Every Day Carry - What is Legal in the UK?

UK Folding pocket knife exemption explained per s139 Criminal Justice Act 1988
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[@donaldcarr8766]

It is important to remember that any item you claim to have for defensive reasons can then be interpreted as an offensive weapon in UK law.

[@garygilbert1127]

nothing is ever for defense in the UK, if you say that you are the offender.

[@bikergamersoldierspy533]

That's my point too. By definition your defensive object is not an offensive weapon. Could it be, sure. But it's not why you have it. You might want to ram some pedestrians with your car, if you're not right in the head, and yet I don't see everyone's driving licences revoked and cars destroyed. Criminals, by definition, don't care about the law. You, as a law-abiding citizen, have no right to defend yourself, or else you become a criminal yourself. It's absurd.

[@StarlasAiko]

I always carry a book with me, in case I have to defend myself against boring people.

[@gibsonms]

That’s exactly it. Any item that you carry for protection that has an different use simply *has* to be stated to be being carried for that other use. I carry a 6D Maglite torch with me.

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

Which is absurd.

[@ironboy121]

Government: ✋😤 “No locking blades” Kid drawing his final breath after getting slashed 15 times with a machete: 👁️👄👁️

[@wherezthebeef]

How wonderful that the UK has imported so much cultural diversity... before the immigrants arrived decades ago, I had never heard of the terms: Grooming Gangs. Honor Killings. Acid Attacks...

[@RareManga]

@@wherezthebeef Smells like Hitler in here. did you hear about Churchill starving 3 million people in the Bay of Bengal?

[@City-Swimmer]

​@RareManga No one takes you seriously when you throw around "hitler" and "nazi" so flippantly. People have legitimate concerns with mass immigration, it doesn't make them fascist. Dismissing them as you have, only drives people further into their own positions.

[@eliaspanayi3465]

​@@RareMangadid you hear about the stabbings and the rape? Not before the immigration you diddnt.

[@JustCallMeCode]

@@City-Swimmerpeople didn’t have concerns when Britain chose to start an empire and go raid countries right? Reverse the roles, hypothetically a war breaks out in the UK, meaning UK residents need to migrate. Would you contribute to that country you’ve moved to? Simply put, Unification over Diversity everyday, how can people allow pigment and religion to cloud that we’re bodies living….

[@DawleyDude]

I've worked in the security industry for many years. In those years, I've dealt with two knife incidents, the first was a stanley knife, the guy was threatening me and my colleague with it as he was trying to steal and we caught him, thankfully we managed to take it from him and hold him until police came, fast forward to court and despite the charges against him, he did no jail time and was released, his fine was peanuts.. the 2nd was 2 guys who were removed from premises because they were harrasing women who were on a birthday night out, they left without incident but came back "tooled up" again we handled the situation quite well, once we detained the one and got his kitchen knife the other chap ran away, police caught him later, fadt forward again and the case is dropped by police, all they got was drunk and disorderly to which they paid a small fine and were free to go. So if you wonder why knife crime is so high please not its because the law is lying to us, same as flytipping they say 10k fine, but in reality, it never is! The Uk justice system is nothing to fear. For whatever reason the justice system is easily beaten every time by solicitors who seem to be able to get around things.

[@binkwillans5138]

So, there you go. Lesson 101 in the security industry. Don't call the police, and don''t let the guys go.

[@pevebe]

On our door if they're acting like that soon after is usually when they trip and fall down the flight of stairs next to our premises

[@satchice9102]

Sometimes it seems the law goes after the easy targets like law-abiding fishermen, campers, tradesmen rather than the real ne'er do-wells. I'm suspicious it's because it's easy to fine normally law-abiding citizens, than real criminals.

[@Rodney-kv4kr]

It’s not a justice system, it’s a law system .

[@mandowarrior123]

No, thugs get let off, its someone with scissors in their grooming kit that gets made an example of. Plus, it depends round here which colour you are as to the severity of your crimes.

[@johnj4860]

Every schoolboy in the 1950s had a penknife in his pocket along with a bit of string, a broken pencil and various "stuff". The stuff varied with the season and could include marbles and conkers. Penknives with additional functions such as a point to get stones out of horses hooves were prized possessions despite the extra functions never being required.

[@colinhume365]

Boy Scouts motto, BE PREPARED, now, its be a victim.

[@zogzoogler]

at 42 that is still the basic contents of my pockets, add a random spade fuse, a piece of kids lego

[@bamberlamb6512]

Even if it was provably true that "every" schoolboy carried a penknife, they weren't carrying a £126 pound Spyderco lockback, also you are still able to carry a penknife for the daily occurrence of horses with stones stuck in their hooves as long as it doesn't lock and the blade is under 3.5 inches long.

[@jb-zr4ez]

How did we ever go from young boys, conkers and marbles to young boys, drugs and stabbings? What happened to society between then and now? I feel that my generation has really failed in their responsibilities towards the young.

[@EtonieE25]

@@jb-zr4ezCoz the f-fin STUPID idiots running the show have allowed this current f-upped society we’ve allowed to breed!!…..and breed…..and breed…..and bre…..

[@davidwebb4904]

How are knife crime, machete knife crime, still happening? Don’t the criminals know these are illegal?

[@graywolf6498]

Odd thing, criminals don’t follow the law.

[@ornatus9616]

Criminals don't care about the law...

[@Strider9655]

Which means the law isn't for them, it's for us.

[@elingrome5853]

Buekele kind of showed the way...

[@ivanbuckingham2302]

😂😂😂 great comment

[@AmeobaKing]

Buying a £150 knife to open parcels...I'm in the wrong job.

[@Ramsay77]

For that price it has to be made from titanium.

[@tescoprimark1299]

It’s kind of a flex you know.

[@Clembo]

It's more like £50

[@Ricksta-op3qj]

I saw it as a massive humble brag

[@H4WK6969]

@@Ramsay77 My new UKPK has a titanium handle, its awesome.

[@Martin-ox6ox]

A screwdriver is more dangerous than a 3 inch lock knife.

[@blow0me]

Stupid rules and lawmakers, and police, are even more dangerous than any knife.

[@terminsane]

That's why the UK police brag about confiscating screwdrivers, metal files, and other general tools they find in people's yards during "weapon sweeps"

[@alexthorpe2522]

Worked in a hospital years ago. Guy came in with horrific injuries to his thighs, arms, abdomen. Found later he'd been attacked with a screwdriver that had been sharpened to a very fine point.

[@blow0me]

@@alexthorpe2522 car thieves in Northern Ireland killed a car owner quite a few years back with a screwdriver. I don't think true justice was ever served either. That's how the UK law works, They target the innocent, and ignore the killers.

[@BRM101]

True

[@DeborahDonnellan]

I know this is about Knives, but I do recall when hand guns were banned as a result of the terrible tragedy in Dunblane Scotland Many former legal hand gun owners said” when hand guns are outlawed , only the outlaws will have hand guns”

[@captainchaos3053]

@DeborahDonnellan I know what I'm going to say will sound terrible but hand guns were banned as a result of Mr Bill Clinton. Tony Blair was so easily led and Clinton was pushing gun control hopping that 8f he could do it here then the states would see how much better it is and he could do it there. However as you can see violent crime figures are in no way lower.

[@fortnitefred1351]

Read Dunblane never forget. 👀

[@LibtardTears]

I never gave up my hand guns. Only the mugs done it.

[@anonnona8099]

@@fortnitefred1351 > Read Dunblane never forget. Never forget that if the police had done their job properly, and properly enforced the existing firearms legislation at the time, Thomas Hamilton would never have been allowed to own those guns in the first place.

[@AddyBittler-]

@@fortnitefred1351some say it was a hoax no one died no one got hurt (so I’ve heard) like the abedid thing in Manchester they say he blew himself up at the arena!!! The someone got a FOI request for the police Comms and apparently abedid was apprehended near the Renault garage in Salford in a silver Audi that he was know to drive.. but it was covered up as per.. so ask yourself how does a suicide bomber blow himself up then drives off in an Audi 😆. Oh and his dad was a asset of the security service on the attempted overthrow of gaddafi in the 90s then end up living in rusholme in Manchester so it’s no stretch for his son to get into that game.. 👍 don’t shoot the messenger

[@terminsane]

Self defense is illegal. You might hurt your attacker.

[@KopperNeoman]

To a Socialist, it's the only violent crime.

[@BrightonandHoveActually]

That is incorrect. Self defence (spelled with a "c") is legal in the UK provided any force used is reasonable and proportionate. Even lethal force can and has been lawfully used on occasion. What is unlawful is carrying something with the intention of causing harm.

[@imnotconvinced4833]

@@BrightonandHoveActuallyso you can defend yourself using deadly force or a weapon and cause harm as long as you didn’t intend to defend yourself with deadly force or the weapon, causing harm, if necessary. Makes perfect sense.

[@anjou6497]

​@@BrightonandHoveActually Exactly. Well said.

[@RandomShart]

​@@anjou6497I think it's a fair point, the law deems that carrying a weapon to defend yourself from harm is the same as carrying a weapon with intent to cause harm. So it is legal to defend yourself but the law will always put you at a disadvantage to the criminal.

[@jingle9691]

Can confirm, I've been injured by non locking knives more than locking knives

[@douglasjackson6955]

Once in the hand a lifetime in the drawer

[@Evro_X]

UK law is just stupid. I can see why carrying a knife in public is illegal, but things like pepper spray for self defence? Especially nowadays when you can see masked individuals roaming the city during the night. Just look at the amounts of robberies and stabbings, it's ridiculous, we are suppose to be like defenseless sheeps. I'm working during night hours few minutes walk from home, but still I have to walk for 10-15 mins through the city before I arrive at home, the amount of times when I've seen actual thieves and thugs fully masked riding on their motorbikes or simply looking for "trouble" is crazy. It's literally like living in 3rd world country. I've seen idiots walking around with machetes and kitchen knifes, drug dealers driving up to you asking if you want to buy something... What happened to this country. Worst thing about that is police just don't care about it, they will drive by and act like it's normal night.

[@paulbradford5692]

Yes drive being the opritive word not walk or maybe running away more like 🤔

[@THISISLolesh]

UK self defence laws need updating asap.

[@davewallace5008]

The ONLY law in these times is carry something that will get the job done and f*** the laws! Until the streets become safe again - if ever, I will carry my 6in marine knife.

[@TKJliveYT]

Yeah the public are just at the mercy of criminals. it's a joke.

[@jinz0]

Give us guns

[@michaelpockat1]

Y'all need the 2nd amendment

[@RRaymer]

@@michaelpockat1No we don’t want 3rd world laws

[@andyxox4168]

WTF am I supposed to sharpen my quill with?

[@kierhudson1328]

A pebble.

[@ziggarillo]

Your " pen knife" They're still legal.

[@thomasmooney5653]

Razor sharp w..

[@operationsauce]

whoa whoa whoa, didn't you know quills were made illegal in public areas after king george 3rd cut his cuticle whilst on horse back!

[@andyxox4168]

@@ziggarillo .. you haven’t seen the size of my quill 😂😂😂

[@khaaaaaaaaaannn]

Living in Poland is a lot more relaxed. I carry around a 4 inch locking blade with gravity assisted opening, without a care in the world. The length, lock, and opening mechanism would all be illegal back in the UK 😂

[@PW-72648]

You can carry but still can't protect yourself because they would mean getting sent to prison after 😂🤡

[@cottonbrad]

That was Canada. Carried a locking Blackhawk for 15 years before moving to the UK, where I don't even chance an irritated stare lest the cops get called out.

[@BerserkirOfSchmedes]

@PW-72648 better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

[@Pesoz77]

@@BerserkirOfSchmedesbro reciting song lyrics 😂😂😂

[@BerserkirOfSchmedes]

@@Pesoz77 i wouldnt know if its a song. i know its a saying.

[@ameliagfawkes512]

Basically, self-defence is illegal.

[@Trosity]

Even tasers and pepper spray is illegal even if it's a woman that has the item

[@Ye_Boah]

Yes and its absolute bullshit. All these laws do is destroy the publics capacity to defend themselves against the criminals that carry such knives. We need the second amendment ong

[@danwillis7997]

Self defense is legal providing you use reasonable force. Using an item for self defense (assuming its done with reasonable force) is legal. But carrying anything for the purpose of self defense is illegal. For example if someone threatened you with a knife and you picked up a rock and threw at them so you could get away that would be legal. But carrying the rock so you can throw it at an armed assailant would be illegal

[@usernamechecksout]

@@danwillis7997 this is the dumbest shit I've ever read! And I'm not referring to you writing this but the UK law itself. It's mindboggingly retarded.

[@usernamechecksout]

Back in my country there were instances of people defending themselves against perpetrators on their property with knives or axes that were then sent to jail because they (the victims) had more "menacing" weapons. Basically, if your knife had a longer blade you were effed. Because a dick measuring contest is the first thing that comes to mind when someone breaks into your house! It took years but they finally changed the law, allowing for people to use "any kind of force they deem reasonable" to protect themselves or their property. Burglaries dropped significantly after a guy used his hunting rifle on some perpetrators, killing both of them. The case got a lot of attention and it was for the best. 90% of all break-ins now are done when the owners are not at home - the case the properties for weeks or month (I assume) to find work patterns and vacations and whatnot. But as a general rule they've become very rare. I believe they left it the same for when you're outside your property: if your knife is bigger then you're effed. I wish more countries would adopt concealed carry tbh.

[@Bertiesghost]

They are going to ban crossbows now due to the triple murder in Enfield. Nanny State BS.

[@NoBug404]

Well yes what possible reason could you have for needing a crossbow? Hunting? No use a rifle. Plus you need to prove you have the use of land for game hunting to get it. Target shooting? Not a good trade off for murder.

[@Bertiesghost]

@@NoBug404 many people uses crossbows for target sport on their own property. Your wife’s boyfriend is glad you’re such a pushover.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa69]

@@NoBug404 if you were drowning i'd throw you a cinderblock

[@steveborgman9995]

@@Bertiesghost And then there are people like yourself who make utterly childish insults like this. If you are too immature to be able to use a keyboard in a responsible manner then you absolutely should not be allowed to own a crossbow.

[@RottenProfits]

Yet you can legally carry a bow and arrow around in public

[@shaunrogers2256]

If I'm in my work clothes I'll more than likely have a knife in a pocket. Never crossed my mind to use it on another person.

[@sybentley6675]

same.

[@binkwillans5138]

Remind me not to insult you in your work clothes.

[@JamesBakerAdventurer]

same. As a gardener and landscaper a pocket knife is the least dangerous tool i carry.

[@DarkRainUK]

​@@JamesBakerAdventurer I specialise in tradional Japanese horticulture so i use alot of traditional Japanese tools in my work . My hori hori that I use alot is bigger than most rambo knifes but at the end of the day they're tools to do ours job not weapons

[@MatSmithLondon]

@@DarkRainUK hilarious comment award goes to you 😂

[@AngelaH2222]

Maybe I'm suspicious minded...but if someone breaks into the BBB's home he's going to claim he was "opening parcels" at the time

[@user-zw5rv3nu1c]

Quality 🤣

[@Bond2025]

He is very busy during the day, so was sitting up doing a quick youtube edit and decided to open a parcel he forgot about from earlier on that day. That sounds reasonable to me. Someone run at him as he was walking out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee and large knife about to be used to cut a scone! There are loads of defences. The best I heard was for a man being caught in a shop with a knife and accused of attempt robbery. He had been "making a pie" and was cutting pastry up when he saw a friend walk past, he run out of his kitchen and over the road to see him going in to a shop and followed him in, completely forgetting about the knife he was holding. The CCTV didn't match up with that version of events!

