It is important to remember that any item you claim to have for defensive reasons can then be interpreted as an offensive weapon in UK law.

@garygilbert1127

27 күн бұрын

nothing is ever for defense in the UK, if you say that you are the offender.

@bikergamersoldierspy533

27 күн бұрын

That's my point too. By definition your defensive object is not an offensive weapon. Could it be, sure. But it's not why you have it. You might want to ram some pedestrians with your car, if you're not right in the head, and yet I don't see everyone's driving licences revoked and cars destroyed. Criminals, by definition, don't care about the law. You, as a law-abiding citizen, have no right to defend yourself, or else you become a criminal yourself. It's absurd.

@StarlasAiko

27 күн бұрын

I always carry a book with me, in case I have to defend myself against boring people.

@gibsonms

26 күн бұрын

That’s exactly it. Any item that you carry for protection that has an different use simply *has* to be stated to be being carried for that other use. I carry a 6D Maglite torch with me.

@MrRedeyedJedi

26 күн бұрын

Which is absurd.

How are knife crime, machete knife crime, still happening? Don’t the criminals know these are illegal?

@graywolf6498

28 күн бұрын

Odd thing, criminals don’t follow the law.

@ornatus9616

28 күн бұрын

Criminals don't care about the law...

@Strider9655

28 күн бұрын

Which means the law isn't for them, it's for us.

@elingrome5853

28 күн бұрын

Buekele kind of showed the way...

@ivanbuckingham2302

28 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 great comment

Buying a £150 knife to open parcels...I'm in the wrong job.

@Ramsay77

27 күн бұрын

For that price it has to be made from titanium.

@tescoprimark1299

26 күн бұрын

It’s kind of a flex you know.

@Clembo

25 күн бұрын

It's more like £50

@Ricksta-op3qj

25 күн бұрын

I saw it as a massive humble brag

@H4WK6969

25 күн бұрын

@@Ramsay77 My new UKPK has a titanium handle, its awesome.

Basically, self-defence is illegal.

@Trosity

2 күн бұрын

Even tasers and pepper spray is illegal even if it's a woman that has the item

@Ye_Boah

2 күн бұрын

Yes and its absolute bullshit. All these laws do is destroy the publics capacity to defend themselves against the criminals that carry such knives. We need the second amendment ong

@danwillis7997

2 күн бұрын

Self defense is legal providing you use reasonable force. Using an item for self defense (assuming its done with reasonable force) is legal. But carrying anything for the purpose of self defense is illegal. For example if someone threatened you with a knife and you picked up a rock and threw at them so you could get away that would be legal. But carrying the rock so you can throw it at an armed assailant would be illegal

@usernamechecksout

21 сағат бұрын

@@danwillis7997 this is the dumbest shit I've ever read! And I'm not referring to you writing this but the UK law itself. It's mindboggingly retarded.

@usernamechecksout

21 сағат бұрын

Back in my country there were instances of people defending themselves against perpetrators on their property with knives or axes that were then sent to jail because they (the victims) had more "menacing" weapons. Basically, if your knife had a longer blade you were effed. Because a dick measuring contest is the first thing that comes to mind when someone breaks into your house! It took years but they finally changed the law, allowing for people to use "any kind of force they deem reasonable" to protect themselves or their property. Burglaries dropped significantly after a guy used his hunting rifle on some perpetrators, killing both of them. The case got a lot of attention and it was for the best. 90% of all break-ins now are done when the owners are not at home - the case the properties for weeks or month (I assume) to find work patterns and vacations and whatnot. But as a general rule they've become very rare. I believe they left it the same for when you're outside your property: if your knife is bigger then you're effed. I wish more countries would adopt concealed carry tbh.

Every schoolboy in the 1950s had a penknife in his pocket along with a bit of string, a broken pencil and various "stuff". The stuff varied with the season and could include marbles and conkers. Penknives with additional functions such as a point to get stones out of horses hooves were prized possessions despite the extra functions never being required.

@colinhume365

27 күн бұрын

Boy Scouts motto, BE PREPARED, now, its be a victim.

@zogzoogler

27 күн бұрын

at 42 that is still the basic contents of my pockets, add a random spade fuse, a piece of kids lego

@bamberlamb6512

27 күн бұрын

Even if it was provably true that "every" schoolboy carried a penknife, they weren't carrying a £126 pound Spyderco lockback, also you are still able to carry a penknife for the daily occurrence of horses with stones stuck in their hooves as long as it doesn't lock and the blade is under 3.5 inches long.

@jb-zr4ez

26 күн бұрын

How did we ever go from young boys, conkers and marbles to young boys, drugs and stabbings? What happened to society between then and now? I feel that my generation has really failed in their responsibilities towards the young.

@EtonieE25

26 күн бұрын

@@jb-zr4ezCoz the f-fin STUPID idiots running the show have allowed this current f-upped society we’ve allowed to breed!!…..and breed…..and breed…..and bre…..

