ProTech Ciabatta at top.

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Aww, why was the poll closed?

I have a large-ish Victorinox Swiss Army Knife with about 18 implements for opening boxes and whatnot.

I have a Benchmade 10100SBP for self defense.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/10100

It's an interesting design with the blade bigger than the handle. When you close it, a cam pushes a tail fin out that covers the last ~1.5" of the blade. This way when you open it, the tail fin disappears into the handle, and you don't have a huge unwieldy handle. I can still get all my fingers on it.

Also I carry two guns.

In Texas, you cannot carry a fixed knife, a switchblade, or a blade over 5.5".
The problem is, unlike knife manufacturers, Texas includes that last bit of unsharpened blade at the bottom of the blade, right above the handle. My old 5.5" had to go in the safe and I carry that 5.2" Benchmade now, because it's ~5.5" measured "Texas-style".
All of those laws do not apply if you are on your property or hunting.

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.46.htm#46.01
 
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All I carry most of the time. Fix blade in sheath on hip, sheath has a velcro pocket the folder goes into. Cheap knives ALWAYS. No point in spending money on something that may be slammed into concrete later or used for a pry bar. Tools as well as weapons. I don't see them as weapons most of the time as I am not quick to use them.
 
Do you carry a knife with your CCW

I recently decided to start carrying one, for those places where my pistol was prohibited. I ordered a CRKT Hissatsu assisted opening folder, it has a 4" blade. It is strictly for self defense, not opening cans, cutting string or any of that stuff a regular pocket knife is used for.
 
Two most days, a Leatherman and a Cold Steel and I use one or both every day. Neither has SD as a primary role but most anything can be a weapon, right?
 
Knife for carry

I bought a Microtech UTX70 OTF automatic a while back, and, although it has a pocket clip, I keep it concealed in the pocket. I consider it a very convenient, high-grade tool, but I also regard it as a last means of defense, if needed. As a CCW holder, I religiously adhere to CCW guidelines as to where you carry ANY weapon...
 
Always have a knife.

I use a blade at work daily. So usually have sevreal on me. Seems I always reach in the wrong pocket. I actually should get a holster with a scabbard for a knife made.
I sent my son a kneck knife and a Cold Steel Tanto for his deployment.
So Yes I carry with my CCL.
If I can not have a firearm then what option do we have?
Sometimes it is a BIC pen. Rolled up news paper and in the past even the antenna of a close by car. Impromise and overcome. A roll of dimes was carried in many places by my God son. I was thanked for the tip.
I must thank My old shipmate Brownie aka Jeff Brown GMG2 USS Lawrence for demanding I always wear a belt. Once I did not and it could have been very bad but for our instints. We retreated tremporairly to pick up some empty bottles. The threat vanished when they saw we would fight fo rour $3.00 combined. OH yes we weere young and invincable.
More stories in the book Sweepers Sweepers Man your Brooms by Jeff Zahratka, another shipmate.
I know it is an old thread but it still applies.
 
I always carry a knife. I keep it more for a tool than SD, but it could be SD. I have carried some type of knife almost always since I bought my first knife at age 6 in 1963. In school almost every boy had a pocket knife on him with no problems whatsoever. It wasn't an issue in the '60s and '70s in central TX.
 
Yep, I carry a knife on my support side. It sees most of its use in day to day chores, but I have also had training in weapon retention in which it can play a big role.
 
I always have a knife of some sort on me as well as my CCW pistol. For a long time now it has been a CRKT Hissatsu Folder and man I love that knife. Second favorite was the Kershaw Storm, that thing was straight razor sharp.
 
Wow, old thread. Sure. I have a little tiny Leatherman Squirt P4 in my pocket most of the time. It has a small blade on it. So on those occasions I carry a handgun, the Squirt goes along too.
 
Carried a Buck 110 through out high school and during college. Certainly more of a tool than a weapon in my mind. Still carry some type of Leatherman at all times, rarely a knife, but when I do have a knife, it is a fixed blade hunting knife. Folders and liner locks can be nice, but I prefer a fixed, full tang blade.
 
I always have a knife cuz I use it a lot to cut stuff, clean nails, click it open and shut if Im bored... thats for pocket knife. also have a folder in a side pouch, either a SAK or a USA Gerber/Buck. Then when we hit the woods I mostly have a Camillus "USMC" or a 10" bowie. I have it bad.. having to choose which one looks best with my attire :D
Started to carry a knife daily at age 7 I believe, maybe it was 6... a simple jack-knife that I proceded to cut my finger with.. Mom cried more than I over that. StepDad said "He's old enuff, has to grow up sometime." Next knife he gave me was either a boy scout or military issue with the black grips and 2blades, a can/bottle opener (remember those?) and possibly an awl.
I carried to school and so did some of the other guys but not many. No legal issues, no complaints, no confiscations. Went thru a lot of folders growing up.
Eventually the need for something larger became evident.. KABAR! and after that the Buck General 120. THAT knife walked out of my house when It turned 38. Not a clue where it went... so Im back to the Camillus and probably won't need any other at my age. Old guys do ramble on.

Nocturnus, I think we resurrect dead threads cuz we like the sexy grave- yard babe in the lightning pic. Heavy sexuality there. Jus sayin.
 
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Holy crap! How old is this post?! I guess still relevant, eh?

This is what I told my kids recently - all men should carry:
- CCW (when legal)
- pepper spray
- flashlight (doesn't have to be 300 lumen)
- knife or multi-tool
- cell phone
- wallet
 
Hattori Hanzo

I carry a multitool. I'm more likely in need of cutting a length of radiator hose, crimping a wiring harness, and opening a letter than getting into a fight with a samurai who has just cut my gun in half with his divine steel sword.
 
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