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I’m going to start carrying a spear. I believe it’s legal as long as the pointy end is rounded off.
3.25″ including choil and ricasso
what have 80s singing duos got to do with this? Did they do "Save your luff for me"?
If the police search you and find you are carrying a knife is "i have a smaller than normal penis" a legitimate reason?
I carry either a Leatherman or an Opinel knife in my car at all times and also take one in my hillwalking pack every day.
The main use has been for dispatching wounded deer on several occasions. Not just on the roads but they run into fences as well.
Finished off a wild donkey once too. In the Himalayas.
Finished off a wild donkey once too. In the Himalayas.
I hope you bought him a drink first.
Offices’ That workplace where everything can be found readily to hand. Yes ?. No of course not, and in fact you’re doing well if you can find a teaspoon let alone a knife
Which is why you can keep them in your drawer, saves carrying a knife and protects your from the law.
I’ve been surprised to find that France has even stricter knife laws than the UK. It doesn’t seem to matter the blade size or the lockingness of it.
Laws aren't as simple as they seem because they get refined by jurisprudence. A locking knife is a "poignard" which is an arme de 6ème catégorie so you can't carry an Opinel without a legitimate reason. However, a Laguiole doesn't lock so you can carry it and it only becoems are weapon if you use it as such. So you need a Laguiole with a cork screw for you trips out with your mates. I bought one to replace my Opinel on camping trips but it's so heavy I never take it with me. 🙂
(White cuddly man, old enough to fondly remember whittling sticks in the woods but now largely happy to live in the real world)
Yep the world moves on and you have to move with it,not find excuses so the rules don’t apply to you 🙂
I also had a cracking scout knife for playing splits with and one of the scout masters had a cracking SS knife, fine in the day not so now, a lot of my er toys would be now be frowned upon but that was then and we live in the now.
I genuinley have no skin in this game, and don't care much as long as you're not using a knife for no good.....but I had no idea this many people were slicing tomato and cheese at work.
My only venture Into knifes was when I bought a small victorinox climber after watching 127 hours. In 15 years I've only used it for the tweezers and to open beer / wine.
Looks like a change to the SAK.
Or grind down these shitters....
I texted a few mates in the town (kirkcudbright galloway) to see what they say, was interested to see if they are aware of the law, doesn't matter to them was the general response.
Brother : always carries his leatherman arc, says best xmas present i've bought him (roofer)
Bruce : same as brother, (electrician) always carries.
John : Big Opinel with lanyard (skipper, fishing boats) always carries but he's only home for 3 days out of 10/12.
Trigger : Big Opinel with lanyard, (creel fisherman) always carries. Also has big mora fixed blade knife and quick release holster
James : Old locknife (farmer) always carries.
And I know my mum has her SAK with nail file, scissors, tweezers etc in her handbag, dunno what model?
Guess the wilds of galloway are different to town/city life
kirkcudbright
Nice little spot. The ranges suck balls and somewhere up there is a now very rusty Gerber folder. 😂
I had no idea this many people were slicing tomato and cheese at work.
That’s before you get to slicing cheese and apples on the trails or enjoying a freshly buttered croissant in the south down reenacting Mint Sauce.
Nice little collection there red thunder.
Shame the range dumped/fired 12,000+ depleted uranium shells in the bay though, my mate finds the odd shell or two every so often in his dredges.
Used to love bombing around the range on my bike, very quiet and peaceful until you get escorted off for disturbing/crossing the training area when flags are flying 😉 , I could've walked away with so many weapons/shells before they tightened up security in the late 90's.
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Would usually have something on me when I was working on a farm - but then that is not carrying in public. I was pretty handy with a billhook. Mind I hate to think how many laws I would have been breaking in other areas. Given 3,000 new offences were created by the New Labour lot alone.....
Had a good wander around Dundreggan once - found the flags down and nobody about. Well worth a visit.
@soafunk it’s not that much different now.
95% of the times I've got a not locking folder in my pocket. It gets used multiple times every day. I can totally see why for some people it maybe not be a useful tool but for me it is.
If I'm doing jobs at home or in the garden I'll probably have a locking spyderco because it's safe. Same if I'm camping or having a picnic.
You must eat a lot of croissants.
Seven pages and all I’ve learned is it’s best not to eat tomatoes at work because it sounds like a right hassle. Also some of you weird bastards carry spread around with you. I said this on page 4(?) but it needs repeating just to outline the absurdity. I needs to carry a blade officer because butter!
