[at-l] Helping a newbie - Knifes

[bullard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)]

But back then if you got out of line in school, the teachers could kick
your butt and not get sued or lose their teaching licenses over it.

At 04:33 PM 2/20/2003 -0500, Dave Hicks wrote:
>Yup.  Touchy, geography, gender, and age driven, to some degree.
>
>My grandfather gave me my first knife when I was five, or six; because my
>dad was off fighting in the South Pacific and my Grand didn't think I should
>have to wait for dad to come home before I got one.
>
> >From that day to the present I have carried a knife of some sort -- unless
>strictly forbidden, as in airports, some court houses, and government
>buildings.
>
>When I got my first, most of the other boys in my group had one and by first
>grade I never saw a boy without one.  Throughout my schooling, every boy in
>school had a knife of some kind.  Up until switchblades were outlawed, the
>"rougher element" in high school carried them and some school forbade them
>and knives with over a four inch blade, in school.  However, no one ever
>restricted us caring a typical clasp knife.   I carried a Case Barrow
>through high school.
>
>At Paris Island every boy from the south had to send home his pocked knife,
>but then they gave us a bayonet.  There was a good deal of wonderment about
>that.
>
>But things have changed.
>
>I can remember when the law changed in many jurisdictions and any
>self-opening knife and any one with a blade over three inches came under the
>restriction of a weapon, if concealed.
>
>I can remember carrying a three inch blade clasp knife on many an airplane.
>
>Oh well.
>
>Chainsaw
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Clifford R. Haynes" <chaynes@gwi.net>
>To: "Shane Steinkamp" <shane@theplacewithnoname.com>; "Ga. Dawg"
><gadog430@charter.net>; <twilight98@earthlink.net>
>Cc: <at-l@backcountry.net>
>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Helping a newbie - Knifes
>
>
>Knifes can be an issue for lots of folks. For example folks new to backing
>but that were scouts prior to political correctness will often opt. for a
>sheath knife because they are the strongest, most reliable, and safest. Many
>folks that have really spent a lot of time in the woods will also opt good
>folding knife (LOL not a Swiss army) for every day and weekends but for the
>sheath knife for the for extended outings.
>Folks on hiking internet mail lists tend to look at things in terms of
>weight, and often imply anyone that doesn't is suffering from Ramboism LOL.
>Yup knives can be a touchy subject.
>
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