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Benchmade fanboy here. I went down a rabbit hole about EDC in WA state. There is a grey area that carrying a pocket knife requires a concealed weapons permit.

Benchmade fanboy here. I went down a rabbit hole about EDC in WA state. There is a grey area that carrying a pocket knife requires a concealed weapons permit. Most folding knives have a pocket clip, but as far as I have found, it's unclear if that in an of itself would qualify as not concealing the weapon. https://www.akti.org/state-knife-laws/washington/ https://www.akti.org/state-knife-laws/washington/

leeoniya 6y ago
my current EDC is a Benchmade 940-1 (S90V) - love it. used to EDC a Spyderco Centofante 4 (VG-10), but the flat blade profile is not a great all-arounder.
- balls187 6y ago
  Great knife, I actually have the Goldclass Damascas 940. Obviously not as an EDC.
nordsieck 6y ago
> I went down a rabbit hole about EDC in WA state. There is a grey area that carrying a pocket knife requires a concealed weapons permit. From what I can tell, the article you linked talked mostly about the illegality of concealed carrying a fixed blade knife. From what I can tell, it's perfectly legal to carry a folder as long as it doesn't possess any "bad" features[2] and is within the length restriction. The law in Seattle is pretty clear. > "Dangerous knife" means any fixed-blade knife and any other knife having a blade more than 3 1/2 inches in length[1]. ___ 1. https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT12ACRCO_SUBTITLE_ICRCO_CH12A.14WECO_12A.14.010DE https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code... 2. My understanding is that a lot of otherwise normal "folding knives" fall under the "gravity knife" definition because the detent that holds the blade closes is often pretty weak (on purpose - it makes opening the knives one handed easier).
khm 6y ago
There is no 'concealed weapons permit' in Washington state. The only available permit is pistol-specific.
- vl 6y ago
  On top of that it’s illegal to carry any knife except 3.5” or shorter folding non-assisted, unless you are hiking or hunting.
stx 6y ago
Knife laws vary allot by city and state. In Colorado I believe the maximum length allowed is 3.5 inches in blade length. This sounds simple but can even be a grey area because some knives like Spyderco have a part of the blade thats not sharpened and technically part of the handle. NYC used to be very knife unfriendly and you could get charged with carrying a gravity knife if the knife could be flicked open in any way. Good news though as it sounds like that changed https://reason.com/2019/03/28/federal-judge-rules-new-yorks-insane-gra/ https://reason.com/2019/03/28/federal-judge-rules-new-yorks-... There was still a case in NYC of a chef who was charged with something for carrying a very small pocket knife on his way home from work. He was charged with something for the pocket knife but from what I remember it was totally okay that he was carrying a bunch of large chefs knives in his backpack. Its important to read and understand the law as well as how its actually enforced.

leeoniya 6y ago

my current EDC is a Benchmade 940-1 (S90V) - love it. used to EDC a Spyderco Centofante 4 (VG-10), but the flat blade profile is not a great all-arounder.

balls187 6y ago
Great knife, I actually have the Goldclass Damascas 940. Obviously not as an EDC.

nordsieck 6y ago

> I went down a rabbit hole about EDC in WA state. There is a grey area that carrying a pocket knife requires a concealed weapons permit. From what I can tell, the article you linked talked mostly about the illegality of concealed carrying a fixed blade knife. From what I can tell, it's perfectly legal to carry a folder as long as it doesn't possess any "bad" features[2] and is within the length restriction. The law in Seattle is pretty clear. > "Dangerous knife" means any fixed-blade knife and any other knife having a blade more than 3 1/2 inches in length[1]. ___ 1. https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT12ACRCO_SUBTITLE_ICRCO_CH12A.14WECO_12A.14.010DE https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code... 2. My understanding is that a lot of otherwise normal "folding knives" fall under the "gravity knife" definition because the detent that holds the blade closes is often pretty weak (on purpose - it makes opening the knives one handed easier).

khm 6y ago

There is no 'concealed weapons permit' in Washington state. The only available permit is pistol-specific.

vl 6y ago
On top of that it’s illegal to carry any knife except 3.5” or shorter folding non-assisted, unless you are hiking or hunting.

stx 6y ago

Knife laws vary allot by city and state. In Colorado I believe the maximum length allowed is 3.5 inches in blade length. This sounds simple but can even be a grey area because some knives like Spyderco have a part of the blade thats not sharpened and technically part of the handle. NYC used to be very knife unfriendly and you could get charged with carrying a gravity knife if the knife could be flicked open in any way. Good news though as it sounds like that changed https://reason.com/2019/03/28/federal-judge-rules-new-yorks-insane-gra/ https://reason.com/2019/03/28/federal-judge-rules-new-yorks-... There was still a case in NYC of a chef who was charged with something for carrying a very small pocket knife on his way home from work. He was charged with something for the pocket knife but from what I remember it was totally okay that he was carrying a bunch of large chefs knives in his backpack. Its important to read and understand the law as well as how its actually enforced.