I think Bravo762 summed it quite well.

With me, it's strictly for utility.

My blade will draw blood only AFTER I've exhausted avoidance, the ability to run, and two empty magazines of 40 S&W.

over the years, I have spent a lot of time and $$$ on training with a handgun and while skilled knife fighting it itself an art, it is not for me.

That said, I am lucky to live in Kentucky. Our CCW (Concealed Deadly Weapons License) covers it ALL. Fixed blades, automatics, Nunchaku, ASPs, saps, billys, brass knuckles, and even throwing stars!

ouch dude!!!


I carry 3 knives

2 for work and the other for play

simple as that

laws are meaningless to me when it comes to my families and my own saftey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7UZFBNYYVA&feature=related


I carry a griptilian for its useability and cutting power and a sak camping.
Some days I got with a leek of one of my multitools, small fixed blades a neckers are open to.
No blade length carry limit here.

u can carry brass knucks??? im moving to KY. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

leatherface - i agree with your disdain for laws in repsect to your safety.

"useability"
lol

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(jk man)

I carried for a long time (my griptilian) but being still a high school student, its not advisable. I go to a private school, so things a lot more lax, but I still would get a little slap on the wrist if I used it irresponsibly. A good friend of mine somehow got ratted out to the establishment about his UZI folder (not a sheeple friendly knife). On the other hand, he was always very responsible about it, so its kinda a mystery. Anyway, I didn't carry for a long time after he got in trouble, but now I have my Leatherman surge in my backpack all the time, and a SAK on my person. Being of athletic build but not a big guy, I figure that running is probably my best option; my Krav Maga teacher calls it the "Nike Defense". Anyway, I since my Grip broke, I don't have a small folder for EDC, so I need to remedy that soon. I always carry when I go on school camping trips, or when I know I'll being doing community service with the school around town. I also take technical theater (lighting, sound, fabrication) as a class, and our teacher strongly encourages us to have multi-tools. I find that my leatherman can do any task better than a tool created solely for that purpose. Then again, a pair of needle nosed pliers is $5, and my leatherman is $80, but I digress

I wish I went to a private school, you get to carry knives. If you get caught with a knife here you get expelled.
I'm not rich though so my parents cant afford it.

I suprised your krav maga instructor told you that; I was once told by a krav maga teacher that you should fight to protect anything, even the soil you walk on.
I was kind of suprised since it is such a down to earth martial art.

krav maga is reality-based and in reality you are a lot more likely to survive if you can avoid direct confrontation. Some things will always be worth fighting for but most things are not. Not losing the fight you avoided is a lot better than winning the fight you could have avoided. Like one of the guys said earlier, "winning" just means you are slightly less damaged than the other guy.

how old are you cloak and how old are you macgreggor?

we are about the same age

18? 17? am i supposed to know this? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I think cloak is 17 and I'm a year younger then him.