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

I was just cleaning my air rifle...

[@jamesrutterford576]

You’re allowed to use a knife in self defense in your own home though

[@TEEETHREEEMEEE]

BBB would not need any knife for self-defense. He practices various martial arts and has a black belt in one discipline. I pity the burglar trying to break into BBB's house!

[@leokimvideo]

The knife laws are much stricter in Australia, the UK has so many loopholes

[@Morio412]

I have had a police officer hum and arr about arresting me for having a fish filleting knife in my tackle box when sea fishing a couple of years ago. I used it for cutting up my bait and also cleaning and prepping fresh caught fish to put in the cooler to take home. I can tell you my back end tightened when having that conversation.

[@Treblaine]

That "good reason" defence of section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act (1988) has to do a LOT of work. Even small nail scissors are a liability as it doesn't say "knife" but any "article that has a blade or is sharply pointed".

[@garygilbert1127]

hasnt happened to me but I have knives when fishing and camping, I also use a billhook to clear brambles from walkways and mtb trails in the forest because the council stopped doing it when the tories got in, it's unfair we risk punishment for the acts of a few idiots in shopping centres, druggies etc.

[@alanmumford8806]

@@garygilbert1127 As a contributory member of a fishing club in the previous millenium, I would regularly carry a billhook or an Irish slasher, for clearing bankside vegetation. Apparently, if I did the same now, I could potentially be imprisoned. I no longer live the the UK, a life-choice which seems to have been wise.

[@Jones-xx2gc]

What a joke.

[@snowywelsh]

Quite right too, and you should have been imprisoned for A 1000 YEAAAAARRRRRRRRSSSSSSS. . .

[@LuxFerre4242]

Isn't it lovely that one city being a crime-ridden hole means the rest of the UK gets pummelled with these stupid laws.

[@victororlov1236]

Im sure everything will improve under Starmer. 🤣

[@andyxox4168]

@@LuxFerre4242 ‘One’ city? … the list is long!

[@cliveo3]

@@victororlov1236 Yes ,he will give everybody a free magic carpet ,so we can fly away from danger .

[@KX36]

I don't know what city you mean, but I assume London. I'm not anywhere near London but I see about equivalent number of major traumas due to stabbing as to car crashes in my A&E. About 500 of each per year.

[@victororlov1236]

@@cliveo3 Or you can pay attention to your environment and maintain a casual level of situational awareness ... but that does requires some rational thought and intellect. ... ummmm I see the problem now.

[@arthurmorgan4720]

In the UK you can’t defend yourself instead you are to call the authorities, wait an hour, receive a crime reference number then spend months trying to press chargers all while dodging an attacker 😂

[@michaelney7006]

I was giving expert evidence in the RCJ so offered my swiss army knife, with locking blade because I have the scar on one finger when a folding blade shut on me in a dark roof-space. Security took my knife - as I expected but told them, they'd better keep it accessible in case the Judge asked for it, to which the duty policeman scoffed. Well, the Judge did want it so a very disgruntled policeman had to come into the Court to produce it. At the end of the hearing, they refused to let me have my knife back so I wrote to the Superintendant at Saville Row demanding its return as a tool of my trade (a building surveyor). They sent it back by post.

[@eliaspanayi3465]

You can't post knives, you should report them. Partly to screw with them, partly because it's a real law.

[@ivanbuckingham2302]

Laws take away your freedom but if you break the law you go to jail, and loose your freedom, you loose freedom either way. Most of us don't need laws to control our behaviour and those that do don't care about laws.

[@AI-Records24]

Well said. Something about most brits though, they love to be governed. Love to be told what to do, how to do it, what’ll happen if they don’t do it as they’ve been told, and most importantly, what they cannot do, and again what’ll happen if they do do those things. It’s beyond me why people like rules and laws rather than freedom to choose, and it’s infuriating😡

[@rosiefay7283]

@@AI-Records24 Why do you prefer the freedom to go out in public and stab people? I prefer the freedom to go out in public and not risk getting stabbed.

[@DrGreenGiant]

​@@AI-Records24I'd say it's because we believe that the law is doing net good. In this case a limitation of freedom in exchange for safety. For example, we don't have the freedom to carry guns and as a benefit I've never once worried that someone is going to point a gun at me or a stray bullet might hit me in the crossfire. Different cultures have different reasonable views on things. If I was to go to America, my views would no longer be reasonable in that culture.

[@TheChees1996]

In fact you have more freedom in jail than outside, cause you don't have to pay taxes, rent and other stuff. You even get free education. But most prisoners are too lazy to see it.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

@@AI-Records24 errrr no, most Brits are intensely annoyed by this type of thing.

[@User-3O3]

The law-abiding citizen is persecuted for carrying something as a means to defend themselves while the police and the criminals go around carrying whatever they like. Make it make sense.

[@chrisfs150]

Police and criminals you say? Can anyone tell the difference i say..... 😊

[@gavinr4214]

It makes perfect sense if you accept certain truths about the world we live in. Though I suspect you'd see those truths as looney.

[@KopperNeoman]

Constitutionally speaking, those Subjects who are Protestants are allowed to carry arms appropriate to their self-defence. The ones who should be getting pilloried for carrying are the very ones who would get the luvvies crying racismus.

[@KX36]

@@chrisfs150 easy. the criminals are the ones who do things, the police are the ones who don't.

[@CristiNeagu]

1. Yes, only law abiding citizens suffer from this, since they're the only ones that are likely to carry a locking blade knife. Criminals all carry massive kitchen knives and machetes, so they don't care about small knives. 2. That being said, don't carry a knife with you for self defence unless you are trained to use it as such. If you're not, chances are you will get hurt. It's a bad idea. Don't do it.

[@grovec7085]

got a 4 month community order for a 3 inch lock knife from go outdoors, i had fishing gear with me but the police threw it away and dident log it with my personal items in order to get me prosecuted

[@349UrbanVlogs]

Don't bring a pocket knife to an umbrella fight

[@binkwillans5138]

And vice versa, obviously.

[@alexpeartree2019]

​@@binkwillans5138dunno about that, a big ass umbrella might be handy in a knife fight!

[@scotbotvideos]

@@alexpeartree2019 Also handy for keeping unruly dogs at bay.

[@binkwillans5138]

@@alexpeartree2019 True, just ask Hiram Holliday.

[@Bond2025]

Your umbrella is a weapon too. Mine has a spike at the end.

[@simongrushka983]

in other words: don't you even think about defending yourself, as anything brought for defense will be quallified as 'offensive weapon'

[@davidwebb4904]

Exactly. Our society has been turned into a nation of victims. And youths still carry machetes which they are not at all afraid to use. Then they disappear in Tenerife. ……

[@simongrushka983]

@@davidwebb4904 is the comment about that missing guy necessary thou?

[@davidwebb4904]

@@simongrushka983 He's a wrong un. As is his entire family. He should be in high security for a decade for his crime of attempted murder, but no. He's off partying in Spain

[@JohnLamjohnlsl]

The law is designed in a way that only bad guys can have weapon, good guys can easily became a victim, Because the bad guys don't have consequences if they attack someone Waiting for the police? You can wait in your coffin for justice

[@outofthetrash5925]

​@@simongrushka983Not too familiar with the story but if he previously used a Machete on the streets of the UK, then yes.

[@greamespens1460]

I know that you have touched on this subject before but I thank you for refreshing it for us.

[@Andykerrfield]

I carry and use my Leatherman multi tool every day.. even used it at my mates wedding to fix one of the speakers, he didn't want me wearing it because it didn't go with the kilt🤷‍♂️

[@Clembo]

Those knife elements lock, technically against the law.

[@baldbeardyandbiking6686]

The irony is you could have had a Sgian-dubh dagger in your sock! One of the 3 exceptions in Sect 139 of the CJA 1988 is as part of a national costume. If you're wearing a kilt as part of traditional Scottish dress then you have an exception to the law.

[@baldbeardyandbiking6686]

@@Clembo Not all multitools have locking blades. I carry a Leatherman Kick. Totally street legal (confirmed by showing it to a number of police officers)

[@pevebe]

@@baldbeardyandbiking6686 Did you have to order this from the US?

[@buckleyjteams]

@@pevebe no multi tool store uk

[@robg5710]

But apparently it’s perfectly fine for a certain religion to March through London recently celebrating a festival whilst carrying full size curved swords.

[@davidmwood560]

I keep a multi-use Swiss Army knife in its leather case, in the toolkit section of my car. It is adapted by the manufacturer for one-handed use. (My left hand/arm is compromised due to injury). I also have an automatic knife with a glass-breaker at one end of the handle; this lives in the driver's door pocket and is in a leather case. The latter has a 5" blade and I had to prove necessity in order to have it in my car. The knife is of historic interest yet, I encounter no problem having, on occasion, a bootful of historic weapons, including firearms! (I am a collector in a small way) I think you'd have loved the reaction from a lone copper when he saw a 4·5 foot long, ancient Executioner's sword on the rear seat...... Priceless!

[@FaanBoerseun]

Just wait until the eye of sauron turns to you

[@charlesta654]

i had a swiss army knife as a kid but it didnt have a knife..think it was just called a swiss army ???

[@mamba101]

If you haven’t already, checkout leatherman free series, they’re designed to operate one handed.

[@benthedaddyYT]

Bull

[@NahBroUK]

Not allowing locking knives is a public safety risk. An absolute joke

[@ziggarillo]

Just don't carry a knife, if you dont like non locking blades. If you have a legitimate reason to need a knife with a locking blade, you can legally carry one.

[@gavinr4214]

Diversity and it's many gifts.

[@mikeharris2650]

I accidentally cut my finger to the bone once using a non locking blade. Still dont like using them.

[@NahBroUK]

@@ziggarilloit’s just a tool. What’s your problem with them?

[@hexrag5901]

making a safety feature illegal is indeed moronic

[@Zeyr01]

Frustrating when cops lack the common sense for the "work" exemption or just looking to get their arrest numbers up? I know a chef who was arrested for carrying his knives from his car to work while dressed in his chef whites 🤦‍♂️ One of the questions in the interview was "Why don't you leave them at work?" A "Because these cost me over £1000" NFA but what a huge waste of time.

[@AI-Records24]

They joined the police for one reason and it wasn’t to help others

[@sybentley6675]

Cops....common sense? ....come on!

[@mandowarrior123]

Its a defence, that means they can arrest you and charge you regardless. And probably KPIs yes. This law really needs to stop, and police need to have repercussions for their behavior.

[@Codysdab]

A man near where I live was killed by a single punch to the head just the other day. I'm now expecting laws to be created to ban the carrying of hands in public. Everyone must at all time keep their hands securely encased in boxing gloves whilst out in public, for safety of course. I hate the idea that the object is the problem. It's always the person.

[@robertp457]

It's frustrating the UK talks about banning guns as a solution to the US's violence problems while the US has the same situation with guns and knives as if banning weapons affects violent people who don't care about laws.

[@Codysdab]

@@robertp457 that's what makes it so bad, gun crime in the uk still exists despite it being virtually impossible to even get a handgun. Criminals don't care about your laws, all banning things does is hurt good people.

[@mandowarrior123]

​@@Codysdabloads of guns come over on the dingies and in the trucks. Plus you can get them from northern ireland.

[@impyrobot]

Boxing gloves just protect your fists they don't reduce the force of a blow or anything like that. At most boxing gloves mean less superficial cuts.

[@Codysdab]

@@impyrobot they spread out the force, a lot. Yes the overall force is unchanged, but the force per cm2 is substantially less. If the bare knuckle force is applied to a weak spot, then the damage is substantially more than with a big glove on.

[@eddiecatflap3838]

The govt want you defenceless and reliant on the police. Criminals will not wait for the police to turn up to protect/defend you. The govt have made you an easy target and easy victim.

[@FNG0000]

Got 3 blokes coming over fence to garden at 8p.m winter. Do you think police ever arrived?

[@-YELDAH]

Why would they want that? Seems rather tinfoil hat

[@233kosta]

"When seconds matter, the police are minutes away." ... if they turn up at all. Some fuching GENIUS had the bright idea to dedicate quite a lot of police resource to watching tw@tter for people insulting each other.

[@233kosta]

​@@FNG0000Call 999 and tell them to send an ambulance for them. Watch armed responce roll in ASAFP

[@lewispowell1681]

Yet amazingly your more than twice as likely to be the victim of knife crime in the big country where your allowed to walk around with a gun than you are in the UK. Almost as if more weapons doesnt mean your less likely to be the victim of one, but thats an absurd notion

[@andybowie8590]

£146 for a knife to open parcels? Wow you're better paid than me! I got a Stanley knife for £3.

[@sprinkz6187]

My thoughts exactly 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@awatt]

Opening "parcels"

[@KX36]

I use my teeth.

[@soylentgreen326]

🤔 to a barrister that’s loose change 🎉

[@awatt]

@@soylentgreen326 Are you people? Asking for a friend

[@storcy]

Only a lawyer would have a £150 knife for opening parcels. The rest of us using our keys or an open pair of scissors 😂

[@garygilbert1127]

are we still allowed scissors?

[@NitroNuggetTV]

@@garygilbert1127As long as you have paid your scissor tax.

[@RandomShart]

I use a £30 swiss army knife, it's a great little tool to have in your pocket.

[@steveo4991]

Meanwhile, people on the dole are walking around with £1000 phones and £250 ear buds. At least the knife is useful and nowhere near as disposable. £150 is hardly a lot for an incredibly useful tool which will last decades with proper care.

[@juniorbriandunn]

I Wa shocked you can get nearly the same knife by the same company for £30 lol

[@SpikeXtreme]

The Spyderco knife you show on a website is a 'Para3' which is a locking knife. The one you hold is the Spyderco 'Urban' which is a slip joint -non locking.

[@markoi.83]

Actually, he was holding an "UK Penknife". UKPK has a 7.4cm blade. "Urban" is a bit smaller. Coming in a 6.2 blade length. There's also "Squeak" in a same set. Which is the smallest (5cm).

[@matthew-005]

What is I used my belt as a whip? Or if I used my belt buckle as a flail? Would this make belts and buckles offense weapons?

[@barnabywild2215]

Yes, if you used them to randomy set upon someone outside of self-defence.

[@matthew-005]

@@barnabywild2215 I mean would the law consider them offensive weapons as a whole so you can't wear a belt or a buckle because people are using them as weapons, I mean many everyday objects can easily be used as a weapon perfume in the eyes is almost as good as pepper spray, I once picked up a black box not knowing what is was and accidentally pressed a button on it and it sprayed perfume into my eyes bloody hell does that stuff sting and make your nose run I had no idea the damn thing was a perfume sprayer it belonged to Friend who was visiting and she just randomly left it on the counter.

[@northeastcorals]

They really do like to keep increasing the reasons for you needing weapons of self defense UP, while also ramping up the laws against them.

[@KopperNeoman]

You can't have a revolution without stripping the loyalists of weapons.

[@rosewhite---]

the 'religious reasons' is ridiculous and should be stopped immediately!

[@davidfinch7810]

I accidentally walked in to ASDA a few months back with a 6 inch fixed blade hunting knife, a 5 inch skinning knife and a saw blade on my belt. No one said a thing. Didn’t help I was covered in deer blood. Didn’t realise till I got in the car. That could have been a very sticky situation for me, in fairness, had been awake for about 36 hours by the time I was done and I did go in to ASDA at about 7-8am ish so it wasn’t busy. I make sure to check now.

