Officially you're only allowed to carry such a knife if you need it in your job - e.g. carpenters use them. Packing a knife in a backpack should not be any prob

Officially you're only allowed to carry such a knife if you need it in your job - e.g. carpenters use them. Packing a knife in a backpack should not be any problem assuming you're not going to use it for self defence, in which case you'd be in dire straits. I regularly carry a knife in some form, from multi-tool to this type. I've never had any problems with it but then again, I live in the countryside and police is about as rare here as hen's teeth.