Do you carry a knife?

newguy18 · 20th January 2008, 08:33 PM

how many guns do you got?

Therrin · 20th January 2008, 08:46 PM

Several =)

This is getting off the knife-topic though, I suppose we could start a firearms thread in non-tree-related chat, but I dont know that there are many other's who really wanna chat about it on here. <shrugs>

I'd be up for it.

windthrown · 21st January 2008, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Therrin

Windthrown,

You're close, but not spot-on with the Cali laws.

You call that an AR-15????

I had to go through all the crap to get a California permit for my pre-ban DPMS Panther when I lived in CA (one of the 1990s loophole Colt AR knock-offs). My DPMS has a flash suppressor, detachable magazines (large federal pre-ban size), flare launcher, bayonette mount and bayonette, pistol grip (they all do), and telescoping stock. Origially it was sold to the Dallas SWAT. I got it for cheap becasue the ejector was not working right; I added a D-ring ejector that the guy that co-invented the rifle designed to overcome that flaw, and it works great.

In California, only ONE of the special assault rifle features are allowed on an AR (or any of the others, like the AK), and that is the lower pistol grip. The only AR you can legally buy there is the fixed-magazine with a fixed stock. That is not much of an AR. None of the other features are allowed, and all of the rifles on the assualt list cannot be sold, traded, willed or even loaned out. They must leave the state, be taken to a police station for destruction, or sold through a licensed federal gun dealer out of state. So you can own it, but that's it.

Here in OR? My CA registered DPMS Panther "assault weapon" is just a long gun. You do not even need to register one in a private sale here. I can basically sell it here to anyone over the age of 18. No such thing as a private gun sale in CA.

windthrown · 21st January 2008, 12:51 AM

Here yah go! Beware! Chainsaws will be banned next!

Police: Man injures 4 in chain saw rampage - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com

TREE-SURFER · 21st January 2008, 03:39 AM

I always have a knife when climbing. I always have a knife in the motor, you never know when you need to cut something. The old Bot Scout saying "be prepared", you never know when. I am ex forces and also a member of the RNLI LifeBoat service, you'll be surprised as to what you can use a good knife for...

Laws here on permitted blade lengths and what sort of knife you can carry, differ from others I have read.

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United Kingdom

The "manufacture, import, sale or hire, or offer of sale or hire, or lending or giving to any other person" of switchblades in the UK is illegal under the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959. Technically it is not illegal to possess such a knife as long as it is held within the home, although the knife would have to be pre-1959 vintage or its acquisition would be illegal.

When climbing, I have attached to my saddle, a one-handed, thumb operated 3inch serrated blade, just in case I need to cut a rope. Now, these knives are quick and easy to open, what is the difference between these and a flick knife?

verses

"This is not mine", (by the way).
Both of which can be opened with as much ease as the other and can do the same job....

Most knife attacks in the UK are carried out whilst using the common kitchen knife........

RandyMac · 21st January 2008, 03:41 AM

Jeeze Windthrown, I might have join you up in the Beaver State, I have tons of about to be contraband items. My brother lives in Brookings, that's only a 25 minute commute to work from there.
I carry something sharp, every where I go, as well as a hole throwing device.

newguy18 · 21st January 2008, 06:39 AM

i used to carry knives while climbing but that was some 6 months ago.

newguy18 · 21st January 2008, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by windthrown

So, a missile launcher is the same as a slingshot in Australia?

Amusing... I have so many Aussy banned weapons here on the farm that I use. Except the missile launcher, and the gun silencers, which are federally banned here in the states.

those are illegal?darn i go huntin with a missle launcher.

JayD · 21st January 2008, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TREE-SURFER

Most knife attacks in the UK are carried out whilst using the common kitchen knife........

I suppose it lessens the frequency of knife attacks,By the time you run home and get your kitchen knife if you havent cooled down and run all the way back to situation, If the same people are still there?..nothing short of a bullet is going to stop you.

Still comes down to the idiots buggering it up for the responsible folk out there. I carried a knife all my young life an never once pulled out in anger, funny though I was stabed in the arm by a kitchen knife....LOL...But this bloke was carrying his so it was a pre meditated thought to use it.??.

arbdog · 21st January 2008, 03:19 PM

Tree Surfer.... Anybody in possesion of a knife will get knicked now, well thats what the sun said! ( and thats sort of a semi tits/newspaper to all who dont know it).

TreeDimensional · 21st January 2008, 03:43 PM

Canada is just about as bad as Australia, except for the sling shot and the crossbow. Our government is kind or quirky, If you steal money they throw you in the crowbar hotel forever, if you kill someone you might get 20 years.
GO figure!