I've worked in the security industry for many years. In those years, I've dealt with two knife incidents, the first was a stanley knife, the guy was threatening me and my colleague with it as he was trying to steal and we caught him, thankfully we managed to take it from him and hold him until police came, fast forward to court and despite the charges against him, he did no jail time and was released, his fine was peanuts.. the 2nd was 2 guys who were removed from premises because they were harrasing women who were on a birthday night out, they left without incident but came back "tooled up" again we handled the situation quite well, once we detained the one and got his kitchen knife the other chap ran away, police caught him later, fadt forward again and the case is dropped by police, all they got was drunk and disorderly to which they paid a small fine and were free to go. So if you wonder why knife crime is so high please not its because the law is lying to us, same as flytipping they say 10k fine, but in reality, it never is! The Uk justice system is nothing to fear. For whatever reason the justice system is easily beaten every time by solicitors who seem to be able to get around things.

@binkwillans5138

26 күн бұрын

So, there you go. Lesson 101 in the security industry. Don't call the police, and don''t let the guys go.

@pevebe

24 күн бұрын

On our door if they're acting like that soon after is usually when they trip and fall down the flight of stairs next to our premises

@satchice9102

24 күн бұрын

Sometimes it seems the law goes after the easy targets like law-abiding fishermen, campers, tradesmen rather than the real ne'er do-wells. I'm suspicious it's because it's easy to fine normally law-abiding citizens, than real criminals.

@Rodney-kv4kr

20 күн бұрын

It’s not a justice system, it’s a law system .

@mandowarrior123

20 күн бұрын

No, thugs get let off, its someone with scissors in their grooming kit that gets made an example of. Plus, it depends round here which colour you are as to the severity of your crimes.

Self defense is illegal. You might hurt your attacker.

@KopperNeoman

28 күн бұрын

To a Socialist, it's the only violent crime.

@peterturner8766

28 күн бұрын

That is incorrect. Self defence (spelled with a "c") is legal in the UK provided any force used is reasonable and proportionate. Even lethal force can and has been lawfully used on occasion. What is unlawful is carrying something with the intention of causing harm.

@imnotconvinced4833

27 күн бұрын

@@peterturner8766so you can defend yourself using deadly force or a weapon and cause harm as long as you didn’t intend to defend yourself with deadly force or the weapon, causing harm, if necessary. Makes perfect sense.

@anjou6497

27 күн бұрын

​@@peterturner8766 Exactly. Well said.

@RandomShart

27 күн бұрын

​@@anjou6497I think it's a fair point, the law deems that carrying a weapon to defend yourself from harm is the same as carrying a weapon with intent to cause harm. So it is legal to defend yourself but the law will always put you at a disadvantage to the criminal.

A screwdriver is more dangerous than a 3 inch lock knife.

@blow0me

27 күн бұрын

Stupid rules and lawmakers, and police, are even more dangerous than any knife.

@terminsane

27 күн бұрын

That's why the UK police brag about confiscating screwdrivers, metal files, and other general tools they find in people's yards during "weapon sweeps"

@alexthorpe2522

26 күн бұрын

Worked in a hospital years ago. Guy came in with horrific injuries to his thighs, arms, abdomen. Found later he'd been attacked with a screwdriver that had been sharpened to a very fine point.

@blow0me

26 күн бұрын

@@alexthorpe2522 car thieves in Northern Ireland killed a car owner quite a few years back with a screwdriver. I don't think true justice was ever served either. That's how the UK law works, They target the innocent, and ignore the killers.

@BRM101

26 күн бұрын

True

Don't bring a pocket knife to an umbrella fight

@binkwillans5138

26 күн бұрын

And vice versa, obviously.

@alexpeartree2019

20 күн бұрын

​@@binkwillans5138dunno about that, a big ass umbrella might be handy in a knife fight!

@scotbotvideos

20 күн бұрын

@@alexpeartree2019 Also handy for keeping unruly dogs at bay.

@binkwillans5138

19 күн бұрын

@@alexpeartree2019 True, just ask Hiram Holliday.

@Bond2025

19 күн бұрын

Your umbrella is a weapon too. Mine has a spike at the end.

UK self defence laws need updating asap.

I know this is about Knives, but I do recall when hand guns were banned as a result of the terrible tragedy in Dunblane Scotland Many former legal hand gun owners said” when hand guns are outlawed , only the outlaws will have hand guns”

@captainchaos3053

26 күн бұрын

@DeborahDonnellan I know what I'm going to say will sound terrible but hand guns were banned as a result of Mr Bill Clinton. Tony Blair was so easily led and Clinton was pushing gun control hopping that 8f he could do it here then the states would see how much better it is and he could do it there. However as you can see violent crime figures are in no way lower.

@fortnitefred1351

26 күн бұрын

Read Dunblane never forget. 👀

@LibtardTears

26 күн бұрын

I never gave up my hand guns. Only the mugs done it.

