Confiscated without any charges or record? This is a good example of someone taking advantage of their position. The knife shouldn't have been "confiscated", it should (not that I agree) have been held as evidence. It should then be up to a court to disposition the evidence. Don't let the cops bully you. Many of them don't understand the laws any better than you.

Did he take the sheath as well? If so that could be a good reason to call some people to get the sheath back. That would also require the park ranger to be honest and not keep the knife for himself.

If this was me I would consider it a lesson learned and paid for. Then I would buy another Scrapivore while they are available and donate an equal amount of money to Knife Rights to become a member.

Then I would email Doug Ritter of Knife Rights and ask him for their plans for supporting a knife preemption law in California. So far they have had good luck in a lot of states, making any knife legal and making it impossible for local ordinances to be able to overrule state law.

Thanks for the feedback and all the info. It may be lost to the justice system but I have learned a lot from the experience.

Hope it never happens to anyother dogs or you ever again.

A new Scapavor may have to wait though, the new Busse Magnum Bear Cub looks like my next purchase if Im lucky enough to get one. But then again if I dont I could buy at least 2 Scrapavors for what that shiny infi`s going cost.

Joshua, working in law enforcement I am hesitant to call what happened to you justice. Yes, the law may say NO FIXED BLADES... but he could have just Warned you without taking your knife.

Unfortunately in the justice system sometimes there isn't really any justice, just the law.