First Blade West Show in Portland, OR, Oct 5-7, 2018

[BladesNBarrels]

Drove out to the show with stops overnight in Rock Springs, WY, and Boise, ID.
After falling asleep in my Tahoe on I-70 and rolling in 2010, I now try to keep my driving down to 7-8 hours a day. My wife and I would get on the road about 7 and quit about 3 each day.
Saw your post that you are in Pensacola.
When I drove to Pensacola Beach last spring to pick up a new-to-me boat, we over-nighted in Amarillo, TX, and Shreveport, LA.
Also, we became condo campers a number of years ago, so we usually stay at Residence Inn's and do our own cooking.
Our fun meals out are usually local restaurants for lunch. Best Grouper Sandwich was at Peg Leg Pete's on Pensacola Beach. We rented a slip behind the Bar/Restaurant for the boat and rented a condo overlooking the Beach and Gulf. Of course, it was during Spring Break and we way overpaid. The winds were high and the waters closed to swimming - two red flags on the beach. They lost two people in the surf the first week-end we were there. It was a great test for the boat on the Gulf and our broker was a fishing guide that put us on Red Snapper - couldn't keep them due to being out of season, but we caught a bunch and got a good education on handling the boat.
Back to the thread topic - I did learn how you can have liberal knife ownership and tight concealed carry laws. If you have a clip on the knife and the clip is exposed on the side of your pocket or belt, then that is open carry. I started noticing almost everyone had an exposed clip on their front pockets. Every day I learn something new.

[DireWolf]

Agreed - Good info, thanks.

Back to the thread topic - I did learn how you can have liberal knife ownership and tight concealed carry laws. If you have a clip on the knife and the clip is exposed on the side of your pocket or belt, then that is open carry. I started noticing almost everyone had an exposed clip on their front pockets. Every day I learn something new.

I'd be curious as to how widely accepted that perspective is, given the potential impact on choice of EDC blade and desire not to get jammed up over something stupid (like a quarter inch...)

[BladesNBarrels]

Agreed - Good info, thanks.




I'd be curious as to how widely accepted that perspective is, given the potential impact on choice of EDC blade and desire not to get jammed up over something stupid (like a quarter inch...)

I am not sure. The explanation came from a custom knife-maker from Portland when I asked him about the liberal ownership versus the concealed carry restrictions.
I was once told by a Denver Police Officer that switchblade ownership and collecting was okay, but I could not carry.
We decided 3 knives make a collection, but that probably was just humor.