@anonnona8099

26 күн бұрын

@@fortnitefred1351 > Read Dunblane never forget. Never forget that if the police had done their job properly, and properly enforced the existing firearms legislation at the time, Thomas Hamilton would never have been allowed to own those guns in the first place.

@AddyBittler-

26 күн бұрын

@@fortnitefred1351some say it was a hoax no one died no one got hurt (so I’ve heard) like the abedid thing in Manchester they say he blew himself up at the arena!!! The someone got a FOI request for the police Comms and apparently abedid was apprehended near the Renault garage in Salford in a silver Audi that he was know to drive.. but it was covered up as per.. so ask yourself how does a suicide bomber blow himself up then drives off in an Audi 😆. Oh and his dad was a asset of the security service on the attempted overthrow of gaddafi in the 90s then end up living in rusholme in Manchester so it’s no stretch for his son to get into that game.. 👍 don’t shoot the messenger

WTF am I supposed to sharpen my quill with?

@kierhudson1328

28 күн бұрын

A pebble.

@ziggarillo

28 күн бұрын

Your " pen knife" They're still legal.

@thomasmooney5653

28 күн бұрын

Razor sharp w..

@operationsauce7511

28 күн бұрын

whoa whoa whoa, didn't you know quills were made illegal in public areas after king george 3rd cut his cuticle whilst on horse back!

@andyxox4168

28 күн бұрын

@@ziggarillo .. you haven’t seen the size of my quill 😂😂😂

Living in Poland is a lot more relaxed. I carry around a 4 inch locking blade with gravity assisted opening, without a care in the world. The length, lock, and opening mechanism would all be illegal back in the UK 😂

@PW-72648

24 күн бұрын

You can carry but still can't protect yourself because they would mean getting sent to prison after 😂🤡

@cottonbrad

17 күн бұрын

That was Canada. Carried a locking Blackhawk for 15 years before moving to the UK, where I don't even chance an irritated stare lest the cops get called out.

@Jauffre-innit

15 күн бұрын

@PW-72648 better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

@Pecks77

3 күн бұрын

@@Jauffre-innitbro reciting song lyrics 😂😂😂

@Jauffre-innit

3 күн бұрын

@@Pecks77 i wouldnt know if its a song. i know its a saying.

I have had a police officer hum and arr about arresting me for having a fish filleting knife in my tackle box when sea fishing a couple of years ago. I used it for cutting up my bait and also cleaning and prepping fresh caught fish to put in the cooler to take home. I can tell you my back end tightened when having that conversation.

@Treblaine

27 күн бұрын

That "good reason" defence of section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act (1988) has to do a LOT of work. Even small nail scissors are a liability as it doesn't say "knife" but any "article that has a blade or is sharply pointed".

@garygilbert1127

27 күн бұрын

hasnt happened to me but I have knives when fishing and camping, I also use a billhook to clear brambles from walkways and mtb trails in the forest because the council stopped doing it when the tories got in, it's unfair we risk punishment for the acts of a few idiots in shopping centres, druggies etc.

@alanmumford8806

27 күн бұрын

@@garygilbert1127 As a contributory member of a fishing club in the previous millenium, I would regularly carry a billhook or an Irish slasher, for clearing bankside vegetation. Apparently, if I did the same now, I could potentially be imprisoned. I no longer live the the UK, a life-choice which seems to have been wise.

@Jones-xx2gc

27 күн бұрын

What a joke.

@snowywelsh

26 күн бұрын

Quite right too, and you should have been imprisoned for A 1000 YEAAAAARRRRRRRRSSSSSSS. . .

If I'm in my work clothes I'll more than likely have a knife in a pocket. Never crossed my mind to use it on another person.

@sybentley6675

26 күн бұрын

same.

@binkwillans5138

26 күн бұрын

Remind me not to insult you in your work clothes.

@JamesBakerAdventurer

25 күн бұрын

same. As a gardener and landscaper a pocket knife is the least dangerous tool i carry.

@DarkRainUK

25 күн бұрын

​@@JamesBakerAdventurer I specialise in tradional Japanese horticulture so i use alot of traditional Japanese tools in my work . My hori hori that I use alot is bigger than most rambo knifes but at the end of the day they're tools to do ours job not weapons

@MatSmithLondon

23 күн бұрын

@@DarkRainUK hilarious comment award goes to you 😂

Maybe I'm suspicious minded...but if someone breaks into the BBB's home he's going to claim he was "opening parcels" at the time

@user-zw5rv3nu1c

21 күн бұрын

Quality 🤣

@Bond2025

19 күн бұрын

He is very busy during the day, so was sitting up doing a quick youtube edit and decided to open a parcel he forgot about from earlier on that day. That sounds reasonable to me. Someone run at him as he was walking out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee and large knife about to be used to cut a scone! There are loads of defences. The best I heard was for a man being caught in a shop with a knife and accused of attempt robbery. He had been "making a pie" and was cutting pastry up when he saw a friend walk past, he run out of his kitchen and over the road to see him going in to a shop and followed him in, completely forgetting about the knife he was holding. The CCTV didn't match up with that version of events!

