That's not a knife!

[jmr40]

Just keep it in your pocket.

That was the response I got recently when I set off a metal detector. This is my favorite cheap, and if necessary, throw away knife. My wife and I recently returned from a trip to New England and this is the knife I chose to carry for just such situations.

Granted I didn't anticipate having to go through a metal detector that day or I'd have left it in the truck. When the detector went off, I was pulled to the side and quickly pulled her out for the security guy to examine. Was glad to see someone with a commonsense approach. I'll not reveal where the location was. Don't want to take a chance on someone getting into trouble for doing the right thing.

 

[sparkyv]

So rare.

Was glad to see someone with a commonsense approach.

 

[rust collector]

It's a Dozier fingernail scraper. A man's got to look his best!

 

[red rick]

A few years ago I was going to a local double A baseball game . When I got to the gate where the ticket taker was , he told me that you can’t bring that in here . I didn’t know what he was talking about I am so use to carrying my knife . He said you need to take your knife back and put it in your car . He saw the pocket clip . I thought that was very observant of him .

 

[Reinz]

A few years ago I was going to a local double A baseball game . When I got to the gate where the ticket taker was , he told me that you can’t bring that in here . I didn’t know what he was talking about I am so use to carrying my knife . He said you need to take your knife back and put it in your car . He saw the pocket clip . I thought that was very observant of him .

‘This is why I carry in the waistband. Why advertise that you are carrying a knife? My belt conceals about 90% of the clip.

 

[jmr40]

Either this metal detector was more sensitive, or the operator was better trained. I've gone through metal detectors with this knife multiple times in the past without it being detected.

I'm smart enough to leave it in the truck when going into the courthouse or any government office where there could potentially be legal issues. But at other venues the worst thing that would happen is that I'd have to take it back to my truck.

I was in a big city in the NE and chose to carry the Dozier just in case something came up where I might have to simply drop it in a trash can. I'd spent hours walking around seeing the normal tourist sights with no issues but was caught off guard when I walked into a hallway with a metal detector at one place we went.

This was something I REALLY wanted to see and there was no way to get back to the truck. Had I known before walking into that hallway I'd have either tried to hide the knife somewhere to retrieve it later or simply drop in in the trash.

But I was trapped. Foot traffic was one way with railings. By the time I saw the metal detector there was no way to go but through it and hope it wasn't detected like times in the past. When I handed the knife to the guy I figured he'd either refuse my entry, throw it in the trash and let me through, or offer to keep it for me to pick up on the way out. I was pleasantly surprised that he told me to keep it in my pocket and allowed me to go through.

 

[Boattale]

Those Kabars are great little knives.

 

[Madcap_Magician]

Either this metal detector was more sensitive, or the operator was better trained. I've gone through metal detectors with this knife multiple times in the past without it being detected.

I'm smart enough to leave it in the truck when going into the courthouse or any government office where there could potentially be legal issues. But at other venues the worst thing that would happen is that I'd have to take it back to my truck.

I was in a big city in the NE and chose to carry the Dozier just in case something came up where I might have to simply drop it in a trash can. I'd spent hours walking around seeing the normal tourist sights with no issues but was caught off guard when I walked into a hallway with a metal detector at one place we went.

This was something I REALLY wanted to see and there was no way to get back to the truck. Had I known before walking into that hallway I'd have either tried to hide the knife somewhere to retrieve it later or simply drop in in the trash.

But I was trapped. Foot traffic was one way with railings. By the time I saw the metal detector there was no way to go but through it and hope it wasn't detected like times in the past. When I handed the knife to the guy I figured he'd either refuse my entry, throw it in the trash and let me through, or offer to keep it for me to pick up on the way out. I was pleasantly surprised that he told me to keep it in my pocket and allowed me to go through.

See, if I had done that with a Sebenza...

 

[jmr40]

See, if I had done that with a Sebenza...

I have nicer knives, but this wasn't the place to have one.

Those Kabars are great little knives.

Yes they are. And honesty forces me to admit that it does pretty much the same thing as knives that I own costing 10X as much.