Fishing off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico we just use a knife.Cool, thanks for sharing. It's not my style, but I had no idea such an item existed.
it's cool, but I don't believe that thing about tuna fishermen at all. Sure, maybe one...
Nothing personal and no offense, but that is par for the course for California. Your governor, in my opinion, is a total idiot as is most of the state legislature.In California that would get you arrested faster than illegally carrying a gun.
Tim
I assume you're aware that VA law prohibits concealed carry of dirks (generally a double edged pointed knife for stabbing). I'm not certain how they'd treat openly carrying in that lovely sheath.I carry this.
18.2-308 reads:
If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, . . . (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, machete . . . razor, or (v) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this subsection, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Yes, I have researched VA knife laws a great deal. however, I can not find an accurate, legal definition of a dirk other than this:I assume you're aware that VA law prohibits concealed carry of dirks (generally a double edged pointed knife for stabbing). I'm not certain how they'd treat openly carrying in that lovely sheath.
Blade geometry fits the dirk definition.
it's cool, but I don't believe that thing about tuna fishermen at all. Sure, maybe one...
It will if the authorities want it to and you have stated it is by design for thrusting into a large animal to kill it. As to parsing "long bladed", 4" is the most common legal blade length and anything over will be considered "long bladed" if that is a consideration in getting a chargeable characteristic for a knife. Your 5" T handled thrusting knife will easily meet VA's dirk definition if the authorities want it to.a long-blade-thrusting dagger
That was a big problem with the old TX knife laws before they got changed. They listed illegal knife types but didn't define them. Dirks, daggers, stilettos, poniards, bowie knives. Even experts can't agree on exactly what a bowie knife is and without any definition of dirk or dagger, the common assumption was that anything double-edged was illegal. Fortunately they changed it and now there are no illegal knives. The only restricted category of knife is a "location-restricted knife" which is a knife with a blade over 5.5". Those can't be carried in certain areas.Yes, I have researched VA knife laws a great deal. however, I can not find an accurate, legal definition of a dirk other than this: