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Locking blade leatherman etc...illegal??

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TimM:
As I see it all locking knives are illegal over a certain length.... blah....blah...blah.

BUT......

For the ruling to be used you've got to be asking for it in reality:

1) you have a 8" knife in the back of your 4x4 along with a crowbar, an axe, etc in a bag - and this bag is muddy and has old bits of bush/tree in it where you've been cutting yourself a path through foliage.

2) you have a 3" lock knife in a belt pouch while walking down the street.

Potentially both of these are illegal, but only a fool would take the first one to task, but any PC in their right mind wouldn't be happy with the second.

johnpirate:
I carry a 3in locking knife locked in the cubby box of the car its there for gutting rabbits when I,ve been hunting . I assume that this must be a legal reason for having one.Mind you I assume they would be more interested in the firearm in its cover locked in the boot before they got to the cubby box.I always carry a copy of my certificates with me to save time.

discomummy:
Hi,

i was cutting up some fruit for my kids in a park, with my swiss army knife, and was told that my knife was illegal by two passing policemen.  however as i did not fit into their idea of a crazed knife wielding maniac, they let me keep my knife!!!!!

regards

ela,

Horness:
Same old situation, ban what you think you cannot control.  In the wrong hands a sharpened pencil is a deadly weapon.  What are they going to do next, make us all draw with crayons?  :roll:

DM' - I always get strange looks from people when I take out my knife to peel fruit, open packaging or cut string etc.  For me it's an essential tool which I use every day, and have done since I was about 9.  Nowadays an essential tool for most people is their mobile phone.

The law is not always in place to protect you, but to catch you out when you weren't paying attention.  :wink:

I'll be glad when I'm off this rock.

Penguinius:
I think this is another example of extremely vague legality with (in my experience) selective enforcement.

A good friend of mine is a AR Police Officer and there have been in many occasions when I've been in his company around about with my SOG Multi-tool in my jacket pocket, We got to talking about the issue and his words were (and by no means legaly binding) as long as you don't have it out, have a valid reason for carrying it [It being a multi tool makes it pretty obviously not weapon] and you arn't being a prat you should be OK. To prove his point he pulled out a 5" Locking Emerson knife that he carried with him everywhere, Issued to him no less.

I don't carry anything like that now with the whole knives are bad thing in the press at the moment. Which is a pitty as they are very handy tools to have to hand.

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