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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 5:40:16 GMT
In Texas, it completely legal for you to walk down the street with a loaded gun, in plain sight (unless it is fully automatic and you don't have a special permit, or if your entering private property that specifies you can not), BUT you can not carry a sword, sheathed or unsheathed. Good ol' gun control....now we just need sword control...
(Note: I Texas, you DO NOT see people walking around with guns as that would raise too much of a fuss and people get stared....but it is stated that it is legal for you to do so.)
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Post by 14thforsaken on May 8, 2011 7:22:56 GMT
I live in Texas and I walk around with a kukri on my belt or in the top of my boot all the time and I've never had a word said to me. Granted I don't try to go into federal or state buildings with it and I've yet to have a problem. I also carried Katana's in a sword bag in plain sight without a word being said. I've found in Texas if you aren't acting like a punk or an ass you can get away with a lot.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 8:31:48 GMT
And?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2011 8:48:45 GMT
Ric I think that needs an extra sentence added to it, it could be like a multiple choice quiz
"got pulled over for speeding a couple years ago with a gladius in plain sight on the front passenger seat and.....
a) the cop didn't bat an eye lid
b) I had to spend four hours by the side of the road trying to explain to the cop why I had it
b) the cop arrested me and I spend the night in a cell followed by a day of interrogation, including a full body cavity search"
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Post by whitefeathers on May 8, 2011 13:57:13 GMT
Ric dont leave us hanging! I got pulled over for speeding in TN and had a rifle in the backseat. Granted it was cased, but the cop never said a word about it. I drive to training a couple times a week with my swords cased in the backseat. Just dont do anything stupid to get yourself pulled over  |
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Post by 14thforsaken on May 8, 2011 14:56:35 GMT
For that type of work, I'd go for a Machete or a Kukri. They're serviceable and cheap enough if you do happen to damage them they don't cost much to replace.
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Post by RicWilly on May 8, 2011 15:51:50 GMT
LOL. I'd loaned my Windlass Mainz to a friend at work for a holloween costume (he wanted to be Marc Antony). When he gave it back to me (at work) he said "now don't get pulled over going home" Ha! he jinxed me. When the police pulled me over I thought "this is going to be an interesting conversation", the gladius was just laying there on the seat I don't know how he could have missed it. It's answer "a" from Kings quiz, he didn't say a word about it. He did tell me to slow down. My friend passed me as I was pulled over. He called my cell phone and asked if I'd be needing bail.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2011 5:02:02 GMT
Thanks for the replies. So pretty much it's the wood I have to mainly worry about? Would a sword bag help reduce humidity? I've also got a blanket in my car I'd have it wrapped up in as well so I wouldn't have people walking by and seeing it in my back seat or anything.
As for the kind of work, my friend worked for a state park here and he said he was able to his machete as a cutting tool. That sounded pretty sweet to me, but I think a sword would be more stylish and cool-looking to use, lol. So if I can get hired into the same kind of work, that'd be my preference which is why I was wondering.
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Post by Elheru Aran on May 10, 2011 11:49:00 GMT
A sword bag really won't do much for humidity; there's honestly not really anything you can do to protect stuff from humidity aside from putting them into a humidor or in some kind of air-tight box.
Using a sword for a heavy-duty cutting tool is cool, but it's really not what they're made for. It constitutes abuse to use swords to chop wood, and that'll violate most warranties. I doubt the Koga Ninja could handle something like that-- you could quite possibly split the tsuka (grip), or worse. If you want something sword-like that can handle heavy cutting, I'd recommend looking into Scorpion Swords' products-- they're probably some of the more durable weapons out there, nearly every one of them is full tang and strong.
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Post by TomK on May 10, 2011 21:06:58 GMT
if you keep it in a hard plastic rifle case you could throw in several of those silca dessicant packs and it should not suffer from humidity too badly.
also if you keep your sword properly oiled and maintained you should be able to use it in the rain and store it in your car and have no problems. I do that pretty often up here in rains-every-damn-day-Oregon with no trouble.
also many years ago I had a job as a juggler at the Patrick Henry Mall in the Yorktown/hampton roads area of VA and I Arrived at the mall a good two hours before it opened coming right there after an all night party so I decided to take a quick nap until it opened. wasn't long before I was woke up by a cop tapping my window with his night-stick. turns out a car matching the description of mine had been involved in a series of purse=snatchings there. I had not only my armor but a large sharp sword and the purse of a girl I met at the party in my car.
I was asked several questions and my car was thoroughly inspected but I walked away with no trouble.
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