@TheRealWindlePoons

10 күн бұрын

I was just cleaning my air rifle...

I know that you have touched on this subject before but I thank you for refreshing it for us.

The Spyderco knife you show on a website is a 'Para3' which is a locking knife. The one you hold is the Spyderco 'Urban' which is a slip joint -non locking.

@markoi.83

2 күн бұрын

Actually, he was holding an "UK Penknife". UKPK has a 7.4cm blade. "Urban" is a bit smaller. Coming in a 6.2 blade length. There's also "Squeak" in a same set. Which is the smallest (5cm).

I keep a multi-use Swiss Army knife in its leather case, in the toolkit section of my car. It is adapted by the manufacturer for one-handed use. (My left hand/arm is compromised due to injury). I also have an automatic knife with a glass-breaker at one end of the handle; this lives in the driver's door pocket and is in a leather case. The latter has a 5" blade and I had to prove necessity in order to have it in my car. The knife is of historic interest yet, I encounter no problem having, on occasion, a bootful of historic weapons, including firearms! (I am a collector in a small way) I think you'd have loved the reaction from a lone copper when he saw a 4·5 foot long, ancient Executioner's sword on the rear seat...... Priceless!

@FaanBoerseun

28 күн бұрын

Just wait until the eye of sauron turns to you

@charlesta654

20 күн бұрын

i had a swiss army knife as a kid but it didnt have a knife..think it was just called a swiss army ???

@mamba101

19 күн бұрын

If you haven’t already, checkout leatherman free series, they’re designed to operate one handed.

They are going to ban crossbows now due to the triple murder in Enfield. Nanny State BS.

As a kid I worked in a service station, under the counter was a hollow metal bar, i was told that the police had told them that having a handgrip on it would fall into an offensive weapon, a simple tool etc picked up to deter a criminal would be less problematic. Hence they had taken some grip tape off it.

in other words: don't you even think about defending yourself, as anything brought for defense will be quallified as 'offensive weapon'

@davidwebb4904

28 күн бұрын

Exactly. Our society has been turned into a nation of victims. And youths still carry machetes which they are not at all afraid to use. Then they disappear in Tenerife. ……

@simongrushka983

28 күн бұрын

@@davidwebb4904 is the comment about that missing guy necessary thou?

@davidwebb4904

28 күн бұрын

@@simongrushka983 He's a wrong un. As is his entire family. He should be in high security for a decade for his crime of attempted murder, but no. He's off partying in Spain

@JohnLamjohnlsl

28 күн бұрын

The law is designed in a way that only bad guys can have weapon, good guys can easily became a victim, Because the bad guys don't have consequences if they attack someone Waiting for the police? You can wait in your coffin for justice

@outofthetrash5925

28 күн бұрын

​@@simongrushka983Not too familiar with the story but if he previously used a Machete on the streets of the UK, then yes.

Laws take away your freedom but if you break the law you go to jail, and loose your freedom, you loose freedom either way. Most of us don't need laws to control our behaviour and those that do don't care about laws.

@AI-Records24

27 күн бұрын

Well said. Something about most brits though, they love to be governed. Love to be told what to do, how to do it, what’ll happen if they don’t do it as they’ve been told, and most importantly, what they cannot do, and again what’ll happen if they do do those things. It’s beyond me why people like rules and laws rather than freedom to choose, and it’s infuriating😡

@rosiefay7283

27 күн бұрын

@@AI-Records24 Why do you prefer the freedom to go out in public and stab people? I prefer the freedom to go out in public and not risk getting stabbed.

@DrGreenGiant

27 күн бұрын

​@@AI-Records24I'd say it's because we believe that the law is doing net good. In this case a limitation of freedom in exchange for safety. For example, we don't have the freedom to carry guns and as a benefit I've never once worried that someone is going to point a gun at me or a stray bullet might hit me in the crossfire. Different cultures have different reasonable views on things. If I was to go to America, my views would no longer be reasonable in that culture.

@TheChees1996

27 күн бұрын

In fact you have more freedom in jail than outside, cause you don't have to pay taxes, rent and other stuff. You even get free education. But most prisoners are too lazy to see it.

@schrodingerscat1863

27 күн бұрын

@@AI-Records24 errrr no, most Brits are intensely annoyed by this type of thing.

Not allowing locking knives is a public safety risk. An absolute joke

@ziggarillo

28 күн бұрын

Just don't carry a knife, if you dont like non locking blades. If you have a legitimate reason to need a knife with a locking blade, you can legally carry one.

@gavinr4214

28 күн бұрын

Diversity and it's many gifts.

@mikeharris2650

28 күн бұрын

I accidentally cut my finger to the bone once using a non locking blade. Still dont like using them.

