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While we're on the the subject of English knife laws--do people just not carry pocket knives? I always have a knife with me and use it all the time.
by a2tech 8y ago
While we're on the the subject of English knife laws--do people just not carry pocket knives? I always have a knife with me and use it all the time.
- dagw 8y agoI haven't lived in England for years, but the law used to be that as long as it was a folding blade under 7 cm you where OK.
- AllegedAlec 8y agoNot any more. A man was arrested not too long ago for carrying a potato peeler.
- dagw 8y agoWhy are the only sources I can find when googling this from sites like Breitbart, Infowars, Daily Stormer, Daily Caller etc.
- dragonwriter 8y agoA potato peeler would usually not have a folding blade, so this, even if true, doesn't actually contradict the grandparent.
- jessaustin 8y agoYou're really a rather poor sort of Subject. Using a knife "all the time" makes you less helpless, not more as the State intends.
- joefourier 8y agoIreland is even more strict than England. Carrying a knife of any sort is illegal unless you have a good reason for it - e.g. you're going camping or you're a chef. Even Swiss Army knives are technically illegal.
- regularfry 8y agoYes. There are fairly tight criteria on what are allowed, mind: manual opening short blades with no serations that don't lock open and (I think) don't have finger guards are ok. Most Swiss Army knives are fine, most Gerbers and Crkts aren't. Mora's and other fixed blades are right out. Edit to add: I carry an Opinel no 8, which is technically illegal on two fronts, but would be utterly impractical as a weapon. I've only ever had one problem doing so: one got confiscated at security going on the Millennium Wheel about a decade ago, but there was no other comeback from that and they're dirt cheap, so I just bought another.