Quote Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch View Post
In California the blade length for a folding knife is the length of the sharpened edge, typically measured from the tip to the point where the sharpened edge ends near the hinge:


As for items intended as tools, there is no exception for them in the law. This will probably all get straightened out once the law is tested in court, but who wants to be the poor schmuck who pays the legal costs for that?


Dang..that alone would keep me out of the state...i rarely leave home without my M&P let alone my knife...My SOG(trident goes with me everywhere....it would be like leaving my wallet..