@NahBroUK

28 күн бұрын

@@ziggarilloit’s just a tool. What’s your problem with them?

@hexrag5901

28 күн бұрын

making a safety feature illegal is indeed moronic

Only a lawyer would have a £150 knife for opening parcels. The rest of us using our keys or an open pair of scissors 😂

@garygilbert1127

27 күн бұрын

are we still allowed scissors?

@NitroNuggetTV

27 күн бұрын

@@garygilbert1127As long as you have paid your scissor tax.

@RandomShart

27 күн бұрын

I use a £30 swiss army knife, it's a great little tool to have in your pocket.

@steveo4991

27 күн бұрын

Meanwhile, people on the dole are walking around with £1000 phones and £250 ear buds. At least the knife is useful and nowhere near as disposable. £150 is hardly a lot for an incredibly useful tool which will last decades with proper care.

@juniorbriandunn

21 күн бұрын

I Wa shocked you can get nearly the same knife by the same company for £30 lol

Can confirm, I've been injured by non locking knives more than locking knives

You've got the Spyderco UK Penknife which is a non-locking knife with

Isn't it lovely that one city being a crime-ridden hole means the rest of the UK gets pummelled with these stupid laws.

@victororlov1236

28 күн бұрын

Im sure everything will improve under Starmer. 🤣

@andyxox4168

28 күн бұрын

@@LuxFerre4242 ‘One’ city? … the list is long!

@cliveo3

28 күн бұрын

@@victororlov1236 Yes ,he will give everybody a free magic carpet ,so we can fly away from danger .

@KX36

28 күн бұрын

I don't know what city you mean, but I assume London. I'm not anywhere near London but I see about equivalent number of major traumas due to stabbing as to car crashes in my A&E. About 500 of each per year.

@victororlov1236

28 күн бұрын

@@cliveo3 Or you can pay attention to your environment and maintain a casual level of situational awareness ... but that does requires some rational thought and intellect. ... ummmm I see the problem now.

£146 for a knife to open parcels? Wow you're better paid than me! I got a Stanley knife for £3.

@sprinkz6187

28 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@awatt

28 күн бұрын

Opening "parcels"

@KX36

28 күн бұрын

I use my teeth.

@soylentgreen326

28 күн бұрын

🤔 to a barrister that’s loose change 🎉

@awatt

28 күн бұрын

@@soylentgreen326 Are you people? Asking for a friend

I carry and use my Leatherman multi tool every day.. even used it at my mates wedding to fix one of the speakers, he didn't want me wearing it because it didn't go with the kilt🤷‍♂️

@Clembo

25 күн бұрын

Those knife elements lock, technically against the law.

@baldbeardyandbiking6686

25 күн бұрын

The irony is you could have had a Sgian-dubh dagger in your sock! One of the 3 exceptions in Sect 139 of the CJA 1988 is as part of a national costume. If you're wearing a kilt as part of traditional Scottish dress then you have an exception to the law.

@baldbeardyandbiking6686

25 күн бұрын

@@Clembo Not all multitools have locking blades. I carry a Leatherman Kick. Totally street legal (confirmed by showing it to a number of police officers)

@pevebe

24 күн бұрын

@@baldbeardyandbiking6686 Did you have to order this from the US?

@buckleyjteams

18 күн бұрын

@@pevebe no multi tool store uk

A bottle could be an offensive weapon, or your fist if you know karate

I carried a locking folder for the 10 years i lived in London. Never had an issue. I cut more cake and sausage rolls with it than anything else.

@alanmumford8806

27 күн бұрын

Just like most people would. It's not the 'thing', it's the person wielding the thing that matters. But the idiot lawmakers deliberately don't want to hear that. Just like the spurious gun control arguments in the US.

@mojo-zombie

27 күн бұрын

I used to carry one for cutting up Apples (posh) but changed to a 3" folder when it became an instant criminal record!

@christopherquinn5899

26 күн бұрын

…and you cut things with relative safety because it could lock.

@snowywelsh

26 күн бұрын

I'll have to remember that. . . "Hmmmm. . .always carry a sausage roll. . ."

@snowywelsh

26 күн бұрын

Conversely, I always carry a cake for defensive purposes. . .but not a sausage roll. That's a step too far!

I was recently pulled over in my motorhome. This was because of an issue with stolen motorhome in the area. But whilst he did his checks ( enjoyed a coffee along with the officer)he went inside the rear and we sat around the table in comfort. He had noticed there were kitchen knives in the sink And a knife rack on the side attached to the wall however he pointed out these should be in a drawer and not within reach whilst driving which I could at that time. Although it was within the area of what it was safe he pointed out it could be considered unsafe and should be in drawers not within easy reach whilst driving. He didn’t do anything to take further but was making me aware.

@Doomsday_Report

17 күн бұрын

Honestly just sounds like good advice, I wouldn't want pointy objects hanging around "loose" in the back of my car either. I remember an urban legend that claimed a tissue box could become a deadly projectile in an accident, so a breadknife sat in a sink behind your head would presumably decapitate you and go on a 6 day crime spree through the local area.

