knives your thoughts

[jags]

http://www.swedishknives.com/hunting.htm
have you adventure guys a favourate knife in your kit.
came across these today they look like a quality knife last a lifetime i reckon.
i carry a swiss army knife great wee knife always find a use for it on my little adventures.

[Andybg]

Looks like a nice knife if you are camping out in the rough and have a use for a dedicated knife. I swear by a leatherman. I find the fact the blades lock open to be very reassuring. The build quality is exceptional and the pliers double up as an ajustable spanner in a fix.

Andy

[in4]

Another vote for the Swiss Army Knife. I use one of the basic models and find that it offers a good range of blades etc. and, it stays sharp.

[honesty]

When walking I always used to carry an Opinel (number 8 I think! at least one of the models with the twist lock mechanism), unfortunately illegal to have in the UK now. The benefits of these knifes, good sharp knife that was pretty cheap to replace if lost!

I then would have a good smaller swiss army knife for all the bits and bobs (corkscrew!)

[Matt2matt2002]

When walking I always used to carry an Opinel (number 8 I think! at least one of the models with the twist lock mechanism), unfortunately illegal to have in the UK now. The benefits of these knifes, good sharp knife that was pretty cheap to replace if lost!

I then would have a good smaller swiss army knife for all the bits and bobs (corkscrew!)

So what is the leagal position now in the UK on carryng knives?
I thought that if it was to be used for your job then there would be no issues?

matt

[Danneaux]

Hi jags!

You'll likely enjoy this thread here...

Blades for Bikies: http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=3968.0

My favorite at the moment is this one: http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3968.0;attach=1142

Best,

Dan.

[jags]

same here in ireland if your caught carrying a knife you had better have a good reason for it
but if you have it in your pannier or tool kit i reckon you should be fine.

[honesty]

So what is the leagal position now in the UK on carryng knives?
I thought that if it was to be used for your job then there would be no issues?

matt

The legal position as I understand it, and I'm just a slightly informed bystander, is that if the knife is for you're job you are fine (so chef, tree surgeon, etc.). Hiking, cyclotouring, etc. is not your job so you cant get away with carrying anything even if you use it as a utility knife for cooking. You can carry a folding knife with a blade no more than 3" in length, which cannot lock (lock knives aren't folding knives or some such)

[Matt2matt2002]

So how am I going to cut up my sausages while camping?
 

[Danneaux]

So how am I going to cut up my sausages while camping?

Teeth, and by gnawing savagely.  At the last moment, I found I shouldn't take my lock-back Wenger with me when traveling overseas from the US. There were severe TSA restrictions for air travelers at the time also. I went through more plastic knives than I could count, and finally ended up sort of slicing/squishing my sausages with the edge of my credit card...the same one that had been in numerous ATMs and payout counter validators. Cue collective "Ew!" in response. I tore my bread in the French fashion and buttered it with the same card (Ew! Ew! Ewww!).

Best,

Dan. (...who lives in the Land O'Ammo 'n' Cammo and didn't think about knives as other than tools or in the same category as "firepower")

[E-wan]

I used to carry a folding pruning saw sometimes when I commuted along the track at the edge of the Clyde in Glasgow for cutting away low branches and fallen trees. tended to take it when it had been very windy the previous day or if I kept getting hit on the head by the same low branch. On one particularly windy day there were at least 5 trees down. Never got stopped or asked about it but I think I had a yellow sustrans vest in my pannier somewhere to make me look more official.

Ewan

[rualexander]

So what is the leagal position now in the UK on carryng knives?
I thought that if it was to be used for your job then there would be no issues?

matt

https://www.gov.uk/find-out-if-i-can-buy-or-carry-a-knife
You need to have good reason to be carrying a knife, not necessarily for your job, you could argue that camping and bike related tasks is good reason, but a court might disagree and you could end up in jail.
My Leatherman Wave has blades which lock in place when opened (a safety feature to stop the blade folding unexpectedly and cutting your fingers off) and as such is illegal to carry without good reason.

[Andre Jute]

I carry a nailclipper which has a small knife and scissors folding out of the body, on a chainring. The knife is only a bit longer than an inch, used for sharpening pencils for sketching. I can't imagine that it would be illegal. I bought it from a local farm machinery supplier, who had a small showcase full of the products of the firm, whose name now escapes me and isn't on their products.

A much more lethal instrument than a pocket knife is a common craft knife, even the surgical scalpel commonly found in artists' kits to sharpen pencils, trim paper, etc (I have a safety version by Morton Swann in my studio kit that I rarely use for fear of cutting myself).

Andre Jute

[Danneaux]

Hi All!

A big feature on the US' evening news channels is the public backlash and reaction to the TSA's relaxing of rules allowing the carry and possession of small knives on commercial aircraft.

When the ban first went into effect, there was a general hue and cry.

Now the ban is being reversed...there is a hue and cry. TSA employees, the airline pilots' association, and flight attendants all oppose allowing passengers to carry knives (along the lines of a Victorinox Swiss Army "Classic"). See: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/12/travel/planes-knives

I had to forfeit one of my Swiss Army knives when the rules changed while I was on a trip and I didn't have time to make arrangements to mail it home. Didn't matter it had no locking blades.

Best,

Dan.

[moodymac]

I have a Victorinox Swiss Army, easy to sharpen and never any rust problems.  Carry it every day.  Use it for something every day.  I also have a folding Buck Hunter (since 1974) that locks.  I use it on heavier duties, but hardly ever carry it.  Although it has a belt sheath and is legal in all the U.S. states (that I know of), as it's blade is under 4 inches.

As a retired police officer, it was more uncommon to find a man not to be in possession of a pocket knife than to have one.  (This was a couple of decades ago.)  Never bothered me in the least.  I figured, most men have more sense than to draw a small knife in what would turn out to be a gun fight!

Tom