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Having a fixed blade survival knife while hiking in California?

What are the laws for having a fixed blade large survival knife in California?

I am pasting an answer I gave for another question about transporting a knife to a campsite. Essentially, the state law allows you to carry a knife as long as it is not concealed (i.e. must be visibly carried on your belt or whatever). No switchblades or knives in your boot and such. Local municipal laws may vary. If you're hiking in L.A., don't carry a knife; anywhere rural, you should be fine. Check with local law enforcement before you go or ask the Park rangers.

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As long as the knife is not a switchblade, dagger, ballistic knife, etc., there should be no special precautions needed. California law states that fixed blade knives not be concealed upon the person when carried. That means you can't have a knife hidden in your boot, or inside your shirt where no one else can see. It must be carried (when on your person) visibly on the belt. If you are headed camping and have a blade in your pack, you should be fine. If an officer pulls you over for a traffic violation and asks if you have any weapons, calmly state that you have a legal blade for camping in your pack. Without catching an attitude, and with all due respect, state that you understand the knife to be legal to carry and that you are en-route to your camping location. You may want to call ahead to the park or camp ground to which you are headed and ask if they have any specific limitations on what campers can bring. If you are headed to any government building or 'public meeting', California law prohibits blades longer than 4 inches. If, however, you live in LA, they have a local ordinance against any knife over 3 inches.
Oh, and you shouldn't have any throwing stars with you, either. You're gonna have to fight any rabid squirrels up close with your knife.
BTW, what kind of 'survival knife' are you talking about?
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here's the link to the relevant California penal code:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=639-653.2

section 653k covers folding knife laws. section 643 covers how to appropriately dispose of fetal remains (look it up). hey, we all go camping for different reasons."

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Having a fixed blade survival knife while hiking in California?

What are the laws for having a fixed blade large survival knife in California?

I am pasting an answer I gave for another question about transporting a knife to a campsite. Essentially, the state law allows you to carry a knife as long as it is not concealed (i.e. must be visibly carried on your belt or whatever). No switchblades or knives in your boot and such. Local municipal laws may vary. If you're hiking in L.A., don't carry a knife; anywhere rural, you should be fine. Check with local law enforcement before you go or ask the Park rangers.

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As long as the knife is not a switchblade, dagger, ballistic knife, etc., there should be no special precautions needed. California law states that fixed blade knives not be concealed upon the person when carried. That means you can't have a knife hidden in your boot, or inside your shirt where no one else can see. It must be carried (when on your person) visibly on the belt. If you are headed camping and have a blade in your pack, you should be fine. If an officer pulls you over for a traffic violation and asks if you have any weapons, calmly state that you have a legal blade for camping in your pack. Without catching an attitude, and with all due respect, state that you understand the knife to be legal to carry and that you are en-route to your camping location. You may want to call ahead to the park or camp ground to which you are headed and ask if they have any specific limitations on what campers can bring. If you are headed to any government building or 'public meeting', California law prohibits blades longer than 4 inches. If, however, you live in LA, they have a local ordinance against any knife over 3 inches.
Oh, and you shouldn't have any throwing stars with you, either. You're gonna have to fight any rabid squirrels up close with your knife.
BTW, what kind of 'survival knife' are you talking about?
Source(s):
here's the link to the relevant California penal code:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=639-653.2

section 653k covers folding knife laws. section 643 covers how to appropriately dispose of fetal remains (look it up). hey, we all go camping for different reasons."

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