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New old razor - vintage (1967) Gillette Super Speed

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My merkur razor is still the best purchase I've ever made when it comes to grooming. In 10yrs it's definitely paid for itself avoiding hideously priced, face ripping Mach Elevntybillion blades.
 
Cosimo said:
Where from?
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It was an Ebay seller from Kentucky - It looks like he sells a lot of razors.

tom_e said:
My merkur razor is still the best purchase I've ever made when it comes to grooming. In 10yrs it's definitely paid for itself avoiding hideously priced, face ripping Mach Elevntybillion blades.
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I love my 34HD. It is still my go to razor after many years of abuse.
 
Tephnos said:
Pretty sure an assisted opening knife is a banned knife?
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Assisted openers quite cleverly get around the wording of the law that defines a flick knife. For instance, they don't open automatically at the press of a button. there is no button on the handle, there is no spring.

It may well be the case that if it ever gets tested in court, that a judge will decide they are the same thing, such as when one decided that a locking knife was the same as a full knife, and that's been used in case law ever since.

The fact is that it's all a bit silly, as even the police will tell you that 90 percent of the knives used in crimes are kitchen knives taken from the kitchen drawer. No one is going to spend good money on a flash knife and then use it to casually commit a crime and discard it.
 
bobbyspangles said:
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?
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There is not much of a reason to carry it outside these events but you will find many men carry some sort of multi-tool on their keys with a knife on it, though not one which is any more dangerous than their fists.

The police can stop and do something if they found a knife on someone they deem as a yobo. I am saying that you are unlikely to bat any eyes if you are carrying a relatively small knife under the assumption you don't look like scum. You cant get away with casually walking around with a 3" blade but a small blade on someone in a labourer's outfit or attached to a set of keys owned by what looks like a normal person is unlikely to turn any police heads.

Small knives are no more dangerous than a fully grown man's body if the motivation to do damage is there. If you took away the knife in many knife crime situations, then you will still get the violent crime part just without the tool to go with it.
 
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maccapacca said:
You can, it's completely legal as long as it's not a lock knife or any of the others on the list of not allowed.
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While it is legal, i believe if you carry the knife in a way they deem it to be dangerous or suspicious, they can confiscate it and you can appeal/apply to get it back. Outside of the activities mentioned, you will be hard pressed to justify a 3" knife in a place like a shopping centre or down the pub. Carrying a knife for protection is not acceptable.
 
I think the place you walk around will weigh heavily on the perception as well. Walking around Brixton with a nice sharpy will probably attract a slightly different form of attention than if you're out in the sticks.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
While it is legal, i believe if you carry the knife in a way they deem it to be dangerous or suspicious, they can confiscate it and you can appeal/apply to get it back. Outside of the activities mentioned, you will be hard pressed to justify a 3" knife in a place like a shopping centre or down the pub. Carrying a knife for protection is not acceptable.
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Anything can be deemed an offensive weapon if someone is offended by it. You can probably offend someone with a banana if you wave it in a threatening manner.
 
bobbyspangles said:
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?
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I've carried a swisss army 'mountaineer' knife since I was about 10.
It is always in my pocket. During the day, nights out etc.

I also have a leatherman supertool 300 on my belt when I'm out and about and at work.
However, I wouldn't take this on a night out due to the locking blades - despite that these are inside the tool, so you have to open the pliers to get at them...
It's hardly "u wot m8? ima sab u up innit" quick to deploy. :rolleyes:

But I know how some people are frightened of knives; making the assumption that their only use is for violence.

There are plenty of times when the use of a 3" or +3" locking or fixed blade would have been more usefull and safer for me to use than my SAK. But as a general rule the SAK makes do.
I guess some of you would need the old smelling salts if they glimpsed the folding saw and small axe that lives inside my camping/hikeing rucksak.

I believe the knife in question earlier is of the flipper design with a frame lock. Hardly an auto knife or a flick knife.

Back on topic. If I remember, I'll post some of my new tools when I get home.
 
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