@Steve_Coates

12 күн бұрын

@@Doomsday_Report There was a fad for gilt tissue boxes on the parcel shelf of cars a decade or so back, many were plastic but the good quality ones were gilded brass and weighed nearly a pound, one of those to the back of the head at 40 or 50 mph would not be good news.

Great video and very informative Daniel. I'd only add that many believe that it's only the sharpened blade that counts towards the length (erroneously) whereas it's the full length exposed from the grip. The Spyderco you have is a good example; the thumb choil would be included in overall blade length.

My every day carry knife is Swiss Army Knife which meets the exemptions you mentioned. I have declared it going into the Scottish Parliament building it was taken off my and returned when I left. No problem with Eurostar check in although once it was removed and checked the blade was not locking and replaced. I've carried it for so long the scales are worn smooth and the logo worn away.

They really do like to keep increasing the reasons for you needing weapons of self defense UP, while also ramping up the laws against them.

@KopperNeoman

28 күн бұрын

You can't have a revolution without stripping the loyalists of weapons.

its so bizarre that you aren't allowed to defend yourself and if you do you have to justify your own defence

@buchan448

23 күн бұрын

Aye this country’s law for thats is pathetic total nanny state we live in

@MatSmithLondon

23 күн бұрын

You could argue it’s frustrating that innocent people should have to justify their behaviour because of the actions of criminals. I’d agree with that, although I’d say: “that’s life” and from your early days in primary school you should be familiar with the idea of answering questions like that. But to say it’s “bizarre”, I’m not sure about that. As for the guy suggesting it’s a nanny state: hyperbole. In every society in the last 2000 years we have evidence of criminal behaviour affecting the liberties of the innocent.

@elkippy

23 күн бұрын

Of course you are allowed to defend yourself, don't be ridiculous.

@giggity4670

23 күн бұрын

@@elkippy Yea you are but good luck trying to defend your self in court and if the criminal that was attacking you dies so how even for defence have fun fighting that in while in prison. Many cases in news about people defending them self end up in prison only small present get away with it.

@fredbloggs545

20 күн бұрын

@@giggity4670 "Many cases in news about people defending them self end up in prison..." Then it has been proved that they did not use reasonable force.

It's gets even more fun with bladed articles that have an assisted opening feature such as a stud or hole that permit one handed operation.

In this video, the knife that Blackbelt has is a Spyderco UKPK (UK Pen Knife). This is a non locking knife with a blade less than 3 inches. However the knife shown by Blackbelt on the website was a Spyderco Para 3 - this is a locking knife. This one cannot be carried in public without good reason. Just incase there was any mix up. I use a Spyderco UKPK daily at work (I work in a warehouse where I need to open a lot of plastic wrap, cardboard and plastic pallet straps) and it is a great knife, highly recommend them if not misused.

There are also venue-specific, like football stadiums or knives in hand luggage on an plane, where security will confiscate the item, knife, scissors, metal nail file, often with no route to getting the item back.

@JelMain

28 күн бұрын

Bemusingly, my daughter had left some scissors in my backpack after borrowing it to instruct a friend in bookbinding. Not knowing it was there, I took the pack to the Passport Office, where it was discovered and held on one side until I'd finished my business, at which point it was returned on leaving.

Thank you for all the common sense. I live in London, have done for much of my life. Knife crime is a huge political issue in London. Teenagers getting into fights, often gang related, which then escalate into someone getting killed because one or both of the participants is carrying a knife. The law being so restrictive on what you can legally carry is really helpful to the police in trying to reduce the likelihood of knife crime. I go fishing and bought the Spyderco UK Penknife in the video so I could take a decent knife with me for cutting up bait etc and not have to worry about carrying something that is arguably illegal. Great knife.

Remember, even if a cop asks you ‘do you agree this knife could be used as an offensive weapon’ say ‘no.’ If he asks you what reason you are carrying it, say ‘because I’m legally entitled to.’

@binkwillans5138

26 күн бұрын

When he walks away, mutter "Yaah fuzz" in an insulting tone.

@baldbeardyandbiking6686

25 күн бұрын

@@binkwillans5138 If you're carrying a knife in public and it is legal (as per Sect 139) then it is up to the police to prove you are committing a crime. If you agree a knife could be used as a weapon then you are one step closer to the officer arresting you. If asked, a knife is a tool, not a weapon.

@binkwillans5138

24 күн бұрын

@@baldbeardyandbiking6686 That's what I meant.

@jarlath9414

20 күн бұрын

Saying "no" there just tags you as obstructive / suspicious. Obviously almost anything "could be used as an offensive weapon" if you have the motivation to do so.

@mandowarrior123

20 күн бұрын

'I don't answer questions without my solicitor present' is the only real answer to police questions.

