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No pocket knife in Europe (Paris)?

Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:10 am
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:10 am
I carry a pocket knife all of the time, wife is saying that’s a no in Paris. I’d bring the smaller one, and may even take off the deep pocket clip. Chuck it in my luggage…

Would the Parisians shite if I flipped it out to spread butter on my baguette?


Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32744 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:11 am to
do you ask your wife’s permission for everything you do?
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:12 am to
Don’t want to frick up an anniversary trip by being stuck in customs with a weapon.
Posted by shspanthers
Nashville, TN
Member since Sep 2007
884 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:17 am to
What's the blade length on what you'd be carrying? Is it non-lockable? From a quick Grok inquiry, carrying knives of any sort is prohibited unless you have a purpose, like camping. "Transporting" is evidently different from "carrying", so Grok advises you to carry it in a bag and say you're transporting it to/from said purpose.

The European countries make it almost impossible to have anything on you to defend yourself. Even a stick in Britain can be a problem.

Grok Response
This post was edited on 7/14/25 at 10:18 am
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32744 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:20 am to


Smart man
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:22 am to
< 3”, and yea it locks.

I don’t carry it for self protection…I used it this morning to spread cream cheese on my bagel…open mail, clean fingernails, stir a drink…like most people.
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
6870 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 10:49 am to
Your schtick is tired

And if this is a serious question, leave the pocket knife at home tough guy
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:01 am to
Good idea, just buy one there. There are some cool French brands like Laguiole.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37225 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:03 am to
You’re either a god tier troll or the weirdest dude alive
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:19 am to
I have digital Asperger’s. I can fix it with alcohol in my normal life…but here y’all are all so strange nothing works here.
This post was edited on 7/14/25 at 11:20 am
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
28320 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 11:57 am to
quote:

Would the Parisians shite if I flipped it out to spread butter on my baguette?


No. They would correctly identify as a redneck from the US.
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
5190 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 12:18 pm to
Very likely they would flip out. I have a larger pocket knife and a British colleague (who is not exactly a liberal dunce, he is country folk that works in heavy industry) recoiled in horror. Wouldn't touch it. "m8 I'll go to jail for that!".

We were in Louisiana, you might go to jail for not touching it. ha!!!
Posted by Righteous Dude
Member since Oct 2017
1536 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 4:13 pm to
quote:

I used it this morning to spread cream cheese on my bagel…open mail, clean fingernails, stir a drink…like most people


Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 7/14/25 at 4:20 pm to
You just have to stir a bourbon on the rocks before you go from fingernails to bagel.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20876 posts
Posted on 7/15/25 at 7:02 pm to
Any time someone borrows a knife from me and uses it for culinary purposes, I wait until they are finished and say, "I used that yesterday to scrape dogshit off my boots."
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
20445 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:18 am to
quote:

don’t carry it for self protection…I used it this morning to spread cream cheese on my bagel…open mail, clean fingernails, stir a drink…like most people.


Do you clean the blade?

Immune system must be strong.
Posted by LaLadyinTx
Cypress, TX
Member since Nov 2018
7133 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 1:47 pm to
quote:

I used it this morning to spread cream cheese on my bagel…open mail, clean fingernails, stir a drink…like most people.


The thought of you cleaning fingernails, opening mail, stirring a drink, and spreading cream cheese all with the same utensil...
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 1:48 pm
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17458 posts
Posted on 7/16/25 at 2:02 pm to
quote:

The thought of you cleaning fingernails, opening mail, stirring a drink, and spreading cream cheese all with the same utensil...

I’d imagine this guy is exactly what the average Fenchmen thinks the average American is like.

ETA…and people would (and should react) if you whipped out a pocket knife to butter bread in any restaurant in any civilized country.
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 2:04 pm
Posted by Tree_Fall
Member since Mar 2021
1093 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 12:10 pm to
quote:

Laguiole


Most impressive array of pocketknives for sale I've ever seen was at a Saturday market near the Laguiole region, and I was told it is the same in Thiers. Local craftsmen and small shops by unfinished knives and then fashion custom grips. That said, a lot of "Laguiole-looking" knives also come in from Pakistan.

If you are only in Paris visit LINK

Expensive but definitely authentic.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
128036 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 12:12 pm to
quote:

carry a pocket knife all of the time


Am I the only one that finds this incredibly bizarre and even more bizarre to even think of bringing on vacay?
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