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Saw an ad for a "knifeless" pocket tool, Leatherman type of tool..

"This is a KNIFELESS tool for the jobs and growing locations that do not allow pocket knives anymore. Makes a great gift for the younger kid who is not ready for a sharp knife just yet. (always use adult supervision)"

Probably wouldn't pass TSA anyway. What are we doing to ourselves?
 
I can't remember a time before I carried a knife.

But the seeds of what's happening today aren't new. Even fifty years ago or more, as a child, when I came in from my rambles and turned the television on, and found a Western or any kind of action-adventure story, if the scene I popped in on happened to be a fight between an unarmed man and one with a knife, and I wasn't familiar with the show, and couldn't identify the hero, I could always pick him out. He'd be the one without the knife, and he'd be the one who'd win.

In the old days poor men headed into harm's way carried a knife, a handgun too, if they could afford it, but always a knife.

I always considered a non-locking blade working pocket knife a poor weapon, but it still excites the imagination of the knife-haters. Maybe that's it, maybe a kid with a simple folding pocket knife begins to think himself as a man with responsibilities, or at the very least a man in training, and that's what the knife-haters want to eradicate, that feeling of self-reliance.
 
My first knife was given to me when I was about 5 or 6 after many pleas and much bargaining.

It looked like a schrade old timer but I'm sure it was a knockoff. The knife came with caveats and lessons from my father who grew up, in large part, living off the land.

He had a knife at my age and put it to good use.

I bought both of my kids a cheap $5 multi tool (with knife of course) at the age of 5.

That is 3 generations of 5 year olds who demonstrated they can safely and responsibly own and use knives.

Now we have adults, otherwise seemingly intelligent and informed, panicked. Scared. Ready to ban knives or demonstrate their solidarity and nobility by choosing Not to have this weapon. This knife. This gun.

We are declawing ourselves as the wolves are moving in.
 
We also need to shout out the good knives do for society. Recently there was a 19 y/o that saved a 5 y/o in his drive through at Chic Fil-A. I know shocking, but not really. That kid deserves a big At-a-boy!There is hope. But I’m also a Knife Rights member.
 
If you're not supporting Knife Rights you're supporting a world like that.

In my home state of Virginia, if you didn't know exactly how the Code of Virginia read, or knew enough about knife history and design to match up the knife in your hand with the knives specifically prohibited by law, you could easily find yourself unintentionally in violation of the law.

If you ever had to defend yourself with a knife, a Commonwealth Attorney could make you look like a criminal to a naive jury by simply pointing out that your particular knife wasn't allowed.
 
In my home state of Virginia, if you didn't know exactly how the Code of Virginia read, or knew enough about knife history and design to match up the knife in your hand with the knives specifically prohibited by law, you could easily find yourself unintentionally in violation of the law.

If you ever had to defend yourself with a knife, a Commonwealth Attorney could make you look like a criminal to a naive jury by simply pointing out that your particular knife wasn't allowed.

I hadn't realized until very recently how left/liberal Virgina is.

I always thought it to be a redneck (in a good way) paradise.
 
I hadn't realized until very recently how left/liberal Virgina is.

I always thought it to be a redneck (in a good way) paradise.

In terms of area, Virginia is mainly rural with conservative values. In terms of population, the urban areas now have the edge. How much edge remains to be seen, and we won't know until we put up a strong Republican candidate for the Senate and the Governor's office, something we haven't managed for awhile. But the knife right's issue is different. Our statue on what can be carried concealed on the person is very old. It's specifically worded to disallow Scottish or Irish immigrants from carrying the black knife, the knife of last resort. There is also wording disallowing automatic knives, which may be newer.
 
Been carrying a pocket knife every day since 3rd grade, every boy did.
And most of the girls as well.

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A regular even every recess was the mumbletypeg game. Boys and girls played and we didn't even worry about getting Girl-Cooties and they did not fear Boy-Cooties. It was as ubiquitous as the game of marbles and the pile of shavings from whittlin'.
 
Same here, carry a pocket knife since grade school. Apparently most of the younger generation find that odd. Some even think knives are scary. These days I carry a Leatherman Micra, a Sidekick and a pocket knife, so technically three knives. There must be something wrong with me.
 
To be fair, this might be for people in jobs that don’t allow pocket knives in a work place for whatever reason. ( still silly though....)
 
Usually, the "bladeless" design is TSA allowed...usually. There abound TSA agents who do not know or care to follow the regs.

Of the 50 or 60 men with whom I work, none openly carry a knife (pocket clip), and only one has a pocket knife. I always carry two and have a third handy in my lunch kit.

A regular even every recess was the mumbletypeg game. Boys and girls played and we didn't even worry about getting Girl-Cooties and they did not fear Boy-Cooties. It was as ubiquitous as the game of marbles and the pile of shavings from whittlin'.

Nice Doctor's knife, jar. This design is one of my two EDC knives, but mine has the spatula instead of the pen blade.
 
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I was in the lunch line digging for my pocket change in 5th grade. (1964) I came uot with change, and my pocket knife. The nun, who had been pretty hard on me, was looking over my shoulder and saw my knife. She said, "Better keep that out of sight mister,or it's going in my desk." I replied the obligatory, "Yes, sister", and put it back in my pocket. Boy how times and people have changed...
 
I have a Leatherman Style PS that I carry if I want a pocket tool without a knife blade. Mostly carried inside court houses and the like.
 
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