Therrin · 21st January 2008, 06:33 PM

Wow newguy, you're so hardcore.

Whats with all of us who've been stabbed in the arm? Must be a treeworker thing.

TREE-SURFER · 22nd January 2008, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by arbdog

Tree Surfer.... Anybody in possesion of a knife will get knicked now, well thats what the sun said! ( and thats sort of a semi tits/newspaper to all who dont know it).

It's a bit more lapse over here, really, there is not enough stop and search by the police. A few months ago, I was just pulling up outside my house and seen a young feller I know, chasing another lad with a chefs knife. I stopped, confronted the lad and took the knife of him. Like I said, I knew the lad and the father is unknown, so I gave him a clip round the lug-hole for his efforts. His mother intervened when the lad called the cops on me and said I done the right thing. If the cops done their job properly and did more public policing, then the youths around here might not be so belligerent. He didn't realise what he had done. The lad now does work experience for me and is a changed person, not because he's doing work for me, but being guided in the right direction.

I could go on quite a bit about the laws over here, but, plainly speaking, the cops need to be doing a lot more than winging about how much they get paid and get out there and do their job.
They chose to do that job, "get on with it and stop being namby pamby."

Ekka · 23rd January 2008, 12:50 AM

Cops are on a good wicket here.

quercus · 23rd January 2008, 02:23 PM

well these are my day to day carry knives... Some of my collection.

from left to right...

-every day carry
-high mugging risk or gang area carry (don't carry this very often though, since I live in a safe area and only when in big cities, metro's and at night) can't cut anything with that without destroying it or slashing it up, but showing it is enough to get someone on the run most of the time...
This one is designed for hand to hand combat.
-concealed carry when wearing tuxedo's or suits
-rescue knife for climbing (this knife is completely embedded in the front pocket of a handsaw holster on my climbing harness, right under Ekka's sink actually!!!)

every one of them is one hand opening and with a flick of the wrist, they open up at a speed compared to a stiletto...

Quintrex · 23rd January 2008, 08:55 PM

Pretty lethal looking lineup.
I just carry a Victorinox Swiss Army job.

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20th January 2008, 08:33 PM	#51 (permalink)
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20th January 2008, 08:46 PM	#52 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,112	Re: Do you carry a knife? Several =) This is getting off the knife-topic though, I suppose we could start a firearms thread in non-tree-related chat, but I dont know that there are many other's who really wanna chat about it on here. <shrugs> I'd be up for it. __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703

21st January 2008, 12:51 AM	#54 (permalink)
windthrown Fly'n Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pacific Northwest USA Posts: 125	Re: Do you carry a knife? Here yah go! Beware! Chainsaws will be banned next! Police: Man injures 4 in chain saw rampage - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com __________________ So few saws, so many trees... Stihls: 210/250-/025/290/361/FS85 Echo: CS-3000, Olympyk & Mac doorstops

21st January 2008, 03:41 AM	#56 (permalink)
RandyMac Cruisin' Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NW California Posts: 68	Re: Do you carry a knife? Jeeze Windthrown, I might have join you up in the Beaver State, I have tons of about to be contraband items. My brother lives in Brookings, that's only a 25 minute commute to work from there. I carry something sharp, every where I go, as well as a hole throwing device.

21st January 2008, 06:39 AM	#57 (permalink)
newguy18 Tree World Icon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,185	Re: Do you carry a knife? i used to carry knives while climbing but that was some 6 months ago. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

21st January 2008, 03:19 PM	#60 (permalink)
arbdog Cruisin' Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: england Posts: 97	Re: Do you carry a knife? Tree Surfer.... Anybody in possesion of a knife will get knicked now, well thats what the sun said! ( and thats sort of a semi tits/newspaper to all who dont know it).

21st January 2008, 03:43 PM	#61 (permalink)
TreeDimensional Afterburner is shakin' Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 381	Re: Do you carry a knife? Canada is just about as bad as Australia, except for the sling shot and the crossbow. Our government is kind or quirky, If you steal money they throw you in the crowbar hotel forever, if you kill someone you might get 20 years. GO figure! __________________ West Central Saskatchewan ISA Certified Arborist

21st January 2008, 06:33 PM	#62 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,112	Re: Do you carry a knife? Wow newguy, you're so hardcore. Whats with all of us who've been stabbed in the arm? Must be a treeworker thing. __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703

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23rd January 2008, 08:55 PM	#66 (permalink)
Quintrex Afterburner is shakin' Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 414	Re: Do you carry a knife? Pretty lethal looking lineup. I just carry a Victorinox Swiss Army job. __________________ Heightmaster