Mark Ling Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thought some of Ya'll other Texans would benefit from hearing this. This law though does not go into effect until September 1, 2017. https://kniferights.org/legislative-update/action-alert-knife-rights-texas-illegal-knife-repeal-bill-hearing/ Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olfart Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thanks for that info, Mark. It's good to know that if I make a Bowie, I'll be able to carry it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdawg Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 So it will be perfectly fine to carry a knife with a 5" blade in to schools etc? Just as well you have such a good health care system over there, oh wait....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 There are special laws wrt weapons and schools and rather silly ones at times too! (One grade school child was suspended for chewing his sandwich at lunch into a "pistol") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 17 minutes ago, Jackdawg said: So it will be perfectly fine to carry a knife with a 5" blade in to schools etc? Just as well you have such a good health care system over there, oh wait....... "These knives may be carried throughout the state except in a narrow list of places such as schools, colleges, correctional facilities, houses of worship, and bars that derive more than 51% of their income from alcohol sales. Minors are also restricted as to when they can carry these knives."- Texas Knife Law Reform Bill pulled from the article above. I just noticed it also mentions restrictions on minors, I will have to see what those restrictions are.... The thing is, what's the big deal if it is illegal to carry them into schools, the people who would don't care about the law. Heck, with enough motivation you don't have to have a knife to hurt someone purty badly. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 And just 2-3 generations back you HAD to carry a knife to school or you failed. The knife was needed to sharpen the quill of a quill pen so you could write. Reference: pen knife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Glenn, That requirement ended when the Biro brothers invented ballpoint quills. Just sayyin, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olfart Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 When I was a kid, I had to carry a knife to school to play Mumbly-peg during recess. Nobody ever thought anything about a boy carrying a pocket knife to school in those days. Worst that was likely to happen was cutting a finger while sharpening a pencil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 I wish we could carry knives at school. I have sharpened many a pencil with a pair of scissors, would have been nicer if I had a knife with me. we've had quite a few kids bring knives to school, I know of one in town who brought a gun. The knives were brought by "accident" though. Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Steel nib dip pens did away with quill pens WAAAAAAAY before the ball point. The ballpoint did away with the fountain pen---mostly. The fountain pen is still beloved of cultures whose written language does not work with a ballpoint pen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thomas, I was posting with tongue in cheek about the Biro brothers invention of the ball point pen. 1943. (er ball point quill.). The steel point pen was patented, in England, by Bryan Donkin 1808. And Lewis Waterman invented the fountain pen in 1884. Incidentally, there were two obstacles to overcome in order to make the ball point pen practical. Namely a suitable ball and the more daunting task of formulating an ink that would flow and instantly harden when it reached the writing surface. But fellow IForgeIron citizens do NOT take my word for it. Please consult this reference for the stirring details. It makes for gripping reading. http://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept10/2010/10/31/the-invention-of-pen-and-paper/ Back to smith related subjects! SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Can you make Damascus steel nib dip pens? Or has that been done already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 GooGoo Damascus nib pen. They got a nice mid price one for $250,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 That's... *cough*... Reasonable.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 We had a rifle club, and a rifle team, and a rifle range in the basement of the high school when I was in school there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Heck...when I was in school if you didn't have two (2) knives...a fancy one with at least two or three blades for show and a user one you were considered weird... JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I remember walking onto a plane carrying swords with no problem. My SAK has pretty much been around the world before they stopped letting me take it on the plane---ant they did allow pocket knives on a plane for a long while with gradually increasing limits, like length of blade or the silly one no serrated blades. (which was silly as they allowed my SAK because the blade was not serrated; but the next one over was the wood saw that was "aggressively serrated") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Now may we all carry our 8" Bowies! Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 welcome to the party, bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Wait, in Tennessee what's the blade law? Littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 No length limit if it is open carry, but a 4 inch limit on concealed carry. I have never seen the 4 inch for CC law enforced, though. Maybe they are stricter in the big cities, but in the small rural towns where we hang just about anything goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Used to be illegal to carry a Bowie knife in Arkansas---bad reconstruction law; but Jimmy Lile got that part of the law changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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