Hey all

I've walked around the streets of Portland many a times with large blades on my belt.
I have had casual discussions with police officers about the legality of it. The best answer I got was "You can legally walk down the street with 6 guns strapped across your chest, I legally couldn't do anything about it until you point it at someone or started shooting"
Oregon as with a good number of other states have an "open carry" law which allows you to carry firearms and non-folding knives larger than 3" in plain view. So that means that carrying a dirk or sgian dubh in your sock is perfectly legal here.

I'm what you would call a bit of a knife enthusiast. I have been known for years to collect knives, knife parts etc etc for recycling into new knives.
I take advantage of every chance to walk around wearing wearing a kilt with one of my blades tucked in the belt.
For now the closest dirk-like knife I have is an unsharpened WW1 era Mauser boyonet (I also have the rifle it belongs to)
I still haven't constructed my own Scottish dirk yet, but I do have a chunk of african ebony for the handle. The blade (or metal to make one) is a little harder for me to come by.
I need to make a sgian dubh first :-)
Take care everyone
Brasilikilt