[@TheGreatest1974]

Remember, even if a cop asks you ‘do you agree this knife could be used as an offensive weapon’ say ‘no.’ If he asks you what reason you are carrying it, say ‘because I’m legally entitled to.’

[@binkwillans5138]

When he walks away, mutter "Yaah fuzz" in an insulting tone.

[@baldbeardyandbiking6686]

@@binkwillans5138 If you're carrying a knife in public and it is legal (as per Sect 139) then it is up to the police to prove you are committing a crime. If you agree a knife could be used as a weapon then you are one step closer to the officer arresting you. If asked, a knife is a tool, not a weapon.

[@binkwillans5138]

@@baldbeardyandbiking6686 That's what I meant.

[@jarlath9414]

Saying "no" there just tags you as obstructive / suspicious. Obviously almost anything "could be used as an offensive weapon" if you have the motivation to do so.

[@mandowarrior123]

'I don't answer questions without my solicitor present' is the only real answer to police questions.

[@21redwhiteblue]

I carry a UK legal blade daily. Not for work or any particular reason. Just because I have the legal right to. I might find a use for having it at any random time. Sometimes I like to buy and peel apples as a snack for instance. I've sat at bus stops happily peeling and eating my apples for years. When I come back from work I sometimes go into the pub for a few pints and head off home. Never once had anyone been attacked or assaulted with my knife. Why is this I hear you ask? Well it's because I'm not a criminal and knives are not weapons.

[@Bond2025]

I actually have a large 8inch by 3inch knife at home and use it every day for cooking! That is the genuine use for it and it's mainly for chopping vegetables as I do like to cook, mainly Indian, but also Chinese foods. If someone happened to break in whilst I was preparing a meal for the next day, they should know not to touch anything sharp.

[@donaldcarr8766]

When choosing an edc folding knife, it is best to choose a design such as the spyderco shown, which incorporates a finger choil that helps prevent the knife closing on your fingers. Another good design for use in the UK is the twisted assisted Junzi.

[@allenkennedy99]

Boker Plus XS is very nice as well, as it has that little finger shelf, and it's a fair bit cheaper to boot.

[@donaldcarr8766]

@allenkennedy99 The Bpker plus xs is a good knife, and within the UK friendly category. The whole blade is a little bit bigger with a cutting edge within limits, but this may take some explaining to a police officer not fully aware of uk knife law.

[@happykharl]

its so bizarre that you aren't allowed to defend yourself and if you do you have to justify your own defence

[@buchan448]

Aye this country’s law for thats is pathetic total nanny state we live in

[@MatSmithLondon]

You could argue it’s frustrating that innocent people should have to justify their behaviour because of the actions of criminals. I’d agree with that, although I’d say: “that’s life” and from your early days in primary school you should be familiar with the idea of answering questions like that. But to say it’s “bizarre”, I’m not sure about that. As for the guy suggesting it’s a nanny state: hyperbole. In every society in the last 2000 years we have evidence of criminal behaviour affecting the liberties of the innocent.

[@elkippy]

Of course you are allowed to defend yourself, don't be ridiculous.

[@giggity4670]

@@elkippy Yea you are but good luck trying to defend your self in court and if the criminal that was attacking you dies so how even for defence have fun fighting that in while in prison. Many cases in news about people defending them self end up in prison only small present get away with it.

[@fredbloggs545]

@@giggity4670 "Many cases in news about people defending them self end up in prison..." Then it has been proved that they did not use reasonable force.

[@damienalexander3450]

I carried a locking folder for the 10 years i lived in London. Never had an issue. I cut more cake and sausage rolls with it than anything else.

[@alanmumford8806]

Just like most people would. It's not the 'thing', it's the person wielding the thing that matters. But the idiot lawmakers deliberately don't want to hear that. Just like the spurious gun control arguments in the US.

[@mojo-zombie]

I used to carry one for cutting up Apples (posh) but changed to a 3" folder when it became an instant criminal record!

[@christopherquinn5899]

…and you cut things with relative safety because it could lock.

[@snowywelsh]

I'll have to remember that. . . "Hmmmm. . .always carry a sausage roll. . ."

[@snowywelsh]

Conversely, I always carry a cake for defensive purposes. . .but not a sausage roll. That's a step too far!

[@DungEater007]

So are you telling me I cannot carry my 14th century Quillion dagger from Todds Workshop? because if I am sleeping in my van and you break into it then you will learn a very 14th century lesson..

[@doug1066]

Short answer: Nothing is legal in the UK. Your right to be prepared for an emergency has been taken from you in the name of public safety; yet the public is far less safe than before.

[@JD-lp5rw]

Police are useless and more interested in people making jokes on the internet than armed robbery. We are so fucked.

[@chrisspencer6502]

Sounds like you need help. As he said very clearly, you have good reason it’s perfectly legal. Carry a knife for self defence is not good reason, since it implies you’re out looking for trouble. Most criminals carry a knife for active self defence

[@pierstheoneandonly]

@@chrisspencer6502 'Implies you're out looking for trouble'. How the Presumption of Innocence is being undermined. How about the implication that you wish protect you/your loved one to the best of your ability and to even up the odds in the case of a confrontation with villainy? More proof that The Law is an ass, esp in this the era post-Blair (who, let's be reminded, passed as many new laws during his tenure as had been passed since Magna Carta). 'The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws' - Tacitus

[@camdoesbusiness]

@@chrisspencer6502 And those who wield knives, the ones who care little for the law, how is one to defend themselves against? Twice i've been held at knifepoint, twice i was completely defenceless.

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

Spot on

[@wrightfamily4373]

I was recently pulled over in my motorhome. This was because of an issue with stolen motorhome in the area. But whilst he did his checks ( enjoyed a coffee along with the officer)he went inside the rear and we sat around the table in comfort. He had noticed there were kitchen knives in the sink And a knife rack on the side attached to the wall however he pointed out these should be in a drawer and not within reach whilst driving which I could at that time. Although it was within the area of what it was safe he pointed out it could be considered unsafe and should be in drawers not within easy reach whilst driving. He didn’t do anything to take further but was making me aware.

[@Doomsday_Report]

Honestly just sounds like good advice, I wouldn't want pointy objects hanging around "loose" in the back of my car either. I remember an urban legend that claimed a tissue box could become a deadly projectile in an accident, so a breadknife sat in a sink behind your head would presumably decapitate you and go on a 6 day crime spree through the local area.

[@Steve_Coates]

@@Doomsday_Report There was a fad for gilt tissue boxes on the parcel shelf of cars a decade or so back, many were plastic but the good quality ones were gilded brass and weighed nearly a pound, one of those to the back of the head at 40 or 50 mph would not be good news.

[@guyaustin5962]

is inside your motor home a public place?

[@barnabywild2215]

Isn't it a sad state of affairs and a sign of our times that you actually felt grateful towards the officer for being reasonable? When I was a kid (eight or thereabouts) we competed in buying the biggest, longest penknives with the most accessory blades. You could buy them off a card rack in your local newsagents and nobody batted an eyelid, not even if you took them to school.

[@BillyMcMorran]

I live in Scotland. I went to college years ago with a friend of mine. I did sport, but he was learning woodworking. The police stopped us one day, he had a screwdriver in his pocket, and he was charged for carrying a dangerous weapon. I never kept in contact with him after the college but I have always wondered if that charged negatively affected the rest of his life. Every time you have a job interview that would come up would it not?

[@keithalderson100]

There are also venue-specific, like football stadiums or knives in hand luggage on an plane, where security will confiscate the item, knife, scissors, metal nail file, often with no route to getting the item back.

[@JelMain]

Bemusingly, my daughter had left some scissors in my backpack after borrowing it to instruct a friend in bookbinding. Not knowing it was there, I took the pack to the Passport Office, where it was discovered and held on one side until I'd finished my business, at which point it was returned on leaving.

