After posting in the CCW thread, I decided this is probably the most effective place to post this and it should be its own thread to do the greatest good.

 

Knives are illegal in Philly in public unless they are actively being used for your profession. BTW, there are no exceptions for transportation from place of purchase to anywhere or moving. Which is kind of silly.

 

This is not like NJ. They REALLY are illegal. I don't know much about the enforcement or the details of the law, I just don't bring knives to Philly. Penalty is up to 90 days.

good to know.. I was unaware and normally have a pocket knife clipped to me... will make sure to leave it at home.. 

 

thanks

Any kind of knife? So a multitool is illegal?

Here be Dragons

 

You have to check the law for yourself, this is not my domain.

i had no clue. i've never been without a knife clipped in my pocket, other than when i fly on an airline. i don't see myself making myself even MORE helpless when i have to go over there, than i already am since i can't carry there now.......

Yeah. The same goes for NYC.

Yeah. The same goes for NYC.

 

Yeah and I have carried a multitool many times in NYC, with no problems, even while I had interaction with NYPD. 

I've carried a knife on me in NYC almost my whole life. Have had plenty of interaction with police with nothing coming of it. Knife is always clearly clipped to my pants pocket

If you are seen with a folding knife clipped in your pants pocket in NYC, you can be arrested on the spot for it. I was once stopped on a subway platform by NYPD about what was clipped in my pocket. It turned out to be a flashlight, but they informed me if it had been a knife, then I would have been in trouble.

This wasn't always the case. Pretty sure you can thank Bloomberg for this one too.

 

Check out what happened to this kid...

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/06/12/knife-trouble-in-a-new-york-minute.html

When I was in college (Pace University NYC Campus) in the early 1980's I took acting. The teacher had us do an improv with the only lines we could use were "kill me" "No I won't". I always carried a knife of some sort and I took out my knife and threw it down into the floor (perfect stick) while my acting partner and I shouted the lines at each other. 

 

After about 3 minutes the improv was over and the next pair got to go.

 

 A few minutes later 4 NYPD officers burst into the room on a report of an assault going on. The professor explained that it was an acting class but they asked to see the knife. No one spoke up so they left.

 

That was my academy award moment. Glad my class mates kept their mouths shut too.

 

Oh and I aced the class.