How long is your pocketknife?

colt_saa said:

I mostly carry the knife I designed for the Florida Highway Patrol back in 2005. Beretta made it for us. Only the FHP Academy or the FHP Store could order them from Beretta.

I worked with Beretta since they were the provider of the Patrol's current and previous issue handguns.

This knife is of the liner lock design and has laser etched Florida Highway Patrol Patch plus a removable pocket clip

The knife blade is of the Tanto shape but half serrated to aid in rapidly cutting seat belts

Black was chosen as the finish of the knife and blade

There are Teflon washers placed between the blade and the bolsters. The pivot point of the knife does not need oil.

The blade is 3 7/8" long and the knife has an overall open length of 8 3/4"

As a result of this collaboration, Beretta created the Law Enforcement Knife program with our Florida Highway Patrol knife as the cover photo

The one pictured above is obviously new. The one I carry shows considerable finish wear from being carried almost 15 years now

They did not go over as big with the troopers as I had hoped. You know how it is, buy that point in your career most folks already had knives that they liked.

Beretta discontinued the program several years back and these are no longer produced.

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Ray said:

Hi Texas and forum members, as promissed here are the pics of the leather sheath along the non lockable folder similar to the ones used by many in the back country and small towns mainly in the srate of Minas Gerais, and the Chinese made Kershaw Wildcat Ridge lockback folder.Albeit Chinese made is sturdy and very well constructed.

Regards, Ray

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Papa_D said:

I daily carry a Kershaw RJ Tactical 3.0. Her name is Morticia and she's got a 3" blade. When deployed, she's around 6" total. And yes, I use her at least once a day, to cut on something.

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crsides said:

Schrade stockman 3 7/8". I like a small knife, but i can hear this one hit the ground when i drop it, mostly getting my keys out. I had a local knife maker put ivory scales on it.

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Texas Star said:

I'm very fortunate in that Texas passed a law a few years ago eliminating blade length limits.

I own both Spyderco Delica and Endura knives. I'd hate to cut either down. I can now wear my longer sheath knives while hunting or camping, hiking, etc. I have a Fallkniven NL-2 with about an eight-inch blade and Buck Model 120's with blades a bit over seven inches.

A father in Big Bend Natl Park had to defend his six-year-old son from a cougar with a Delica. The blade was too short for a lethal wound, but the injuries it inflicted drove the cougar away. The kid needed considerable stitches, but survived.

Thanks for posting the blade limit to carry in a Post Office. I'd been looking for that. Postal workers I asked didn't know. Guess I shouldn't be surprised, as one also didn't know the difference between Austria and Australia when I mailed a package to a friend in Austria...

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