[@Normal_Men_Innocent_Men]

I have had the Dewalt knife in my pocket for as long as I can remember. I’m a tradesman, I cut cables, I run it around the edge of cable sheaths such as wf100, cat5e, cat6 etc… it’s such a handy tool, it’s never crossed my mind to do anything other than trim back cables! Sometimes I finish work and go to Tesco and it’s in my pocket. I never even thought about it! I only commented as I saw it in the thumbnail! Great video.

[@OCD_Sparkies]

Same here, I have a small gerber brand utility knife in my wallet all the time alongside a tiny pair of pliers. If anyone ever questioned it I’d just bin the blade without hesitation. But I’ve never been asked. Unless I whipped it out in a fight I doubt I will, and I have no intention ever of doing that!

[@mandowarrior123]

If the police stop you, i could do with some electrical work, you're on your way to mine. They can arrest you even if you are working as good reason is a defence only. Or, have a family member who knows you always might be coming round. I'm not sure but not answering them might be best in case you phrase yourself wrong/ fall for a language trap. It's a right pain.

[@MR-dp3pz]

its better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Defend yourself at all costs

[@John-ou4rm]

As a kid I worked in a service station, under the counter was a hollow metal bar, i was told that the police had told them that having a handgrip on it would fall into an offensive weapon, a simple tool etc picked up to deter a criminal would be less problematic. Hence they had taken some grip tape off it.

[@anonnona8099]

@John-ou4rm > As a kid I worked in a service station, under the counter was a hollow metal bar, i was told that > the police had told them that having a handgrip on it would fall into an offensive weapon, a > simple tool etc picked up to deter a criminal would be less problematic. Hence they had taken > some grip tape off it. A few years ago I was looking for something to hold £1 coins in my glove box - there's quite a lot of spring-loaded dispensery things on the market. I also came across one which was aimed at taxi drivers, sold as somewhere to hold £1s as change. It wasn't metal, and it wasn't rigid - it was some sort of thick-walled semi-rigid plastic tube. About 50-60cm long, holding 150 - 200 coins, IIRC. 1.5 - 2kg. Hmm...

[@bobmiah]

@@anonnona8099u need to be sectioned bro

[@anonnona8099]

@@bobmiah > @anonnona8099 u need to be sectioned bro For talking about £ coin holders? I think you might need to lie down in a darkened room for a while.

[@bobmiah]

@@anonnona8099 Brother what is wrong with ur reply system

[@anonnona8099]

@@bobmiah > @anonnona8099 Brother what is wrong with ur reply system Not a thing. *You* were the one who read a post of mine in which I talked about coin holders in the relevant context of "incidental" weapons and decided that because of it I need to be sectioned, so if anybody has a faulty "reply system" it's more likely to be you. And BTW - I'm not your brother.

[@Malpriorvids]

The Right To Bear Arms was taken away (illegally?) from British citizens as it was deemed that the police would defend crimes against the person and property with the Government protecting our borders and shores. Both parties have failed spectacularly, so they have reneged on their contract with the peoples of these isles.

[@alasarcher400]

There is no such thing as "The right to bear arms". Thats just something slave owners invented on stolen land in order to keep slaves from escaping or revolting.

[@taekwanlew]

Christ what a rediculous comment. The right was taken away in 1689 and had nothing to do with the police as they did not exist. It was a bigoted bill to stop catholics from owning weapons. England is world famous for its bigotry which is still true today, as your comment proves

[@PINACI]

A friction folding knife doesn't have a locking mechanism, yet the blade can locked in place by your hand holding it. These are far safer than spring folding knives which have the potential to close over your fingers.

[@simonh6371]

Also the Spyderco UKPK, the first one he shows, is designed in such a way that you can prevent it closing by holding your finger on the choil (the blunt metal part before the actual cutting edge). I have a slightly smaller one than the one he shows here, the Spyderco Urban.

[@Treblaine]

This is tricky as nowhere in the legislation does it mention anything about locking mechanisms. A trial court simply ruled that the definition of a folding knife is that it must be able to fold at any time. I know, this isn't how the adjective is used anywhere else, a folding chair is still a folding chair even if it can be locked in one position or another. They specifically ruled that the danger of a knife blade closing on the hand is what made it legal. They were all ever so impressed with themselves, they acted like they had carefully avoided a loophole of people carrying folding knives with the blade permanently welded into the open position... Yet that is not what anyone was found to have.

[@nickgood8166]

Tosh.

[@simonh6371]

@@nickgood8166 I think the OP should have qualified his comment, you are actually right that 99% of friction folders do not lock into place by the hand. However there are some based on ancient medieval designs, such as the Svord Peasant Mini, which have an elongated tang, which means it will not close when in use. Some Higinokami knives have a similar tang.

[@conorstewart2214]

@@Treblaine so it’s legal because it is more dangerous to the user and could close on your fingers? By the sounds of things even just a single step back from welded would be legal, if you make the mechanism that stiff that it requires a lot of force to close and acts like a locking knife then it would be legal.

[@philipkaminski163]

The UK citizen has about as much rights as the North Korean citizen when it comes to self defense... Any government that requires its citizens to render themselves defense less is criminal by definition.

[@markperfect8424]

Ironically most people are killed with kitchen knives

[@davidwebb4904]

You have no right to defend yourself from being a victim of crime. Hence why crime is out of control.

[@solaris8592]

Yes you do.

[@dav6131]

​@@solaris8592in practice, you don't

[@UK-Blue]

​@@dav6131 In practice you do. There's many court cases where self defence has been deemed... self defence.

[@dav6131]

@UK-Blue I think that most people don't have a lot of confidence in the law that they would be safe from prosecution if they defended themselves in some kind of physical altercation. It would be helpful to get somekind of a general, but accurate breakdown of results of cases of self-defense of this nature. I have never understood why for example, people don't have complete immunity from prosecution for defence in a situation that involves aggravated home burglary or similar.

[@KopperNeoman]

@@UK-Blue It's too vague. This is true everywhere. If Kyle Rittenhouse hadn't become world famous, he would have been thrown in a gulag.

[@stevebrizzle]

A good follow-up to this video would be to explain what items one can legally carry for self-defence.

[@ChrisLee-yr7tz]

I'm no blackbelt but I think that if you carry them for self-defence that might make it offensive...

[@Shufty93]

Personal experience, patient who became delirious during an inpatient stay, found me (Dr) isolated in part of the hospital and attempted to attack me with his swiss army pen knife when confronted. Police weren't interested when contacted, unclear as to why it wasn't taken further. Unclear whether legistation could be implemented to ban all sorts of "knife", folding or otherwise in a place such as a hospital?

[@cynic-al]

I always used to carry knives. One grandad gave me a swiss army knife for christmas with all the gadgets. Another gave me a lock knife that was his dads that was maybe 5". I was probably 8 years old. Used to open things, fix my bike, make ramps, sharpen sticks or pencils, cut an apple, and when older cut ropes when working or securing to the pickup or trailer. Notch bits of wood. All sorts. Never occurred to me not to it was just normal and it never occurred to me that you might stick it in someone. My wife told me not to incase the police stopped me so i started leaving it in the car. Mainly because of the sentimental value and not wanting to lose it. A european company gave me a similar knife as a gift a couple of years ago and i couldn't help but think this wouldn't be allowed in the uk. They really need to get rid of some of the scum in this country so normal people can live a better life. It feels like everyone is being dragged down to their level.

[@cymruambyth1400]

A bottle could be an offensive weapon, or your fist if you know karate

[@joshuastebbing7408]

“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” -karl marx

[@RBTVN]

The enlightened path o7

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

That's going well in the USA right now, isn't it?

[@behemothfan1990]

Even a mind as warped as Marx can be correct every now and then.

[@gerhardbotha7336]

What a stupid system. I don’t even carry a knife or firearm, but having laws like this is idiotic. It says something about the people…

[@TheTom951guitar]

Genuine question, knives + "scouts". When I was in the Scouts (both scouts/explorers/network) we seemed to "get away" with having knives on us way more than I'd expect anyone else to. My group went over to france once, and one of us got through border checks with a fixed blade, approximately 4" long. The question is really this: Do groups, such as the scouts, tend to "get away" with carrying for reasonable use, more than people who are just carrying because it makes them feel hard?

