I, too am 16 and always carry a knife. Unfortunately (for my wallet and under payed casual worker student budget) I am becomeing a 'knife knut'.
I loath these laws and luckily I live in the countryside where I can carry knives to my hearts content <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.
College is another matter, and when I am not with my friends I have taken to listening to 'Ray Mears, Real Heroes of Telemark' on minidisk, so I am whisked off to the Norweigien mountains <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.

Up the revolution.