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here in norway it's illegal to carry a knife by law. we can only carry a knife in the hunting season or when hiking in the woods. the law says i dont need a edc knife no matter what. how important is the edc knife for you here in usa,and why do jo carry one? (in norway you can not carry any weapon of any kind,rifles and guns must be stored away in a big safe or else the police take them away from you,then you got 2000-3000$ in fine) :(
 
Not even a SAK or small folder is ok?

Here in the USA, I EDC a knife to cut things.
 
Well the US is built on guns and knives essentially. They are mentioned in our constitution, and therefore have been part of our country since the beginning. Since we can carry knives and guns, why wouldn't you? A knife is the perfect tool or "weapon" if need be. If you get the right knife it can do anything you could ever dream of.
 
I've never had reason to carry a knife as an edc but know people who do/did. I've had times that I've felt threatened and I think flashing a knife (in fear not aggravation) might have made things worse. Or course everyone says they don't need knife/gun/spear/whatever until they REALLY need one so my experiences don't count for much.

Here in Oz all knives are considered controlled weapons, you can carry one as long as it's not on the prohibited list and as long as you have legitimate reason for using the knife, camping, hunting for example. Self defense is not a legitimate reason for carrying a knife.

Considering the culture of alcohol fueled cowardly beatings and stabbings that is growing in Australia I don't know what I think about that. I'd prefer the police protect me rather than having to do it myself and just stay away from places where I think I might have to!

Gun control is even tighter here I think - no handguns period, unless you like target shooting. You can own pretty much any rifle you want as long as its bolt action and less than five rounds in a magazine. You'll need a safe though which is bolted to the ground.

I've never had reason for a gun but I'd like to take up rifle shooting as a sport - the safe requirement has always kept me back though because I don't own a house I can't bolt it to the ground...
 
Wow that sucks, I don't know what I would do without my EDC. What do you do when things need to be cut?

After nearly 20 years of carrying I feel naked without my knife, its like your keys, wallet, cell phone, or any other item you carry daily.
 
I'm in Canada where we have similar strict laws on firearms, in particular handguns, but knife carry is more or less legal.

In Canada it is illegal to "carry a concealed weapon" and technically a pocket knife can be deemed a concealed wepon.

It is at the discretion of the attending LEO to determine if the intent is "weapon" or "tool". So it comes down to suitability of the knife to the circumstance, and your attitude.

I have carried a pocket knife of some description or another pretty much all my life. I have never been hassled or challenged, nor has anyone I know.

I would find it very difficult to not have a knife handy for all those little tasks you use a knife for throughout the day.

I'm curious, in Norway are utilty knives (box cutters) considered illegal? Also is it legal to carry a knife in your tool kit, or have one in a desk drawer at work?

What I'm wonderiing is: I'm sure you have need to cut stuff during the course of a day, just like anyone else in the world, so there must be ways to have a knife available when needed.

Kevin
 
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That is positivly rediculous. I mean no disrespect to you're country when I say this, but that type of control over citizens is not only rediculous, but malicious.Im sorry for you my friend, I know its a daughting task, but try to be as politically active as you can.

" The cause to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it".

-HL Meinken
 
Foryou said:
...US is built on guns and knives...
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Safe to say Norway was built on knives, in a big way, eh?

I've had a knife in my pocket every day of my life since my father gave me first pocket knive at age 10. Well, maybe I didn't have one in my pocket during boot camp, not every day anyway. Other than that though, yes I feel naked without one. I never thought of it as a weapon though until midway into my tour of duty. Before that it was just another useful tool.
 
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tpa said:
here in norway it's illegal to carry a knife by law. we can only carry a knife in the hunting season or when hiking in the woods. the law says i dont need a edc knife no matter what. how important is the edc knife for you here in usa,and why do jo carry one? (in norway you can not carry any weapon of any kind,rifles and guns must be stored away in a big safe or else the police take them away from you,then you got 2000-3000$ in fine) :(
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THAT is sad! No, not sad, EEEEViiil;) I carry a CRKT M16-13LE every day. It is immensly valuable to my work efficiency. I am a Field Engineer for a large construction company and I use it to sharpen my carpenter's pencils, cut string line, scrape "errors" off concrete walls and floors, cut silt fence when necessary for me to see through them with my instruments.
What do your construction workers use? Boxcutters? That is the problem with Governments DICtating what the "citizens" can and cannot do, or carry. They don't DO everything We the People do so they would have no way of knowing how useful and necessary a tool is. All they see is danger and that is because they are generally WIMPS. At least the Liberal ones are anyway:D:D

I'll close with a suggestion; I think you ought to start organizing fellow knife lovers in Norway to begin to work to change that abSURD bit of legislation.
Seriously. It can only get worse with time. In effect you are a subject anyway, not a citizen. We the People in America are rapidly approaching becoming subjects as well. Start organizing. :)
 
Dag-nabit said:
I'm in Canada where we have similar strict laws on firearms, in particular handguns, but knife carry is more or less legal.

In Canada it is illegal to "carry a concealed weapon" and technically a pocket knife can be deemed a concealed wepon.

It is at the discretion of the attending LEO to determine if the intent is "weapon" or "tool". So it comes down to suitability of the knife to the circumstance, and your attitude.

I have carried a pocket knife of some description or another pretty much all my life. I have never been hassled or challenged, nor has anyone I know.

I would find it very difficult to not have a knife handy for all those little tasks you use a knife for throughout the day.

I'm curious, in Norway are utilty knives (box cutters) considered illegal? Also is it legal to carry a knife in your tool kit, or have one in a desk drawer at work?

What I'm wonderiing is: I'm sure you have need to cut stuff during the course of a day, just like anyone else in the world, so there must be ways to have a knife available when needed.

