The blade length of the Paramilitary 2 could be increased

[Bloke]

Cops telling you that your 3.50'' knife is illegal when it's not?



Well, some day you will have to show some spine against ridiculous laws.

Respectfully I'd like to ask, What bought your knife to the attention of the law?

I'd also like to ask, would it not be better to carry and play with a knife that was 62 and 1/2 thou' under the legal requirement and happily go about your business, than carry a knife that an astute lawman with a recently calibrated vernier calliper and certificate of calibration, determined your knife was indeed 2 thou' over the legal minimum length and attacked you with his baton, snapped off your knife's tip to make it legal and sent you on your way?

With regard to spine,

Do you have any suggestions as to how I may demonstrate I have a spine? I am particularly interested because where I live you can't even carry a pencil sharpener! Unless of course you were a professional Pencil Sharpener yourself and where traveling to and from the place you sharpened pencils.

Yes Australian you need to show some spine or you will be the cops ***** for the rest of your life.

The land of Oz is a land of plenty my friend and I'm sure you'd like it! Granted we don't carry knives or guns on our person or in our vehicles, we don't hourde weapons or ammo against imagined threats and though we aren't without sin, we Australians are a happy and peaceful lot. The average Australian still smiles and nods a "G'day" to people on the street. Unfortunately not quite like yester year but it's still there.

Anyhow, you still haven't answered my questions!

[Mikael Andersson]

Cops telling you that your 3.50'' knife is illegal when it's not?



Well, some day you will have to show some spine against ridiculous laws.

Respectfully I'd like to ask, What bought your knife to the attention of the law?

I'd also like to ask, would it not be better to carry and play with a knife that was 62 and 1/2 thou' under the legal requirement and happily go about your business, than carry a knife that an astute lawman with a recently calibrated vernier calliper and certificate of calibration, determined your knife was indeed 2 thou' over the legal minimum length and attacked you with his baton, snapped off your knife's tip to make it legal and sent you on your way?

With regard to spine,

Do you have any suggestions as to how I may demonstrate I have a spine? I am particularly interested because where I live you can't even carry a pencil sharpener! Unless of course you were a professional Pencil Sharpener yourself and where traveling to and from the place you sharpened pencils.

Yes Australian you need to show some spine or you will be the cops ***** for the rest of your life.

The land of Oz is a land of plenty my friend and I'm sure you'd like it! Granted we don't carry knives or guns on our person or in our vehicles, we don't hourde weapons or ammo against imagined threats and though we aren't without sin, we Australians are a happy and peaceful lot. The average Australian still smiles and nods a "G'day" to people on the street. Unfortunately not quite like yester year but it's still there.

Anyhow, you still haven't answered my questions!

If your laws are unjustly harsh... draconian even then you should let your voice be heard together with your fellow Australians and never stop until those laws are abolished or changed for the better.

[Bloke]

Thanks a big mob Mikael! I'm glad we cleared that up!

Good on yah, mate!

[Mikael Andersson]

You are most welcome.

[npad69]

Yes Australian you need to show some spine or you will be the cops ***** for the rest of your life.

im curious as to how you show your spine to the cops in your area. can you narrate some personal experiences/encounters in how you 'handled' them? we could learn a lot from your examples you know :)

[Mikael Andersson]

Yes Australian you need to show some spine or you will be the cops ***** for the rest of your life.

im curious as to how you show your spine to the cops in your area. can you narrate some personal experiences/encounters in how you 'handled' them? we could learn a lot from your examples you know :)

Yes I handled them in the courtroom and I won.

[Chinook3]

In all seriousness, Mental Illness is a HUGE problem in the country.

[Mikael Andersson]

In all seriousness, Mental Illness is a HUGE problem in the country.

Isn't the whole SoCal just one big happy farm?

[ZrowsN1s]

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[jabba359]

Mikael, aren't you Swedish? How are the knife and gun laws over there?

[Bloke]

In all seriousness, Mental Illness is a HUGE problem in the country.

Hello Chinook3,

I don't think mental health has any respect for borders or territories. It's a huge problem here also. I didn't mean to be disrespectful of Mikael or anyone else. I thought it was all a bit of a gee up and jumped on the band wagon and genuinely had a great laugh. I'll be mindful and precede with caution in the future. I do sincerely apologise to anyone I may have offended for it was never my intention.

[Reject]

Was it the Southard that people were commenting that if you rubbed your finger up the rear of the handle. Your finger would come in contact with the tip of the blade?

And wouldn’t you know it! Just tried it and just did it.
Not deep enough to draw blood; just a little bit of a love bit and warning. (Kind of; I’m sharp, respect me.) You would have to be really trying hard to draw blood.

Anyway; any more length on the Para blade and I think you get the same problem.





The tip of the Para blade rides higher than the Southard, so less room to work with.



You would have to lower the tip before you could increase the length.


Was the back spacer on the Positron, a solution to the same thing.

[tvenuto]

Yes I handled them in the courtroom and I won.

Mikael Anderson vs "The Cops"

So

Many

Gifs!!!!

[Bloke]

Yes I handled them in the courtroom and I won.

Mikael Anderson vs "The Cops"

So

Many

Gifs!!!!

Ah, ha ha ha! You are a crack up my friend! Ah, ha ha ha! How much can one man laugh on a Knife Forum? Love it!

[osprey]

Was it the Southard that people were commenting that if you rubbed your finger up the rear of the handle. Your finger would come in contact with the tip of the blade?

And wouldn’t you know it! Just tried it and just did it.
Not deep enough to draw blood; just a little bit of a love bit and warning. (Kind of; I’m sharp, respect me.) You would have to be really trying hard to draw blood.

The GB2 seems to be the same way - you can feel the point if you press down but you would really have to be looking to cut yourself to make it happen. However, it is not nearly as pointy as the PM2.

[Mikael Andersson]

Mikael, aren't you Swedish? How are the knife and gun laws over there?

Yes I am.

If you have use of a knife in your work then you are allowed to carry one but a big bowie knife would not be allowed in densely populated areas but otherwise no hassle over blade lengths.

As for gun laws.. for hunting you need to have done some courses to show that you know what you are doing and for pistols you need to first shoot gold with a .22 and then with a 9mm so terrible shooters are not allowed in Sweden. :p

[Skaaphaas]

nevemind

[delphidoc]

Cops telling you that your 3.50'' knife is illegal when it's not?

Well, some day you will have to show some spine against ridiculous laws.

I'd rather carry a blade a tad shorter than the legal limit just to be on the safe side. Going the other direction, shotgun barrels have to be at least 18" long by law. Mossberg, Remington, and Benelli make their "tactical" barrels 18.5" long so there's no doubt their barrels are legal.

[Chinook3]

In all seriousness, Mental Illness is a HUGE problem in the country.

Hello Chinook3,

I don't think mental health has any respect for borders or territories. It's a huge problem here also. I didn't mean to be disrespectful of Mikael or anyone else. I thought it was all a bit of a gee up and jumped on the band wagon and genuinely had a great laugh. I'll be mindful and precede with caution in the future. I do sincerely apologise to anyone I may have offended for it was never my intention.

Hi Bloke all good here. Guess I kinda "popped" off a little, guess I was a little miffed at the OP

[alan007]

Aesthetically, the PM2 looks a bit unbalanced when open. . . .

PM2 feels really balanced to the hand when open though. Personally I don't see the point in adding to the blade length on the PM2. If you need a longer blade there are other Spyderco knives with longer blades. :)