Impressed My new man-bling.

[wolfeeh]

My new Torch.

And Penknife..

Rawr

 

[Raven]

Can't go wrong with Spiderco!

Last mine last summer

 

[wolfeeh]

Oh noes!

Tbh the spyderco is lush as an UK legal EDC Folder goes but my not allowed out of the house penknife is the bomb

 

[Scouse]

What's a "legal carry" knife? I thought carrying a knife got you done for an offensive weapon unless you were going fishing or something... ??

 

[Overdriven]

Any blade under 3" is legal isn't it? Shouldn't be though.

3" or 10" blade, you know where to aim it doesn't matter..

 

[Raven]

Bit of a grey area. You are allowed to carry one if you can prove there is a reason for it...generally...depending on the policeman I suppose. I pretty much always have a penknife on me, though mine is a swiss army knife. If I am camping I have two Mora knives on me, 1x stainless steel and 1x carbon steel. http://www.moraofsweden.se/adventure/bushcraft-forest decent cheap knives that I don't mind losing! though that's generally car to camp. The carbon steel is a bugger to sharpen when camping without all my kit whereas the stainless steel can be easily sharpened on the go. Occasionally I will also have a machete too for wood chopping.

http://www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/knife-law-13-w.asp

 

[wolfeeh]

A legal carry knife is one you need no justification whatsoever to carry, ie, for personal utility - cutting pigeons loose from beer can holders, opening letters, peeling fruit aka a penknife

Must have a non locking blade with a cutting edge less than or equal to three inches in length.

The second knife has an axis lock (incidentally with a breaking force in excess of 400lbs) therefore isn't legal to carry unless its for a specific purpose. Now as it happens I actually have a specific purpose for which I should be entitled to carry it, but I don't want some jobsworth dick of a cop to try and be a smartarse and confiscate it when it's a limited edition serial numbered knife worth a fortune. Oh. And has very sentimental value. Hence the spyderco.

 

[wolfeeh]

It's not that grey an area it's actually very well legislated and very well precedented in case law as far as I am aware. The problem arises from the uk's generally overzealous police with their common power trip attitude

 

[Nate]

why do you need it?

 

[wolfeeh]

why do you need it?

Provision of emergency medical care, as required fnar.

 

[wolfeeh]

why do you need it?

Also I would point out that I've previously been involved in a car crash where I needed to cut the seatbelt to extricate.

General point is that what the increasingly politically correct masses are forgetting is that a knife is a tool with a million every day uses.

 

[soze]

I think a copper will take that knife away as it is just a fold out knife. Something like a Leatherman Squirt offers more utility and you are not just walking around with a knife in your pocket. But it will come down to how much of a Chav you look

 

[TdC]

like those flashlights. still, the cost...fuuuu

 

[ECA]

I thought this was going to be about manscaping your bumhair or something.

 

[wolfeeh]

I think a copper will take that knife away as it is just a fold out knife. Something like a Leatherman Squirt offers more utility and you are not just walking around with a knife in your pocket. But it will come down to how much of a Chav you look

That's the point though, it's uk legal so he can't. I incidentally have a leatherman mini tool on my car keys in my pocket. It is in no way up to the job, hence the penknife.

 

[wolfeeh]

like those flashlights. still, the cost...fuuuu

They are the bomb worth the money.

 

[Job]

My mate spent 600 quid on a knife after going on one of those bear grisly fella weekends....what a nob

 

[soze]

That's the point though, it's uk legal so he can't. I incidentally have a leatherman mini tool on my car keys in my pocket. It is in no way up to the job, hence the penknife.

The good reason to be carrying it clause means they can take it off you. Like i said though if you are not hanging around at night in a town center you would most likely get away with it. And that must just be what you use it for be my LeatherMan has never failed to cut anything. My pocket knife mainly opens boxes and the like and it is plenty sharp enough for that.

 

[Raven]

My mate spent 600 quid on a knife after going on one of those bear grisly fella weekends....what a nob

http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/743-The-Ray-Mears-Bushcraft-Knife/

Probably one of the best knives you could buy.

 

[wolfeeh]

The good reason to be carrying it clause means they can take it off you. Like i said though if you are not hanging around at night in a town center you would most likely get away with it. And that must just be what you use it for be my LeatherMan has never failed to cut anything. My pocket knife mainly opens boxes and the like and it is plenty sharp enough for that.

You misunderstand. As defined, a legal carry knife ie 3 inch non locking blade (there are other aspects to the specification like no handle assist (blade assist is allowed though).... Requires no justifiable reason.

The second knife I post, which I would have liked to have used, requires a justification, which I personally have, the first, does not.

 

[Job]

Could be the one...but it was 600 quid..I saw the receipt.

 

[rynnor]

You misunderstand. As defined, a legal carry knife ie 3 inch non locking blade (there are other aspects to the specification like no handle assist (blade assist is allowed though).... Requires no justifiable reason.

I think you are misunderstanding the law - anything over the legal size carried in public is an offence - you could try certain defenses of why you needed it but you still risk the court not accepting it.

The sub 3 inch ones are not instantly illegal but if you are stopped by a copper or seen holding it in public you could still get nicked if he believes you intend to commit an offence.

 

[wolfeeh]

I think you are misunderstanding the law - anything over the legal size carried in public is an offence - you could try certain defenses of why you needed it but you still risk the court not accepting it.

The sub 3 inch ones are not instantly illegal but if you are stopped by a copper or seen holding it in public you could still get nicked if he believes you intend to commit an offence.

Well duh. I'm not talking about acting like a dick.

 

[Zenith.UK]

While it doesn't have the kudos of some of these tiger skinning knives, my Skeletool is plenty sharp. I've only had to sharpen it once in a year and is as sharp as a scalpel blade.
Or put another way, it cuts through anything I've needed to use it for with hardly any pressure.
http://www.leatherman.co.uk/product/Skeletool

 

[TdC]

They are the bomb worth the money.

I'm considering getting one for a lady-gadget geek I know.

http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/743-The-Ray-Mears-Bushcraft-Knife/

Probably one of the best knives you could buy.

wow Mr Mears certainly knows how to price his products...

 

[Raven]

He does but you would struggle to find a better knife.

 

[Tuthmes]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_ring

Proper man bling.

 

[Scouse]

http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/743-The-Ray-Mears-Bushcraft-Knife/

Probably one of the best knives you could buy.

Lol. £350 for a knife.

Unless you live in the woods that's just as bad as a pair of expensive earrings.

Broken man bling.

Fixed.

 

[Hawkwind]

http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/743-The-Ray-Mears-Bushcraft-Knife/

Probably one of the best knives you could buy.

Think I'd rather have two of these as a fallback for the BFG on day Z - berserker!!

 

[soze]

Tactical spear for Z day