Enough please. The forum is niether Elmendorf AFB or the Soundset for Oprah. The reality is much of the world community is recoiling from the horrors of violence much like a pendulum. Extreme horror often produces extreme reactions. Puffing up our chests with Charles Bronson parameters of manhood will not change this. Thoughtfull and rational discourse with our fellow citizens will. Is someone upset by your knife? Hand it to them to examine like the ancient custom of shaking empty sword hands. Then gift that person with an inexpensive folder. I've made 3 friends and empathetic allies this way. How many minds have all those gaudy knife magazines with closet Rambos on the cover changed?

I guess I was sucking rubber in Saudi Arabia that day, month, year..crap, now it feel liks Monday all over again. Oprah...
I think I'm gonna hurl..

sorry sir, it's just belly-aching day I reckon.

Check the school bookstore. If they have the larger Xacto blades (1/2" dia. handle) some of the blades are of a similar size to the Victorinox 58mm (Classic size frame) or the Leatherman Squirt. I would think a valid argument would be that they are no larger than what is for SALE by the school. This will also depend on the situation that brought it to their attention.

When in high school in '90 &'91 I took 1 day a month to sharpen everyones knife in wood shop. They ranged from small folders to sheath knives. This included the teacher's knives. We never had one problem. We didn't show the entire school either.

It didn't offend me at all. It's your perspective from Alaska. Things have changed in recent years after 9/11 and many high school shooting incidents, not all of those changes for the better I am afraid. I personally think that some of the zero tolerance situations are idiotic.