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...the law's ambiguous..."...including but not limited to..." doesn't tell us a lot...but I've been told since I got here in 84 that a two-edged blade is considered a dagger...

...San Antonio's got some "different" laws than just the state regs...I'd hunt them up and study them, they seem aggressive in enforcement...don't know if Houston has any in addition to state law...I carry a fixed blade as a "work" knife...less than 4" in a spear point design...no problem...it's shaped like this one: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... MBE&dur=53" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...Velcro is a wunnerful thing...

ELB wrote:

speedsix wrote:... I slit the boot about 2" down and about 3 1/2" down, giving me a "belt" to clip the holster to, ...

That's interesting. Were these leather boots? MIne have synthetic fabric top, would have to sew or seal the edges somehow if I put a slit in them. The knife working with doesn't even have a clip, so half the time when I draw it, the sheath comes with it...not hard to flip it off, but a nuisance and not really functional as such. As I said, this is just experimentation right now, to see if I want to go farther with it.

...leather cowboy boots...you could seal your fabric with a hot tool...I'm assuming it's nylon...like combat boots? you might need a backing plate of leather inside the boot(sewn) to keep from cutting the boot and give you something to clip into...mine was inside above the ankle on strong side...easily drawn with either hand...


...the Gerbers I carried in the boot had a steel clip like an IWB holster...the slits that created the "belt" to clip it to went horizontal, not vertical...holster in the boot...clip came out through the top slit and across the "belt", then back into the bottom slit, and the holster didn't come out unless you meant for it to...the sheath had a small keeper that was snap actuated...very secure for running/climbing, etc...this one here...came out in the mid-70s... http://cutlerscove.com/daggers/gerber-guardian1.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...when I carried a Gerber double-edged Guardian-type in uniform, I slit the boot about 2" down and about 3 1/2" down, giving me a "belt" to clip the holster to, and putting the handle of the knife about even with the boot-top...making it much easier to draw the knife than when it was clipped at the top, where I'd have to hike up my pantsleg much more...it was much more comfortable low in the boot instead of rubbing my calf all night...

...now, I carry a Gerber on the belt on my weak side...