MA Knife laws good luck figuring them out

ALM GL ch. 269, § 10 (2012)
§ 10. Weapons — Dangerous Weapons — Unlawfully Carrying.
(b) Whoever, except as provided by law, carries on his person, or carries on his person or under his control in a vehicle, any stiletto, dagger or a device or case which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked position, any ballistic knife, or any knife with a detachable blade capable of being propelled by any mechanism, dirk knife, any knife having a double-edged blade, or a switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which the blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches, or a slung shot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles, nunchaku, zoobow, also known as klackers or kung fu sticks, or any similar weapon consisting of two sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire or leather, a shuriken or any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown, or any armband, made with leather which has metallic spikes, points or studs or any similar device made from any other substance or a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted ends; or whoever, when arrested upon a warrant for an alleged crime, or when arrested while committing a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person, or has on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a billy or other dangerous weapon other than those herein mentioned and those mentioned in paragraph (a), shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years in the state prison, or for not less than six months nor more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction, except that, if the court finds that the defendant has not been previously convicted of a felony, he may be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction.
(j) Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer, and notwithstanding any license obtained by him under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty, carries on his person a firearm as hereinafter defined, loaded or unloaded or other dangerous weapon in any building or on the grounds of any elementary or secondary school, college or university without the written authorization of the board or officer in charge of such elementary or secondary school, college or university shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this paragraph, “firearm” shall mean any pistol, revolver, rifle or smoothbore arm from which a shot, bullet or pellet can be discharged by whatever means.
Any officer in charge of an elementary or secondary school, college or university or any faculty member or administrative officer of an elementary or secondary school, college or university failing to report violations of this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

So was going to take today off but I had a blade to finish up so made a small Bird and trout knife.
01 steel 71/2 " over all 4 " blade over sized Brass pins and purple heart wood handle 

Have taken a few days off from making an knifes kinda enjoying the holiday.

Merry Christmas every one

Needed a new box opener for work

Heat treated 10 more knives next few days will be sanding and making handles

Added a link to my etsy store on the Blog if any one is interested in any of the knifes

Shipped out 3 seax today finished up two knifes today

A small Fishing knife with a purple heart handle with big brass pins

 A Scandie with a maple, purple heart and African Padouk handle.

Bushcraft with black micarta handle

you can now Buy a Blade from our ETSY Shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/RagnarokBlades?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Today's Projects

 Some better Pic of the new bush craft made of 01 steel with purple wood handle with brass pins some nice file work on the spine.

A new Bush craft I have been working on

So this is the new bush craft we are working on
01 steel with a cherry handle brass pins and some nice file work.
Thinking about a darker cherry stain.

So this is the true viking knife of every day use this was their kitchen knife their hunting knife their work knife every Man woman and child carried a knife like this. The Seax was their battle knife but this was the true Viking knife.

This is one of my roommate's ideas for a modern interruption of a viking knife the Tac Seax .
Black micarta handle acid blacken blade saw tooth spine with a fighter tip and a thong hole.

Been doing some research on viking knifes going to put some links here

http://leatherworkingreverend.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/rus-knife-9th-century/

http://jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/about-jorvik/gallery/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age_arms_and_armour#Knife

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?55016-Viking-handle-materials

http://www.warehamforge.ca/norse-knives/

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/465692?rpp=30&pg=1&ao=on&ft=sword&when=A.D.+500-1000&pos=20

Busy weekend in the shop I am whooped

A cool poem

The Kalevala

A wolf ran along the marsh,
bear wandered in from the heath,
The marsh stirred where the wolf stepped,
the heath where the bear set its paws.

There bog-iron came to the surface,
and a steel ingot grew
in the print of the wolf's claws,
in the mark of the bear's heel.
Craftsman Ilmarinen was born,
born on a charred hill,
grew on a charred heath,
with a copper hammer in his hand,
a little tongs in his grip.
Ilmarinen was born at night.
The next day he made a smithy.
Craftsman Ilmarinen spoke to iron,
"Fire will not burn you once it has
made your acquaintance,
will not abuse its kin.
When you come to fire's dwellings,
to the bright one's barricade,
there you will become beautiful,
rise up to be magnificent
as men's fine swords."
Iron ore the craftsman thrust into the fire,
forced it into the depths of his forge.
He blew his bellow once, blew twice,
blew a third time too. The iron gets
liquid like gruel, heaves like slag,
stretches like wheat paste, like rye
dough, in the craftsman's great fires,
in the power of the glowing flame.

Then craftsman Ilmarinen, eternal smith,
pulled iron out of the fire, put in on the anvil;
he works it soft, makes it into edged tools,
spears, axes, all kinds of tools.

some of the projects this week

 this one is a gift for some one 01 steel with a black and white Micarta.

                                                              this one is made of 01 steel with a maple handle

                                                         this one is 01 steel with a black and white Micarta handle

                                   
                                                        This is a a Scandi project I have been working on 01 steel with a cherry and maple handle with brass bolster leather spacers
                                           

 A Scandi finished up today
white oak some unknown wood with leather spaces and a brass bolster 

Almost done

some of the stuff that has been going on in the shop  for the past few days

Had today off so resided to make a blade with no power tools hack saw and files so far heat treat it later today and will make a handle for it kinda relaxing to just file out the blade

So got some great info today about grind types so figured I would pass it on.

Double Grind- Knife edge bevels are ground on both side of the blade. This includes V, all types of Convex edges and Hollow grind edges.

Single Grind- Knife edge bevel is ground only on one side of the blade. This includes all types of Chisel grind edges.

Flat (V)- The simplest and most widespread in factory knives. The edge tapers from both sides of the blade. Gets sharp, sacrifices durability though. Induces extra drag, because of the sharp transition point.

Convex- My favorite. Provides the most durable edge at a given angle and has less drag compared to other edge grind types due to smooth transition lines. Instead of tapering in a straight line, the edge is slightly curved outwards. Famous Japanese Samurai katanas featured this type of the edge.

Semi-Convex or Asymmetrical Convex- Not very common, combines durability of the convex edge and ease of sharpening of the V edge, until the edge gets real dull. Jerry Busse used it a lot in his knives, see Busse Combat Knives.

Asymmetrical Flat (V)- The edge tapers on the straight line from both sides, but the angles are uneven. Used for more durable edges, sacrifices sharpness.

Compound or Double Bevel- The edge first on the straight lines, but at the end the angle(secondary bevel) is greater than at the beginning(primary bevel). Provides stronger, durable edge. Sacrifices sharpness. One way of improving cutting ability and durability of the softer steels. Cuts better then V edge at the same angle as the secondary bevel, yet lasts longer that V edge if ground at the same angle as the primary bevel.

Hollow- The edge tapering line is curved inwards, in other words it's concave. Gets very sharp, but low durability. Induces extra drag due to the shoulders and sharp transition points.

Chisel or Single Bevel- The edge is flat from one side, tapers on the straight line from the other side of the blade. This is the sharpest edge, found mainly on chisels in western world. Japanese use it widely in their kitchen knives, however the back side(Urasuki) of those knives as usual is concave, significantly reducing the drag.

Chisel With Back Bevel- Variation of the Chisel edge. Back side has a microbevel, as usual at a very low angle 3°-5° or so. Sacrifices little bit of sharpness for increased edge durability.

Chisel With Urasuki- Urasuki is traditionally found on Japanese single beveled knives. Back side of the blade is concave to reduce the drag during cutting.