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GlockenHammer wrote:

flintknapper wrote:There is no uniform method by which the blade is measured.

One person may interpret "blade" to mean the sharpened part of the blade only, another may think that the blade is everything from the tip to the hilt/locking mechanism.

For fixed blade knives....it could even include the "tang" which may extend all the way through the handle. There needs to be a national standard on this IMO.

FWIW, the Federal law (which doesn't really apply here) measures from the tip to the hilt or handle--whatever would stop a penetrating stab.

Can you point me to your source of this information please (thanks).

I found some information regarding regulations state by state (they vary widely), but nothing federal.


See state to state here:

http://www.thehighroad.org/library/blad ... elaws.html

HooG19 wrote:

Skiprr wrote:Yep; in San Antonio I don't think you can carry a folding, lock-back knife, period. Because Texas law says no blade longer than 5.5" and the clever SA legislature wrote Muni code to say no lock-back knife with a blade shorter than 5.5".

So carry a lock blade that is exactly 5.5"?

Unfortunately, this involves yet another problem.

There is no uniform method by which the blade is measured.

One person may interpret "blade" to mean the sharpened part of the blade only, another may think that the blade is everything from the tip to the hilt/locking mechanism.

For fixed blade knives....it could even include the "tang" which may extend all the way through the handle. There needs to be a national standard on this IMO.