All those who leave a leatherman in the car. I used to do this, I don't anymore because the scrotes found a way to open everyone's motors and go through them. Lost my beloved leatherman wave and chunky victorinox amongst other things. 😞
Will never be replaced, other priorities for the cash these days.
If you need a knife at work, use a knife that is kept at work either in the kitchen for food duties or in the workplace for work use. If you need a knife at home, keep a knife or knives at home: kitchen, garage, shed etc.
The other thing I have not seen mentioned, though not read exhaustively, is what happens if you lose, drop or have the knife pick pocketed. It could fall into the hands of a naughty person who does something illegal with it, either by threat ring or stabbing etc. How would you then feel that your knife was used to harm someone?
Can't tell if you're taking the piss or serious?
What’s a threat ring? Some sort of organised bullying?
Guy at work used to bring a small kitchen knife on the train with him to cut apples at work (work provided the apples) had to explain to him why bringing a 'fixed' knife prob just over 3in blade in a bag on the train was a bad idea especially when he didn't have an apple in his bag, 'but I'm not some scrote wanting to stab someone etc'. Probably on 100k + a year.
As a proud Englishman I think I should be able to carry a broadsword around in public if I so wish
Well, it's now obvious that the next time I go to pick up a bike part or whatever from a forum member id better go tooled up.
Half of the forum is full on tip of the spear and all they care about is operating cutting tomatoes.
😉
In fact, this guy's time has come. He'll be my +1 on bike part pick ups.
Might as well post this PSA here!
Victorinox Super Tinker, Swiss Army Knife, Medium, Multi Tool, 14 Functions, Blade, Bottle Opener, Red
£22.
^^ Nightmare, when you just need some tomatoes and a bit of cheese from the coop.
what happens if you lose, drop or have the knife pick pocketed. It could fall into the hands of a naughty person who does something illegal with it, either by threat ring or stabbing etc. How would you then feel that your knife was used to harm someone?
Blimey. Peak STW hand-wringing.
(work provided the apples) had to explain to him why bringing a ‘fixed’ knife prob just over 3in blade in a bag on the train was a bad idea especially when he didn’t have an apple in his bag, ‘but I’m not some scrote wanting to stab someone etc’. Probably on 100k + a year.
£100k/year and free apples? Bastard!
Part of my work involves visiting clients in their own homes. Should I go without my tools?
Are we still getting knickers twisted about this? If you need specific tools when you visit clients then you are golden. Unless you don't actually need the tools but want to use 'might' (as in, never have - but I could conceive of a reason if I squint hard enough) as some sort of fake reason, then you are on dodgy ground. Trying to pick holes in a law that's clearly in place for a very obvious reason says more about the picker than the law itself.
And in peak double standards mode - I quite fancy that SAK about at that price - a lot smaller and lighter than my leatherman and nearly as useful for some little trips.
Blimey. Peak STW hand-wringing.
TBF I did have a dinky little SAK that I used in an old job which I'm 90% sure was 'permanently borrowed' by a colleague who subsequently denied all knowledge.
We're talking about a tiny, non-locking knife here, good for opening boxes and slicing snacks but not much more, but yeah SAKs do get stolen by workplace magpies...
"Are we still getting knickers twisted about this? "
No, we're not. It's a rhetorical question aimed at the hard of thinking (and there appear to be a few here) who cannot imagine why anyone could possibly need to carry a knife.
The other thing I have not seen mentioned, though not read exhaustively, is what happens if you lose, drop or have the knife pick pocketed.
Thats why I always carry my leatherman with all the blades etc extended in my pocket.
Okay I get through a lot of coats, jeans and plasters but anyone trying their hand at pickpocketing is going to regret it.
No, we’re not. It’s a rhetorical question aimed at the hard of thinking (and there appear to be a few here) who cannot imagine why anyone could possibly need to carry a knife.
There’s no one on here like that. There’s those who claim there is and then there’s those say they need a knife to cut tomatoes at their office, slice apples on the trails and cut up cheese into little cubes. No one has said an anyone with trade that involves the use of tools regular shouldn’t have one.
To be honest it seems like there are more people on this thread obsessed about those who occasionally use a knife to cut cheese and tomatoes than people on this thread who actually occasionally use a knife to cut cheese and tomatoes!
Part of my work involves visiting clients in their own homes. Should I go without my tools?
It’s a rhetorical question aimed at the hard of thinking (and there appear to be a few here) who cannot imagine why anyone could possibly need to carry a knife.
The hard of thinking being those who can’t grasp simple legislation around carrying a knife for work purposes?
(5)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) above, it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he had the article with him—
(a)for use at work;