H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives - spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine.
Clay’s primary role is as Digital Editor, curating and creating new content for our website and blog, as well as maintaining the Knife Magazine social media accounts (FB/IG: @theknifemag, Twitter: @knifemagazine). He is also a contributor and Associate Editor of the print magazine.
What a mess!
Sad that they passed such a restrictive law in 2019. Worse that officers are incorrectly applying the law to be more restrictive than it was written.
I’m thankful for the work that the Knife Rights organization does here in the US!
I’ve been here in the UK three weeks and managed to carry a SAK everywhere, and Moras and Opinels out hiking and camping. The law allows a lot of discretion and how you address any interaction with the police (very rare here unless you are doing something very odd) will play a significant part of what goes down. It’s a different approach to laws that the US, I understand the attitude towards it from US perspective, but there is more nuance than you might think. That said, I absolutely support the fight to defeat all the restrictive laws and carry as we see fit and for personal freedoms.
Primus
What a mess!
Sad that they passed such a restrictive law in 2019. Worse that officers are incorrectly applying the law to be more restrictive than it was written.
I’m thankful for the work that the Knife Rights organization does here in the US!
StuartB
I’ve been here in the UK three weeks and managed to carry a SAK everywhere, and Moras and Opinels out hiking and camping. The law allows a lot of discretion and how you address any interaction with the police (very rare here unless you are doing something very odd) will play a significant part of what goes down. It’s a different approach to laws that the US, I understand the attitude towards it from US perspective, but there is more nuance than you might think. That said, I absolutely support the fight to defeat all the restrictive laws and carry as we see fit and for personal freedoms.