[@graywolf6498]

My EDC is a G19 with a red dot, extra mag, HFB knife, flashlight, and TQ

[@BlackBeltBarrister]

😂

[@victororlov1236]

Might have a difficult time explaining why you carry that in the UK. AND... what is like to live in such fear of the world that you need to carry a pistol every day to feel secure? I'm ex military ... Ive never found the need for a firearm outside of service... partly because the world is not really that dangerous and partly because I'm not an insecure pussy afraid of the world. Cheers.

[@simongrushka983]

must be hell to live in the constant fear, isn't it?

[@graywolf6498]

@@victororlov1236 former 68W. And I’m not afraid of anything. Self defense is a human right. The world is a dangerous place. But keep up with the name calling. Your comments reek of jealousy.

[@benh715]

@@UKRO404some sort of firearm with bells and whistles

[@claireamos8613]

This hasnt aged well. The police just told a group of men to put their weapons back in the mosque, not one of them is facing charges. We are talking about swords and machetes. In fact only 1 man was arrested due to the police being called out on social media.

[@iangordon5354]

Not meaning to nit-pick, but at time index 3:25 you show on screen some “chapter and verse” which appears to directly contradict some opinion which you have given more than once. Sub-para 3 - “This section applies to a folding pocket knife if the cutting edge of its blade exceeds 3 inches”. Key words in the discrepancy between what you show and my understanding of what you have previously said are “cutting edge of its blade”. Have I misunderstood what you have said previously, or is there some interpretation I am missing?

[@lindsayheyes925]

This law is illogical. A locking blade is a safety feature. I can buy a fixed blade which is much bigger, and I have some REALLY dangerous garden tools with motorised blades. And when I was at school EVERY boy had a pocket knife which they took to school. There we played games with them, made swanee whistles and all sorts. NOBODY got stabbed. NOBODY in my schools, NOBODY on the buses, NOBODY in the Boy Scouts, NOBODY in the towns I lived in. And from the age of 14 I went shooting every other weekend, and most of my friends had air-guns that had been in their families since the days when pubs had rifle ranges (yes, they did). NOBODY died! Now we have these prohibitions, powers and punishments - and massive knife and gun crime problems. If correlation is not causation, it is a sign of policy failure.

[@beyheter]

Browns came in, thats the difference

[@AI-Records24]

This is what happens when 1) we pay generous amounts to those who make policy/legislation with no limits and 2) import the 3rd world

[@anjou6497]

The real problem is drugs.

[@michaelfairchild]

Government: To lower the crime rate, lets ban knives. Sane people: I dont think criminals give a duck about laws in the first place.

[@mattd6085]

What do you reckon your chances are in a knife fight? Blade vs blade. Think you're coming out of it alright?

[@michaelfairchild]

@@mattd6085 Do what UK cops do "Oi mate, stop it" 😂 And yeah, I take my chance. Most of the time those "naughty boys" dont know to wield a knife.

[@bendavies8881]

Back in the 90s, when I was in my teens, I went on holiday to France. I bought my three best friends an Opinel pen folding knife, with a rotating locking collar, and one for myself of course. One of my friends had a dad who was a policeman, and he explained to me why it was illegal in the UK, but he let us roll with it, since we were just using it for camping.

[@stevec5922]

I believe Opinel now do non locking versions of some of their knives.

[@conorstewart2214]

@@stevec5922 I believe I have seen them too, essentially the exact same knife but with the locking collar removed.

[@conorstewart2214]

They are still made and are readily available here now too, the lock is simple but effective and doesn’t make the knife any more dangerous as a weapon. Did the policeman have any valid reason for why locking knives are illegal or was he just explaining the law?

[@VulcanDriver1]

I was a member of a pirate reenactment group and once a year we marched through the town to the port to celebrate our pirate past. We carried a cutlass and a flintlock pistol. The police told the group as long as the cutlass remained sheathed its fine and the pistols were non firing.

[@terminsane]

Adults have to ask permission first because they've been infantalized and institutionized.

[@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526]

Similar story, I used to do Viking re-enactment, and my group had been hired as extras on a (VERY low budget) film. While travelling to the set location, I got stopped by the police. They were fine with the combat-safe broadsword and handaxes I was carrying, but the tiny knife I had in my living history gubbins- maybe 3-3.5in long- was cause for Big Concern. I could easily have killed someone with the re-enactment weapons if I wanted to; at the end of the day it's still a steel bar. But the knife I mostly just eat cheese with? THE HORROR!

[@user-qz3wv7tq6v]

Thirty odd years ago, my father was coming home and got mixed up with a crowd of football fans (mid-week match) who were herded to one side after some trouble. They were all searched and my father was found to be carrying an 'open (cutthroat) razor'. He told the officer he was a barber, and proved it by partially shaving him in the back of a police van. No charges were bought. He was taking it home to give it its weekly oilstone sharpening.

[@CazSmith]

So the copper let the man he'd just arrested with an offensive weapon have the blade back and offered up his own throat to it? wow

[@user-qz3wv7tq6v]

@@CazSmith Absolutely... but different times.

[@Daimo83]

Imagine a society where trust is so high a cop could trust a potential criminal not to be a murderer 😂

[@CazSmith]

@@Daimo83 I can just imagine a copper accompanying an arrested suspect while letting him hold a cut throat razor to his neck while driving around in the back of a bumpy van.

[@user-qz3wv7tq6v]

@@CazSmith OK Mr Richard Head... Who said ANYTHING about the van moving? Or do you lie EVERY time you open your mouth? Standard procedure for todays trolls. Society was different then, and it's sh1ts like you who've changed it.

[@andyxox4168]

I don’t carry a knife but I do carry a wicked spoon and a pair of chopsticks …

[@victororlov1236]

Do you have a small rubber ball on the end of your chopsticks?

[@vatsmith8759]

It would be an offence to carry the chopsticks for self-defence but you could sell tickets if it ever came to court.

[@thedirectorschair1054]

@@vatsmith8759 He carries them on the offchance of coming across chinese food.

[@knightowl3577]

I carry a viscously sharp piece of fruit at all times.

[@victororlov1236]

@@knightowl3577 YA, that's great! Until you encounter a 16 ton weight... see what your banana does then.

[@janehopkins2600]

You have clearly explained the blades, but can you define “carrying” please? For example if my leatherman (3.5” locking blades) is in the glove box of the car is that “carrying?”

[@TheBigfatmatt]

Daniel, can you help? I own/carry the UKPK but have drilled a small hole in it and have a short length of paracord that wraps around my wrist to ensure if I drop it I don't lose it , does my modification of this make it illegal in anyway, I don't see why it should but often the law can make little to no sense to me, Cheers

[@catfrab]

So... if I have a Stanley knife in the toolbox in my van and I'm not going to work but on the way to visit a friend, is that regarded as an offence?

[@mikefry4567]

if it's in your van no of course not... you've probably got power saws and all sorts of sharp stuff back there!

[@catfrab]

@mikefry4567 Well, exactly. It's about intent. The fact that you have anything, regardless of size, shape or design, is surely less about the object and more about perceived intent. When taken in this context, 3" or 4", locking or non-locking, on your person or in the toolbox is absolutely irrelevant. It then makes a nonsense of this detailed law.

[@jogasinghkhalsa5526]

Sikh here - the religious reason is for us. We're the only faith in the world religiously and legally allowed(in majority of countries) to carry swords/blades in public

[@mungoh42]

What about a Scottish Skean Dhu?