Kevin
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you can carry a box cutter if it's work related and you can have one in your desk or drawer at work. but you can not have one in your pocket in your daily walk in the city.
 
tpa said:
here in norway it's illegal to carry a knife by law. we can only carry a knife in the hunting season or when hiking in the woods. the law says i dont need a edc knife no matter what.
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A quick Google search yielded about 2,390 Norwegian pages for "Swiss Army knives," for example, this one where they're selling the Victorinox Explorer. Are you saying folks there don't buy and carry knives at all?
 
I agree with handofcod with this. Whilst I've been in some situations where having a knife would have made me feel better, I think thats all it would have done. Especially the part about flashing it out of fear, the other persons involved would more than likely see it as a challenge, and maybe not know whether you are scared/looking for a fight.

However, at least we can carry it whilst hiking/camping, or if we have a legal reason/job like a paramedic, or if you've been fishing, but thats where it all gets a bit shady.

not trying to make my post too political, but I wonder what would happen if you picked up a package from the post office, didn't open it, put it in your bag with, and knowing that it had a knife inside, if they would charge you with concealing a weapon? I was in that situation the other day, no police, but still wonder who would be in the right. of course I geuss you could say you didn't know that the package had a knife inside.
 
mnblade said:
A quick Google search yielded about 2,390 Norwegian pages for "Swiss Army knives," for example, this one where they're selling the Victorinox Explorer. Are you saying folks there don't buy and carry knives at all?
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if you sit in a bar and drink a beer with a knife like that and the police find it in your pocket,you are in trouble.there is no reason to carry a knife like that on the street. but you can carry it in the woods offcourse. it's also illegal to own a knife that have edge on both sides,if i order one,the customs will take it for sure.
 
JCK said:
I agree with handofcod with this. Whilst I've been in some situations where having a knife would have made me feel better, I think thats all it would have done. Especially the part about flashing it out of fear, the other persons involved would more than likely see it as a challenge, and maybe not know whether you are scared/looking for a fight.

However, at least we can carry it whilst hiking/camping, or if we have a legal reason/job like a paramedic, or if you've been fishing, but thats where it all gets a bit shady.

not trying to make my post too political, but I wonder what would happen if you picked up a package from the post office, didn't open it, put it in your bag with, and knowing that it had a knife inside, if they would charge you with concealing a weapon? I was in that situation the other day, no police, but still wonder who would be in the right. of course I geuss you could say you didn't know that the package had a knife inside.
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Try having your 7.5inch CS Recon Scout delivered to your work - a large office block. I told my boss ahead of time just in case someone got curious and unwittingly brandished a very large knife in the workplace.
 
Do you think it depends on where you work? you mentioned a large office block, but what if I worked at maccas or a local RSL club? do you think the RSL would be ok with that kind of stuff?

good suggestion though, I just didn't think of that as I don't work in a large office block.
 
I live in the Netherlands and knives are part of my EDC. I use them to cut things and since a SAK is my main EDC knife, I use them for many other things too. So it is quite important for me. The knife laws are strict here and getting more strict, but fortunately I never had problems. I think the main reason for that is my attitude. I use my knives as tools and only pull them out of the pocket to perform a task (opening a package, cutting fruit and such), then put it back. If there are other people around, then I use my SAK, it is an accepted pocket knive.

BTW, I visited Norway four times the last ten years and always carried a knife. I mainly visited the mountains and woods, but sometimes also cities. Perhaps the police is a bit more liberal towards tourists, or are they like a lot of policemen in the Netherlands: if you don't give them a reason to stop and search you, you don't have to worry very much?
 
The Norwegians I worked with were fishermen...we were on factory trawlers in the Bering Sea and yes, they had knives on their person every waking hour. We all did, . Deckhands had Moras. Us processors all were given whatever we needed for the task at hand.

They all had personal EDC knives too, we used to show them off. Those guys knew knives. They told me things began to change in Norway when refugees began moving in, post-Viet Nam era.

Was that when reaction laws began to erode your personal freedoms?
 
knifenut1013 said:
Wow that sucks, I don't know what I would do without my EDC. What do you do when things need to be cut?

After nearly 20 years of carrying I feel naked without my knife, its like your keys, wallet, cell phone, or any other item you carry daily.
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Plus +1 your right after 30yrs. of carrying daily, I'd be lost without my EDC. :thumbup:
 
It will not surprise me if Canada enacts laws banning knife carry similar to Norway. with the right 'spin', politicians can use it to appeal to stupid people, meaning it's a good vote getter here. as we saw with the gun registry about 15 (?) years ago.
pisses me off, eh ! i believe in personal accountability. it's not about the knife or gun, but the person. stop restricting law abiding people.
maybe some brave Norwegians could organize a "National Knife Carry Day" ?
roland
 
Harayasu said:
I live in the Netherlands and knives are part of my EDC. I use them to cut things and since a SAK is my main EDC knife, I use them for many other things too. So it is quite important for me. The knife laws are strict here and getting more strict, but fortunately I never had problems. I think the main reason for that is my attitude. I use my knives as tools and only pull them out of the pocket to perform a task (opening a package, cutting fruit and such), then put it back. If there are other people around, then I use my SAK, it is an accepted pocket knive.

BTW, I visited Norway four times the last ten years and always carried a knife. I mainly visited the mountains and woods, but sometimes also cities. Perhaps the police is a bit more liberal towards tourists, or are they like a lot of policemen in the Netherlands: if you don't give them a reason to stop and search you, you don't have to worry very much?
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it's kind of like in the netherlands,if you dont give them a reason to stop and search you,you dont have to worry very much.

things have change a lot since the refugees started moving in,not the positive way.
 
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