Pocket Knife Confusion

[+Tyranade Subscriber²]

Ok so In the UK You can carry a pocket knife around with you for any reason as long as it folds and is not above 3 inches

""It is an offence for any person, without lawful authority or good reason, to have with him in a public place, any article which has a blade or is sharply pointed except for a folding pocket-knife which has a cutting edge to its blade not exceeding 3 inches.""

(Source: http://www.goxplore....fe_law_%28UK%29 )

"knives with folding blades, like Swiss Army knives, are not illegal as long as the blade is three inches long (7.62 cm) or less"

(Source: http://www.direct.go...crime/DG_181675 )

anyway I was wondering If I could be in violation of the law by having this on me

http://www.amazon.co...=pd_sim_sbs_sg1

I did some googling and I found the blade size to be 3.25 inches long, would I get in trouble for carrying this or should I keep looking for another pocket knife to carry around?

[Southern Patriot]

I think the answer here should be obvious. The blade exceeds 3 inches, therefore it is illegal under that law.

[+Tyranade Subscriber²]

I think the answer here should be obvious. The blade exceeds 3 inches, therefore it is illegal under that law.

Thought so, eh gotta keep looking i guess. It's still kinda stupid the extra .25 inches could mean prison.

[Anibal P]

Supposedly anything over 3" can reach the heart or some other nonsense while under 3 is supposedly "safe", of course if you know what your doing you can kill a man with a 2" blade easily.

[+Tyranade Subscriber²]

Supposedly anything over 3" can reach the heart or some other nonsense while under 3 is supposedly "safe", of course if you know what your doing you can kill a man with a 2" blade easily.

I was mainly gunna use it as part of a EDC since I use a knife several times a day like when im opening stuff at a friends house to build them a PC or doing stuff at home.

[Dan~]

What is your reason for carrying a pocket knife? Unless your climbing or camping then there really is no need to carry one, thats how the rozzers would see it I believe

[Yorak]

Hey, I use a Spyderco Delica 4 FFG as my EDC knife. It is the perfect size at 2 7/8" and made of the very durable VG10 steel.

What is your reason for carrying a pocket knife? Unless your climbing or camping then there really is no need to carry one, thats how the rozzers would see it I believe

What is your reason for asking an odd question? Because you want to, I would assume. He does not need a reason to carry one.

I use one for cutting packages, opening mail, digging out splinters, and sometimes even minor food preparation (not with the same blade I carry every day, with another).

[+Tyranade Subscriber²]

I use one for cutting packages, opening mail, digging out splinters, and sometimes even minor food preparation (not with the same blade I carry every day, with another).

This is pretty much why I want to get one, I have destroyed packaged opening them then the product ended up not working and I couldn't send it back because I had nothing to open, and blister packaging is ****ing annoying unless i get a giant kitchen knife which i've ended up cutting myself on.

[HawkMan]

Keep a regular retractable blade knife around the house for opening packages, that's what they're made for.

[ozgeek]

This is pretty much why I want to get one, I have destroyed packaged opening them then the product ended up not working and I couldn't send it back because I had nothing to open, and blister packaging is ****ing annoying unless i get a giant kitchen knife which i've ended up cutting myself on.

Get a proper knife for the purposes - Craft knife.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Box-cutter.jpg

[kronckew]

folding knife with edge less than 3 in. AND NO LOCKING DEVICE is legal for every day carry (edc) without any good reason. it's up to the policeman that stops you and his possibly incorrect knowledge of the law to decide if your knife is legal or not. some measure the length from the pivot to the point instead of the edge. millimeters count. 3.0001" is too long. a multi tool with a 1 in. blade can be illegal if you can arrange the handle such that the knife cannot fold. seems like the more likely it is to cut you rather than someone else, the more 'legal' it is. a man was arrested, tried and convicted of a felony for having a miniature automatic knife on his keychain. it had a half inch unsharpened blade with a locking button. fixed blade 'craft knife' or a scalpel is illegal for edc.

larger knives, stanley knives (carpet, craft or 'box' knives), locking blade knifes and fixed blade knives can be carried outside your home for specific uses, like fishing, sailing, camping, cooking, martial arts (you must be a card carrying member of an insured club to carry a sword or other such 'offensive' weapon) and you can carry a large locking folder if you need one for work (ie. opening boxes, cutting ropes, etc.) but you must go directly from home to the activity and back. if you stop for any other reason, like buying a sandwich at a petrol station, going to the toilet, buying petrol, etc. you have broken the journey and are then no longer legal.

flick knives (auto-opening knives), sword canes, butterfly, push daggers, shuriken and a few others are banned from sale, transfer, or carry outside your home if you already had one. the rules on swords are even more complex and silly. for example, straight swords may be bought unrestricted but curved ones over a half metre can't (unless you are a member of an insured martial arts or re-enactment club or school).

once you have a knife inside your home, it's pretty much everything is OK as long as you do not use it offensively or take it off your property. self defense is normally considered an offensive use and you can be arrested and tried if you use one to defend yourself or your family from an intruder. it's up to the police to decide if your use is 'reasonable', not you. the present govt. is changing that to allow more self defense, a man recently arrested for killing a burglar that attacked him in his own home (he used a steak knife he picked up as they fought thru his kitchen) was eventually aquited but still had to go thru the system & the expense of a defense...

you might be perfectly legal to use a 36" machete in your front garden to whack some weeds, but if you scare one of the passing sheeple and they report you, you will likely have a policeman come by for you to explain yourself to. even a 'legal' knife or in fact any item (like a chair leg or a baseball bat) carried for 'offensive' purposes - like self defence - is considered an illegal weapon.

if you want a UK legal edc knife, see http://www.heinnie.c...ves/c-1-92-641/ where they have a section on a variety of UK legal EDC knives to fit all budgets as well as the more restricted bigger ones.

you must be over 18 to buy a knife.

a quick guide to uk knife law

[DocM]

Michigan law is a bit schizophrenic.

We have a 3" limit unless it's a hunting or fishing knife which you can carry in the field or to/from same. Locking doesn't matter, and neither does a quick-open lever on the blade like you see on tactical folding knives, but it can't be a spring operated switchblade. A concealed weapon permit does not include out-of-spec knives.

OTOH, you can carry an exposed handgun without a permit. No limit on type, caliber, whatever. Got a .50 Desert Eagle or S&W 500 Mag? Semi-auto MAC-10 (MPA-10)? No problem.

[_neutrino Veteran]

I am fairly certain if caught with it they would measure the blade length.