The govt want you defenceless and reliant on the police. Criminals will not wait for the police to turn up to protect/defend you. The govt have made you an easy target and easy victim.

@FNG0000

28 күн бұрын

Got 3 blokes coming over fence to garden at 8p.m winter. Do you think police ever arrived?

@-YELDAH

27 күн бұрын

Why would they want that? Seems rather tinfoil hat

@233kosta

27 күн бұрын

"When seconds matter, the police are minutes away." ... if they turn up at all. Some fuching GENIUS had the bright idea to dedicate quite a lot of police resource to watching tw@tter for people insulting each other.

@233kosta

27 күн бұрын

​@@FNG0000Call 999 and tell them to send an ambulance for them. Watch armed responce roll in ASAFP

@lewispowell1681

27 күн бұрын

Yet amazingly your more than twice as likely to be the victim of knife crime in the big country where your allowed to walk around with a gun than you are in the UK. Almost as if more weapons doesnt mean your less likely to be the victim of one, but thats an absurd notion

The law-abiding citizen is persecuted for carrying something as a means to defend themselves while the police and the criminals go around carrying whatever they like. Make it make sense.

@chrisfs150

28 күн бұрын

Police and criminals you say? Can anyone tell the difference i say..... 😊

@gavinr4214

28 күн бұрын

It makes perfect sense if you accept certain truths about the world we live in. Though I suspect you'd see those truths as looney.

@KopperNeoman

28 күн бұрын

Constitutionally speaking, those Subjects who are Protestants are allowed to carry arms appropriate to their self-defence. The ones who should be getting pilloried for carrying are the very ones who would get the luvvies crying racismus.

@KX36

28 күн бұрын

@@chrisfs150 easy. the criminals are the ones who do things, the police are the ones who don't.

@CristiNeagu

28 күн бұрын

1. Yes, only law abiding citizens suffer from this, since they're the only ones that are likely to carry a locking blade knife. Criminals all carry massive kitchen knives and machetes, so they don't care about small knives. 2. That being said, don't carry a knife with you for self defence unless you are trained to use it as such. If you're not, chances are you will get hurt. It's a bad idea. Don't do it.

When choosing an edc folding knife, it is best to choose a design such as the spyderco shown, which incorporates a finger choil that helps prevent the knife closing on your fingers. Another good design for use in the UK is the twisted assisted Junzi.

@allenkennedy99

22 күн бұрын

Boker Plus XS is very nice as well, as it has that little finger shelf, and it's a fair bit cheaper to boot.

@donaldcarr8766

22 күн бұрын

@allenkennedy99 The Bpker plus xs is a good knife, and within the UK friendly category. The whole blade is a little bit bigger with a cutting edge within limits, but this may take some explaining to a police officer not fully aware of uk knife law.

I was giving expert evidence in the RCJ so offered my swiss army knife, with locking blade because I have the scar on one finger when a folding blade shut on me in a dark roof-space. Security took my knife - as I expected but told them, they'd better keep it accessible in case the Judge asked for it, to which the duty policeman scoffed. Well, the Judge did want it so a very disgruntled policeman had to come into the Court to produce it. At the end of the hearing, they refused to let me have my knife back so I wrote to the Superintendant at Saville Row demanding its return as a tool of my trade (a building surveyor). They sent it back by post.

Can you comment on the Opinel folding knife. when opening the blade, it does not automatically lock open however it is able to be locked when open for safe use?

@70percentxtradark

19 күн бұрын

Counts as a locking knife and therefore illegal to carry without good reason. Opinel #5 lacks the locking ring and is small enough to be legal carry in the UK

I have had the Dewalt knife in my pocket for as long as I can remember. I’m a tradesman, I cut cables, I run it around the edge of cable sheaths such as wf100, cat5e, cat6 etc… it’s such a handy tool, it’s never crossed my mind to do anything other than trim back cables! Sometimes I finish work and go to Tesco and it’s in my pocket. I never even thought about it! I only commented as I saw it in the thumbnail! Great video.

@OCD_Sparkies

27 күн бұрын

Same here, I have a small gerber brand utility knife in my wallet all the time alongside a tiny pair of pliers. If anyone ever questioned it I’d just bin the blade without hesitation. But I’ve never been asked. Unless I whipped it out in a fight I doubt I will, and I have no intention ever of doing that!

@mandowarrior123

20 күн бұрын

If the police stop you, i could do with some electrical work, you're on your way to mine. They can arrest you even if you are working as good reason is a defence only. Or, have a family member who knows you always might be coming round. I'm not sure but not answering them might be best in case you phrase yourself wrong/ fall for a language trap. It's a right pain.

“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” -karl marx

@RBTVN

22 күн бұрын

The enlightened path o7

@TheRealWindlePoons

10 күн бұрын

That's going well in the USA right now, isn't it?

Good simple (or as simple as anything to do with the law can be) explanation - thank you

I don’t carry a knife but I do carry a wicked spoon and a pair of chopsticks …

@victororlov1236

28 күн бұрын

Do you have a small rubber ball on the end of your chopsticks?

