In this day and age when most states issue a conceled carry permit for a handgun, how feasable is it to carry a knife for self-defense in the urban jungle. Does anyone here, knowing that most states have a restriction of usually 4 inches, carry one every day.

I carry a knife everyday. Even if I am carrying a handgun (yes I have a permit) but it's a folder. The scrap yard fixed blades I purchase are just for outdoor use. If any of the Busse family ever release a folder again I'll probably get two. one to carry and one for a back-up.

I carried my DM pretty much everyday till i lost it

so you break the law everyday bld? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> haha.

i think we all carry knives with the knowledge of what we are actually carrying... we are carrying a sharp piece of steel that CAN be used as a weapon to kill someone, we all know this, but some of us more than others gloss this over and never think of their knife as a weapon.

i personally carry for Self defense and utility. i have one blade that i never use for anything except in the event of its use for SD should arise. this blade is my busse scotch dispenser. fantastic self defense knife for a few reasons.. right off the bat - ITS MADE OF THE TOUGHEST STEEL OUT THERE - INFI!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> secondly, its low profile style makes it easy to conceal and the ringed grip makes it [censored] near impossible to get it out of my hand. i also carry a spyderco cricket for EDC/utility. this blade is sheeple friendly and can cut more than i thought it could, intially.

so yes. i carry with self defense in mind. for this purpose, i carry the busse scotch dispenser. i also carry for utility purposes, the spyderco cricket. i also have a Tennessee handgun carry permit that entitles me to carry a firearm. for that purpose, i carry a Glock 26 (the best ccw 9mm i have ever seen or owned). but when i go to school, or go other places where i cant hide my gun, i ALWAYS have my busse scotch dispenser on me. my ideology is that you should always have something on you that you can use to defend your life with, and that thing should be able to match the threat of someone else's weapon to some degree. for instance, about the only thing someone is going to pull on me and one-up me is going to be a gun. with my busse, i can defend my life with it if i should ever have to. but i think that the most important facet of SD is not going in areas that are bad and being smart. using your head. good thread though.

I carry a fixed blade and a folder every day. Indiana has no length/carry restrictions, and in Texas it’s 5.5” blade length. Know your state law: Knife laws of the 50 states

I carry a knife as a backup tool most of the time and a primary tool for those times when carrying a firearm is not a viable option. I have been studying various knife related self defense systems for about 5 years now. Prior to getting formalized training, I was a member of the "don't bring a knife to a gun fight" crowd. I now realize the lack of understanding that old adage demonstrates.

I never carry a knife with self defense against people in mind, in towns I usually carry my little TOPS Wolf Pup but just in case I am required to cut something. In the forest however self defense against bears,cougars and dogs that owners can't control is always in my mind when deciding which knife to carry !!!

First off, let me say I do carry a folder.

Things would have to be B-A-D before I'd consider using it in self defense though.

My daily carry is a Glock 37 that's been trimmed to match the G17 longslide I've carried for the previous 8 or 9 years.

When I was doing such things - and much younger - we got a lesson on knife fighting. You know what I came away from that understanding? If you get into a knife fight, the one that is called the winner is the one bleeding slightly less. No thanks.

So if someone does something that makes me say "I've got to force him to stop that RIGHT NOW", I'm not going to put myself in a position to get cut up. That's what the Glock is for.

One of the courses I took was at Front Sight - and one of the best things they provided at Front Sight was the after-shooting education. For me, I'd MUCH rather have a grand jury look at pictures of a dead guy still holding a knife and then me with the slightly less weighty magazine in the Glock...... than have that grand jury look at pictures of a body that would be more appropriate to a slaughterhouse or a Tarrentino flick, and have to say "honestly Judge, I had to stab him 28 times to get him to stop!".

As always, this opinion is worth at least double what you paid for it.

hey brother, if i lived in Los Angeles, i would break the law everyday too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> keep in mind you can be jumped or mugged and the assailants can be on top of you without you even knowing it. if that happens its always nice to have a sharp piece of sr101 or INFI to stick in them, or so i would imagine. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />