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Huh, your one looks a totally different blade colour to that one.
It's from massdrop thought, they make changes to the normal spec
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It's from massdrop thought, they make changes to the normal spec
Yes its technically legal, so are lots of other knifes. As I said though, if a police officer stops you and doesn't deem your reason for carrying it good enough, you will be arrested and you can't do anything about it.
Its fine if you use it for work and leave it at work, just if they catch you with it in a public place regardless of the reason, just hope its a nice cop.
Theres been times where people who have a small knife in there glovebox in their car have been arrested as the police officer didn't see it as a proper reason.
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Huh, your one looks a totally different blade colour to that one.
Any better?, last one wasn't in natural light, best i can manage now as it's getting dark, it's pretty much what it looks like anyway.
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Wrong. You don't need a reason to carry that knife.
Doesn't matter if the law says under 3inch is fine, they will still arrest you if the cop is having a bad day. Whether they will convict you it another story.
Plenty of stories around of it happening.
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Arrest you for what? Not breaking the law.
Since when does the police care about the law? if they see a knife you will be arrested if they are having a bad day. You wont be convicted but you will have to explain yourself.
As I said, plenty of stories around about it happening frequently, search around about it happens quite allot.
Anyway going way off topic, last thing I'll say about it.
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Don't have to explain anything. It's perfectly legal to carry at all times with a select few places or intentions. I've never heard of any 'stories'. It's just scaremongering.
Cool, how you finding it ?
Uploaded the maps from openmaps and setting data screens, but not had a chance to try it yet - hopefully by the weekend
Haven't used mine either,will have a look on that openmaps to see whats it all about.
You guys are arguing about the legality of that knife, but as far as I know this one in particular is spring assisted, which is a huge no no in many countries.
I'd be surprised if the UK allowed spring assisted knives!
I'd be surprised if the UK allowed spring assisted knives!
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https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives
"It is illegal to:
carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less"
"It is illegal to:
carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less"
The laws about buying and carrying a knife depend on the type of knife, your age and your circumstances.
Basic laws on knives
It is illegal to:
sell a knife to anyone under 18 (16 to 18 year olds in Scotland can buy cutlery and kitchen knives) unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, eg a Swiss Army knife
carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less
carry, buy or sell any type of banned knife
use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife, such as a Swiss Army knife)
Lock knives (knives with blades that can be locked when unfolded) are not folding knives, and are illegal to carry in public without good reason.
The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is 4 years in prison and a fine of £5,000.
Good reasons for carrying a knife
Examples of good reasons to carry a knife in public can include:
taking knives you use at work to and from work
taking knives to a gallery or museum to be exhibited
the knife is going to be used for theatre, film, television, historical reenactment or religious purposes, eg the kirpan some Sikhs carry
A court will decide if you’ve got a good reason to carry a knife if you’re charged with carrying it illegally.
Banned knives
There is a ban on the sale of some knives:
flick knives (also called ‘switchblades’ or ‘automatic knives’) - where the blade is hidden inside the handle and shoots out when a button is pressed
butterfly knives - where the blade is hidden inside a handle that splits in two around it, like wings; the handles swing around the blade to open or close it
disguised knives, eg where the blade is hidden inside a belt buckle or fake mobile phone
gravity knives
sword-sticks
samurai swords (with some exceptions, including antiques and swords made to traditional methods before 1954)
hand or foot-claws
push daggers
hollow kubotan (cylinder-shaped keychain) holding spikes
shuriken (also known as ‘death stars’ or ‘throwing stars’)
kusari-gama (sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kyoketsu-shoge (hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kusari (weight attached to a rope, cord or wire)
This is not a complete list of banned knives. Contact your local police to check if a knife is illegal.
Basic laws on knives
It is illegal to:
sell a knife to anyone under 18 (16 to 18 year olds in Scotland can buy cutlery and kitchen knives) unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, eg a Swiss Army knife
carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less
carry, buy or sell any type of banned knife
use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife, such as a Swiss Army knife)
Lock knives (knives with blades that can be locked when unfolded) are not folding knives, and are illegal to carry in public without good reason.
The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is 4 years in prison and a fine of £5,000.
Good reasons for carrying a knife
Examples of good reasons to carry a knife in public can include:
taking knives you use at work to and from work
taking knives to a gallery or museum to be exhibited
the knife is going to be used for theatre, film, television, historical reenactment or religious purposes, eg the kirpan some Sikhs carry
A court will decide if you’ve got a good reason to carry a knife if you’re charged with carrying it illegally.
Banned knives
There is a ban on the sale of some knives:
flick knives (also called ‘switchblades’ or ‘automatic knives’) - where the blade is hidden inside the handle and shoots out when a button is pressed
butterfly knives - where the blade is hidden inside a handle that splits in two around it, like wings; the handles swing around the blade to open or close it
disguised knives, eg where the blade is hidden inside a belt buckle or fake mobile phone
gravity knives
sword-sticks
samurai swords (with some exceptions, including antiques and swords made to traditional methods before 1954)
hand or foot-claws
push daggers
hollow kubotan (cylinder-shaped keychain) holding spikes
shuriken (also known as ‘death stars’ or ‘throwing stars’)
kusari-gama (sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kyoketsu-shoge (hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kusari (weight attached to a rope, cord or wire)
This is not a complete list of banned knives. Contact your local police to check if a knife is illegal.
What a load of nonsense. They're not going to go to all the hassle of arresting you and putting you in front of a custody Sgt just because they're having a "bad day". If you've come to the attention of the police in the first place chances are there's a reason for it.
Pretty sure an assisted opening knife is a banned knife?
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Kershaw
Blade: 8Cr13MoV stainless steel with ti-nitride coating
Blade type: Drop-point
Handle: Textured G-10/stainless steel
SpeedSafe assisted opening
Flipper
Frame lock
Lanyard hole
Ambidextrous pocket clip
Blade length: 3.5 in (8.9 cm)
Closed length: 4.4 in (11.1 cm)
Overall length: 7.9 in (20 cm)
Weight: 5.2 oz (147.4 g)
Pretty sure that makes that knife illegal?
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If you are wandering about with it in your pocket of a night out, yes.
If you have it in reach of you whilst driving, yes.
If you are going camping, no.
If you use it for work, no.
If it's in the boot, no.
It's all about the application / use of it.
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Plenty of good reasons to carry a knife. You would have to be whipping it out for a laugh or just looking like a general idiot for an officer to ruin your day over it.
I have three nasty looking knives ranging from 3"-5" that i take with me to fishing. I have had absolutely nothing said to me about it, even when i was younger. They are mainly used to cut fish, cut line and prepare lunch. I bailiff my local lakes which are near very nice private offices and so do get coppers patrol to make sure that there are no suspicious characters around but they dont seem to label me as a potential criminal, this is likely because when you are rocking more things than you can carry even if there were 3 of you, they dont expect you to go round looking for trouble with a knife in hand.
I have three nasty looking knives ranging from 3"-5" that i take with me to fishing. I have had absolutely nothing said to me about it, even when i was younger. They are mainly used to cut fish, cut line and prepare lunch. I bailiff my local lakes which are near very nice private offices and so do get coppers patrol to make sure that there are no suspicious characters around but they dont seem to label me as a potential criminal, this is likely because when you are rocking more things than you can carry even if there were 3 of you, they dont expect you to go round looking for trouble with a knife in hand.
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Aside from commuting from a place of work where you use knives regularly, or going fishing/camping, is there actually any justifiable reason to carry a knife in public, no matter what the size of it? Frankly, I find it pretty scary you can legally carry a 3" knife, just 'cus.
Does that mean these yobbos you hear about who go around slashing peoples faces with Stanley knives aren't doing anything wrong by carrying the knife in the first place? And if an officer stops them before they commit a crime, there is nothing they can do?
Does that mean these yobbos you hear about who go around slashing peoples faces with Stanley knives aren't doing anything wrong by carrying the knife in the first place? And if an officer stops them before they commit a crime, there is nothing they can do?
I got a random stop & search at Liverpool Street Station a few years ago after petting a drugs dog (well, he was cute and excitable).
Brief search, and I had my scuba gear bag with me as I'd just done some pool training.
They didn't mention the bloody great dive knife attached to my BCD, although they did look at it.
Brief search, and I had my scuba gear bag with me as I'd just done some pool training.
They didn't mention the bloody great dive knife attached to my BCD, although they did look at it.
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