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arrested for a fishingknife
Discopoo:
A little off topic but I have thing about swords, now you you can't buy a sword with a curved blade over a certain length if it is a curved blade (samurai) but a straight one is ok. This applies to both live and display blades.
Just shows how crazy the laws can be, you can't get all oriental on some one but you can run round with a 5 foot broadsword ?
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: crazymac on April 09, 2009, 13:46:43 ---2. Is it a lock knife? Any blade that locks into position is a no no!
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True. But I find the locking type a lot safer to use!! I have a small folding (and locking) knife that I use for all sorts of things. It locks shut so it doesn't open in my pocket :shock: :lol: and it locks open so it can't shut on my fingers. Seems sensible to me, but it is now illegal to carry it anywhere.
clbarclay:
They have to draw the lines somewhere on what is or isn't allowed, though in the case of the samuri v. broadsword that one does sound like they didn't quite get it right :lol:
--- Quote ---2. Is it a lock knife? Any blade that locks into position is a no no!
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Thats a pain, My prefered general purpose knife is an Opinel #7 pen knife which is 5mm too long and has a twist lock (closed and open) on the blade. For what I do the twist lock is safer than the detented blade on my swiss army knife which has at times tried to close up on my fingers, but then the law wasn't writen by/for farmers.
Matt I know what you mean about the bombs, we even have some old lengths of drain pipe as well. Most kitchens have the contents to make crude plastic explosive as well. Fortunately the vast majority of the people in this world value each others lives.
stretchy:
The knife was under some other rubish in the side pocket. the nife is a fixed 7 inch blade with kit and compas in the handle and was in a sheath. Im realy not chufed I did nothing wrong and will proberley represent myself if the <edit> hits and goes to court. Its funy how ther is no difrence in situation from the day I purchased it than to when i was cught with it lastnight in fact when i purchased it sevral year ago I think I got the buss home (perfectly legal) It was in a sheath under some stuf in my car I never leve my car unlocked and I forgot it was ther so if thay want to prosicute me I will just laugh it out and see what happens. In my disco at the time was also other tools equaly as dangerus. stanley knifes chain saw air rifle axe and they said nothing. they dident even want to look at my rifle. It could have been an unlicenced shoty in the bag :shock: ther was 6 bobies looking over my disco and I cant belive thay had the ordasity
to ask me for my username on mud club as they dident beleve I go offroading/camping. Is the 1 inch of mud on my bonet bonnet not clear enough to 6 copers? :x I refused but they said thay would be checking. I do on the other hand relise what the police are trying to do with cutting crime and all but as yall say a knife has 1000 uses so It will still be the first thing I pack when I go next.
Disco Matt:
I'm not sure representing yourself is the best idea unless you're very well-versed in the law and can argue convincingly. With 12 weeks behind bars as a possible outcome the stakes are a bit high to risk it.
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