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   "RichD"  wrote in message   
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   There are plenty of blokes walking around   
   with a (presumably legal) folder in their   
   pocket.  With the idea that it's a last resort   
   self defense weapon.   
      
   But there also seems to be a popular   
   opinion that no folder is strong enough for   
   an extremis situation.   Is failure, while   
   cutting/stabbing flesh, a serious possibility?   
   What is the failure mode?   
      
   If you did carry one, which brand/model do   
   you gurus recommend?  Checking these   
   boards, it seems Spyderco is the preferred brand.   
   Is it really more solid?  Tested?  (how?)   
      
      
   --   
   Rich   
      
      
   Well, over here in the good old UK, we're allowed to carry a sub 3"   
   non-locking folder.  Unless we can PROVE that we needed to carry something   
   bigger or less foldy for a specific task.  Where I live, in the city, there   
   aren't really any excuses I could make for carrying something bigger.   
   Carrying a knife can get you 4 years in the chokey.  They are talking about   
   making it an automatic 10-stretch too, same as carrying a firearm illegally   
   (which really means carrying a firearm "at all").   
   And yet, Glasgow, where I live, still has the highest murder rate of any   
   city in Europe.  Fun and games!   
      
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