I read this article and all the comments with great interest. As a man in his fifties, I was crammed into a store door by two police officers, obvious dagger vests, pepper spray ready because a member of the public was alerted when my pocket knife fell to the ground as I was pulling my wallet out of my pocket to pay for chips! At that time, I had my open bag of chips in one hand and my dog and leash in the other. This in a county town in the far west of Cornwall. I am not a Toxteth ffs hoodie. I`ve been carrying a knife since my grandfather put me on his lap and taught me how to sharpen a pencil. During Arctic survival training in Norway, it was against local orders, so „illegal“ for me not to have my knife with me. I`m lost without a knife, and a locking blade is a safety feature to protect the user`s fingers from accidental closing. I had to remove the locking collar from my opinel and grind the blade to 3 inches. Madness. This country, which I fought in two wars and two tours in Northern Ireland, went to the dogs.

I would have liked to emigrate to Canada. Examples of good reasons to carry a knife or gun in public can be: Steve, you raise a very good point. Those who have never completed their military training (I have met former squadrons turned mercenaries in Bosnia) simply do not understand the self-discipline that training gives you. I met some very interesting people and talked to them for a long time – and I learned a lot from them. One guy taught me a few tricks he had learned from what he called „the funny lot.“ Oh no, he says, you don`t need to carry some kind of knife, a sharp 6H pencil is much better. The UK police can`t f#@£ do everything about it. Best wishes. DM. UK knife law allows you to carry non-lockable pocket knives with a blade length of up to 3 inches (7.62 cm) for no good reason. Similarly, I was shot on a mountain road when I was probably about 12 years old. 20 years ago, police used a Rambo knife to ask what it was for. I told myself to hunt the rabbits and they said good luck lol.

I wore French arrows and cool clothes when I was a kid. Unfortunately, people now wear to harm other people.sad, but true. The legal length for a non-lockable foldable blade is 3 inches or 7.62 cm A knife of legal length can still be considered an assault weapon if it can be perceived as such by someone else. Lockable folding knives, fixed blade knives, and knives larger than 3 inches/7.62 cm are all illegal for transportation in a public place without further defense. It is the duty of the person to: Who carries the knife to know and understand the law – ignorance is not a defense Access lands and public trails are also public places The full UK legislation on knife law can be found here www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/section/139 There are several other types of knives whose possession is illegal, period. Other banned knives are the following list: All this looks like complete madness! As children, we carried knives over 3 inches and no one had the slightest desire to stab anyone! Locking knives are not considered folding knives and cannot be carried in public without a valid reason. The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is 4 years in prison and an unlimited fine. You will be sentenced to jail time if you are convicted of carrying a knife more than once. With knife stools, the question often arises: „Can I own X or Z knives?“ Basically, we only sell knives that you are allowed to own in the UK. Therefore, the purchase of any of the knives on our website is allowed.

Whether you are allowed to carry the knife in public is another story. I wanted to use my Anglo Arms locking knife as an EDC because the serrated blade part, belt cutter and glass breaker are apparently illegal to carry in my backpack because it`s a locking knife, and it can barely exceed 7.62cm, depending on where you say the blade starts counting. I hope at least something like this goes well in my car in case of an emergency, probably also under the car with the pipes so that I can`t reach it easily. Folding blade knives are called EDC or Every Day Carry. An EDC is not a weapon, it is a tool that you would carry with you to accomplish daily tasks. However, if you wear one in a public place, good reasons are to bring the knives you use to work to and from work, to bring knives to a gallery or museum to display, or to have your knife used for theatre, film, television, re-enactments or religious purposes. This basically means that you own a locking knife or a fixed blade knife and can use it at home or in the country, so you should be able to use your fixed blade for camping without any problems. One of the most common questions we are asked is, „Which knives are legal?“ and here are some of the types of knives that are prohibited: I have recently started geocahing and many caches are hidden behind bushes, brambles and undergrowth. I would like to carry something bigger than a pocket knife, but the risk of being caught and charged is too great.

Remember: ignorance of the law is not a defense – it`s up to you to learn and understand what your legal responsibilities are. The government`s website on the knife law explicitly states that sword sticks are illegal. To be fair, it`s a real hidden weapon, and it`s hard to think of a valid reason to wear one in a public place? Given the current level of knife crime that we are currently experiencing in the United Kingdom, I would expect to feel the full weight of the law if I were to carry my bush knife in public, how else can one fight knife crime with a zero-tolerance attitude towards the wearing of blade objects. So, in my opinion, this is a simple case of „don`t be stupid“ because, combined with the actual legal restrictions, the epidemic of knife crime mentioned above should be reason enough to tell anyone with a mastermind carrying a bladed gun in public that this is a big no. Also, keep in mind that using a knife (legal or illegal) in a threatening manner is also illegal. So using your (legal) Swiss Army knife in a threatening way is still illegal. „It is illegal to carry a knife in public for no good reason unless it has a manual folding blade less than 3 inches long.“ You should contact your local police department to check if a knife or gun is illegal. You shouldn`t have to worry about an overzealous cop! If you make bush boats and carry a knife for this peaceful purpose, why worry? That alone says that there is something wrong with policing that has happened to innocent people until proven otherwise? I shouldn`t think that, especially when you`re on your way to or from work. I went to my local pub to carry one of these cheap plastic knives with snap blades, handed it to the owner and got another one at work the next day. The owner even asked me if I could buy him more blades a few weeks later, cheeky $b@ #@rd. I have a sword stick walking stick, the handle must be unscrewed (3 full turns) before you can access the blade, so you can`t threaten anyone with the blade until then.

Although I suspect one could say that only a cane is a weapon in itself. If the knife is included in the list above, you should not even own it. However, some people assume that owning a locking knife or fixed blade is illegal, which is not the case, these knives are simply illegal to carry in a public place for no good reason. The government website itself states: „Locking knives are not classified as folding knives and can be worn illegally in public without good reason. Lock knives: have blades that can only be locked and folded at the touch of a button. There are no buttons on an opinel or anything that could be interpreted as such. And come on, you don`t need anything bigger than a number 6 Opinel to do everything you need to do, day in and day out, anywhere in the UK. Common sense only works if the other party has it too. Airport security confiscated my Spyderco squeak because it was „threatening.“ All 2 „of them.

I surrendered with dignity, it made no sense to do anything else. My son had a car accident and the police wanted to prosecute him because he had 2 approved folding knives in the street, one in his jacket that he had forgotten, the other in his pants used as a silver clip. The officer then asked him what he was using them for; 10 minutes later, she gave up. I`m going on a bike tour of Wales next week; All very civilized – no camping, little off-road, no kitchen. But I take some of my own food, because of dietary restrictions. I have a leather man but I want to take my bush knife with me because: 1) It is not hygienic to use a knife for everything 2) short blades are sometimes too short to cut food 3) if I have to make a fire, I need the bigger knife 4) in an emergency scenario (please answer on a postcard) a folding knife would collapse under considerable pressure, Lock or not lock. The Bushcraft knife does not.