[@jogasinghkhalsa5526]

@mungoh42 yes that's ceremonial not faith related. In the UK there are only three types of soldiers legally allowed to carry bladed weapons in public. The King's soldiers (ceremonial), the Scottish soldiers (ceremonial) and the Sikh soldiers (Religious and practical means)

[@Jaccayumitty]

​@@mungoh42allowed if worn as part of a national costume. I don't know if a kilt alone counts as national costume, or if you need the full head to toe getup.

[@captainchaos3053]

What is the religious reason? I only ask to educate myself.

[@jack_attack]

@@Jaccayumitty kilt alone should suffice provided there’s no underwear present.

[@HYUKLDER1]

There is far too much law inconveniencing lawful people and far too little effective policing against unlawful people who do not care about the law.

[@kenh6096]

Sadly this does appears to have become the British way.

[@gpo746]

In 2000/2001 a German friend of mine got taken to court for no tax and mot on his car . He stayed at mine the night before court as he lived 45 miles away in York and I was in Hull where the "offences" took place. He is a biker with "support your local outlaws " t-shirt on as we went into the magistrates court and he spotted the metal detector . He said " here matey you look after these , and in the middle of the reception area pulled out a large knife in a leather sheath and a knuckleduster ...Im stood there with a t-shirt and jeans on , no bag no coat ...nothing to hide this stuff . I could just about stuff the knuckle duster in my pocket but NO CHANCE with the knife. Police were in and out of the court and all I could do was put the knife down the back of my jeans and push myself against the wall . I was there for over an hour . I saw him coming down the stairs and he was heading for the door , I had to shout to him and jesture him back to me . We stood nattering until we saw an opportunity and he took it back off me and put it back under his coat. Never been so shitted up by anything !. Complete plank taking those into a court and for carrying them in the first place

[@pjaj43]

How are multi-tools like the Leatherman classified? It has a blade that folds out and locks in place, as do all the other tools it contains except the pair of pliers. It's a two handed exercise to open or close them. By the time you've removed it from it's snap lock leather case, unfolded just the blade you want and refolded the body to make a handle, your prospective antagonist has either already killed you or is in the next county.

[@TheGreatest1974]

Any fixed blade or any blade that locks is illegal to carry. Any blade with a cutting edge longer than 7.5 cm is illegal even if it doesn’t lock.

[@redacted7157]

look into the leatherman bond, specifically made to be uk legal

[@quagmirewasere]

Why are the police allowed to carry multitools ie leatherman its a locking blade and had mine confiscated i was going camping

[@victororlov1236]

because acab

[@ziggarillo]

You can carry a locking blade if you have a good reason, a police officer could give a good reason to carry a multi-tool with a locking blade.

[@simongrushka983]

@@ziggarillo a PC would give a 'good reason' to another PC when questioned. don't forget that

[@ornatus9616]

@@ziggarillo I mean, self-protection is a great reason.

[@dav6131]

You shouldn't have had yours confiscated if you were going camping!!! Definitely would be appealing that one.

[@thomaselgarsmith]

The spyderco knife you have is the UKPK. Specifically designed to be legal to carry in the UK. The spyderco knife you showed on the website was the Para 3. That is a locking knife

[@xMrjamjam]

For any folding knives you worry could open a simple rubber band or piece of bike inner tube can keep it closed and if any police were to question you (not legal advice but might be worth mentioned regardless) you can argue it makes it harder to deploy the knife if they suspected you to use it for illegal purposes as you would have to take the band/tube off the knife. Bonus tip inner tubes also help hold fuel in zippos by preventing evaporation far better than not covering it they also make excellent flame extenders and will burn even if dunked in water once shaken off in an emergency situation

[@2tone209]

I'VE CARRIED A PEN KNIFE SINCE I WAS 5 AND I. NEARLY 60 I'VE GOT A SWISS ARMY KNIFE THAT GOES EVERY WHERE WITH ME VERY USEFUL TOOL

[@Tsnafu]

See if you can use it to unstick your caps lock key

[@datcrazytwitch3677]

@@Tsnafu lol

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

No need to shout

[@2tone209]

@@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood IM A BIT DEAF

[@robertp457]

@@2tone209 I don't see what that has to do with your typing.

[@thecovidprisoner]

Many things you can carry ,don't say its for protection. Would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

[@robertlane913]

I see what you did there😉

[@thecovidprisoner]

​@@robertlane913 Good , maybe use it yourself. Be strong.

[@s.sradon9782]

By saying "guns, knives, sharp tools, etc should be banned" people really mean that only the government is allowed to use those.

[@tangerinefox]

Just wondering… would it be illegal to carry a knife that is part of a standard cutlery set to eat packed lunch with?

[@mandowarrior123]

100% illegal, yes. Moreover they can arrest you even if you have good reason. Chef in his uniform arrested with his knives locked in his car on his way to work. They can let court deal with you and keep your knives.

[@benelijah104]

You've got the Spyderco UK Penknife which is a non-locking knife with

[@cannybearsed]

A £150 knife for opening parcels!! Really?

[@basslinerider48.17]

Rich ass bizzness init,what ussy as a knife to open a letter

[@Conflictofinterest902]

Does carrying one in a vehicle amount to being in public ? I’ve heard that a car interior is a legal grey area. For example, not needing a warrant to search your car

[@jaydogarmy]

The first time I travelled abroad by myself, I was stopped when my bag was scanned. Turned out, I had an 8 inch throwing knife in my rucksack. It was one of a pair and had been missing for months. Luckily, I was told by a policeman that if I let them destroy the knife, I could go on my holiday. I've been very thorough with bag checks ever since 😂

[@ThePastaManCan]

You should do an update for this, you're allowed to carry whatever you like if you take it out a mosque and return it when asked to.

[@user-tn1vc1xz5d]

I love Opinels....but i can't leave home with it. You can buy them commonly on the continent but France has also tightened its laws recently.

[@matthorrocks6517]

My mom loves them too it actually has lasted forever. Good steel

[@awatt]

The no 6 and 8 work well for me. I'm carrying them when I go hiking. Am willing to test whether they are legal for that purpose in court.

[@catman2629]

@@awatt they don’t automatically lock , you have to turn the end round to get them to lock . Super sharp nice pocket knives great for gardening , opening parcels etc

[@binkwillans5138]

I can't leave home without my gatling gun. I never use it, of course.

[@atarirob]

I've had a No.09 for ~12 years now. Probably the best knife for under £20 and has never let me down. Meanwhile, this bloke has a £150 knife for "opening parcels" lmao

[@CloudyAidan]

In this video, the knife that Blackbelt has is a Spyderco UKPK (UK Pen Knife). This is a non locking knife with a blade less than 3 inches. However the knife shown by Blackbelt on the website was a Spyderco Para 3 - this is a locking knife. This one cannot be carried in public without good reason. Just incase there was any mix up. I use a Spyderco UKPK daily at work (I work in a warehouse where I need to open a lot of plastic wrap, cardboard and plastic pallet straps) and it is a great knife, highly recommend them if not misused.

[@Derecq]

My every day carry knife is Swiss Army Knife which meets the exemptions you mentioned. I have declared it going into the Scottish Parliament building it was taken off my and returned when I left. No problem with Eurostar check in although once it was removed and checked the blade was not locking and replaced. I've carried it for so long the scales are worn smooth and the logo worn away.

[@vodkaman1970]

For safety when using that Spyderco knife make sure your fingers follow the grip shape of the knife with your forefinger over the hinge portion. Rather than having a locking mechanism this puts your finger as a blocker to it folding back on your fingers. As with all folding knives, don't try to use if too forcefully since the blade is on a pivot.

[@owenthomas9863]

I'm sure this highly intelligent Barrister could figure that out himself on inspection

[@conorstewart2214]

Even with folding knives, if used sensibly and carefully it will not fold when used. They are perfectly capable of handling forceful use too. On any even semi well designed folding knife (I haven’t seen any where this isn’t the case) applying pressure to the blade will essentially force the knife open, not closed. There is no reason why a folding knife couldn’t handle as much force as a similar locking knife with pressure applied directly to the blade.