Mr. Ouchie
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- Apr 11, 2006
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I had a folding knife clipped to my jeans pocket (inside), walked past some cops and one of them saw the clip and stopped me. He asked what I had in my pocket, I took out the knife and gave it to him. He said, "this is considered a gravity knife" while he tried to flick it open with one hand. It took him five tries. He must have used the thumb stud on the last try.
oh, they started asking me if I had a handgun and stuff, and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why. Later I realized it was probably because the knife was Beretta-branded.
I was given a summons and a date... told I could have been arrested but they were being nice to me, and I was told I couldn't get my knife back. I asked that if that particular knife would be legal to carry if I had it completely concealed, and the other cop (who was very nice) said yes.
I'm a little worried about the whole gravity knife classification though. I've read that a knife like the SOG Trident, which has a spring assist, may actually not be considered a gravity knife because the spring also biases the knife to stay closed. But if a cop is just going to use the thumb stud, it really doesn't matter does it? So I'm not quite certain what I should get to replace the knife.
oh, they started asking me if I had a handgun and stuff, and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why. Later I realized it was probably because the knife was Beretta-branded.
I was given a summons and a date... told I could have been arrested but they were being nice to me, and I was told I couldn't get my knife back. I asked that if that particular knife would be legal to carry if I had it completely concealed, and the other cop (who was very nice) said yes.
I'm a little worried about the whole gravity knife classification though. I've read that a knife like the SOG Trident, which has a spring assist, may actually not be considered a gravity knife because the spring also biases the knife to stay closed. But if a cop is just going to use the thumb stud, it really doesn't matter does it? So I'm not quite certain what I should get to replace the knife.