UK Knife Regulations

[beachlover]

This is basically fishing related so posting the question here.

 

I would prefer to spend my time in the UK fishing and visiting rather than inside a jail cell so I want to stay within local regulations.

 

What are the blade length requirements for folding and fixed blade knives? Also, are there any other 'carry' rules I should be aware of?

 

My best folding fishing knife (cutting blade, hook remover, hook sharpener on the outside of the handle) has a 3.5" blade but I do have smaller ones if this would be too large.

If you want a pretty definitive answer to your question go to this link. Many of the FAQ's are answered factually by lawyers and lawmen. It is the foremost British forum for knives and knife makers.

British Blades

[Newt]

beachlover - welcome to the forum and thank you for that link. On my way out now but will spend some time reading it in a few hours.

[StuMac]

There were 3 knife related murders in Glasgow/Port Glasgow over the weekend, so I'm well aware how easy it is. One incident happened not 10 minutes walk from my front door, outside a pub I sometimes frequent.

Only 5 minutes from the same pub, several years ago, I was slashed and mauled with a broken bottle, which was pretty surreal but I lived and thankfully I don't have much gore to show for it. It's a sad fact that a good number of men/boys I know have been or nearly been stabbed/slashed and the sad part is, everyone thinks this is quite normal. Eve worse is the lengths Glaswegian men will go to in order to avoid a stabbing. the usual reaction to any kind of heat, is to "get him before gets you".....

It's crap.

 

Many moons ago when I was a fit young lad and lived in Glasgow my friends and I were assembling on Glasgow Green to run the marathon. One of us was missing. Turned out that some thug had stuck a knife into his guts on Partick road. He was very lucky to survive.

 

From what I hear more and more neds are carrying guns these days. Gun crime in some areas of Glasgow / Edinbugh is getting pretty wild.

[Casey]

StuMac

Gun crime in some areas of Glasgow / Edinbugh is getting pretty wild.

 

The Scots are always lagging behind.

[Andy Macfarlane]

We like to fight like men. Guns are for lassies and soft southerners.

[Newt]

beachlover Once again, thank you. Most enlightening.

 

The entire "locking blade" part came as a total surprise. In the US it is getting difficult to find a folding knife larger than a penknife that does not have a locking mechinism for the blade.

 

The ones that will just fold up on you if you aren't careful never seemed particularly safe to me and I was really happy when the design change was made.

 

Can anyone help me out with the thinking behind this particular rule?

[Andy Macfarlane]

beachlover Once again, thank you. Most enlightening.

 

The entire "locking blade" part came as a total surprise. In the US it is getting difficult to find a folding knife larger than a penknife that does not have a locking mechinism for the blade.

 

The ones that will just fold up on you if you aren't careful never seemed particularly safe to me and I was really happy when the design change was made.

 

Can anyone help me out with the thinking behind this particular rule?

 

You answered that perfectly yourself. How can you successfully stab someone repeatedly, if the blade folds up on you eh? Why you'd nick your fingers and that could hurt.

[Casey]

Andy Macfarlane

We like to fight like men

 

why do most of you lot wear skirts then?

[Andy Macfarlane]

Andy Macfarlane

 

why do most of you lot wear skirts then?

 

We like to keep cool when we're playing the bagpipes, sword dancing or hunting haggis/cheeky sassenachs.......

[Sportsman]

Andy Macfarlane

 

why do most of you lot wear skirts then?

 

Sheep get nervous at the sound of a zip