@vatsmith8759

28 күн бұрын

It would be an offence to carry the chopsticks for self-defence but you could sell tickets if it ever came to court.

@thedirectorschair1054

28 күн бұрын

@@vatsmith8759 He carries them on the offchance of coming across chinese food.

@knightowl3577

27 күн бұрын

I carry a viscously sharp piece of fruit at all times.

@victororlov1236

27 күн бұрын

@@knightowl3577 YA, that's great! Until you encounter a 16 ton weight... see what your banana does then.

Frustrating when cops lack the common sense for the "work" exemption or just looking to get their arrest numbers up? I know a chef who was arrested for carrying his knives from his car to work while dressed in his chef whites 🤦‍♂️ One of the questions in the interview was "Why don't you leave them at work?" A "Because these cost me over £1000" NFA but what a huge waste of time.

@AI-Records24

27 күн бұрын

They joined the police for one reason and it wasn’t to help others

@sybentley6675

26 күн бұрын

Cops....common sense? ....come on!

@mandowarrior123

20 күн бұрын

Its a defence, that means they can arrest you and charge you regardless. And probably KPIs yes. This law really needs to stop, and police need to have repercussions for their behavior.

A friction folding knife doesn't have a locking mechanism, yet the blade can locked in place by your hand holding it. These are far safer than spring folding knives which have the potential to close over your fingers.

@simonh6371

28 күн бұрын

Also the Spyderco UKPK, the first one he shows, is designed in such a way that you can prevent it closing by holding your finger on the choil (the blunt metal part before the actual cutting edge). I have a slightly smaller one than the one he shows here, the Spyderco Urban.

@Treblaine

27 күн бұрын

This is tricky as nowhere in the legislation does it mention anything about locking mechanisms. A trial court simply ruled that the definition of a folding knife is that it must be able to fold at any time. I know, this isn't how the adjective is used anywhere else, a folding chair is still a folding chair even if it can be locked in one position or another. They specifically ruled that the danger of a knife blade closing on the hand is what made it legal. They were all ever so impressed with themselves, they acted like they had carefully avoided a loophole of people carrying folding knives with the blade permanently welded into the open position... Yet that is not what anyone was found to have.

@nickgood8166

27 күн бұрын

Tosh.

@simonh6371

27 күн бұрын

@@nickgood8166 I think the OP should have qualified his comment, you are actually right that 99% of friction folders do not lock into place by the hand. However there are some based on ancient medieval designs, such as the Svord Peasant Mini, which have an elongated tang, which means it will not close when in use. Some Higinokami knives have a similar tang.

@conorstewart2214

17 күн бұрын

@@Treblaine so it’s legal because it is more dangerous to the user and could close on your fingers? By the sounds of things even just a single step back from welded would be legal, if you make the mechanism that stiff that it requires a lot of force to close and acts like a locking knife then it would be legal.

I carry a SAK manager. It’s got a small blade, bottle opener, flat and Philips screwdriver and pen, along with some tweezers. The most useful thing I have ever purchased, it’s a shame they discontinued the model though. They do still sell the midnight manager, which is the same SAK but instead of the pen it’s replaced with a little LED light.

In 2000/2001 a German friend of mine got taken to court for no tax and mot on his car . He stayed at mine the night before court as he lived 45 miles away in York and I was in Hull where the "offences" took place. He is a biker with "support your local outlaws " t-shirt on as we went into the magistrates court and he spotted the metal detector . He said " here matey you look after these , and in the middle of the reception area pulled out a large knife in a leather sheath and a knuckleduster ...Im stood there with a t-shirt and jeans on , no bag no coat ...nothing to hide this stuff . I could just about stuff the knuckle duster in my pocket but NO CHANCE with the knife. Police were in and out of the court and all I could do was put the knife down the back of my jeans and push myself against the wall . I was there for over an hour . I saw him coming down the stairs and he was heading for the door , I had to shout to him and jesture him back to me . We stood nattering until we saw an opportunity and he took it back off me and put it back under his coat. Never been so shitted up by anything !. Complete plank taking those into a court and for carrying them in the first place

A man near where I live was killed by a single punch to the head just the other day. I'm now expecting laws to be created to ban the carrying of hands in public. Everyone must at all time keep their hands securely encased in boxing gloves whilst out in public, for safety of course. I hate the idea that the object is the problem. It's always the person.

@robertp457

21 күн бұрын

It's frustrating the UK talks about banning guns as a solution to the US's violence problems while the US has the same situation with guns and knives as if banning weapons affects violent people who don't care about laws.

@Codysdab

21 күн бұрын

@@robertp457 that's what makes it so bad, gun crime in the uk still exists despite it being virtually impossible to even get a handgun. Criminals don't care about your laws, all banning things does is hurt good people.

@mandowarrior123

20 күн бұрын

​@@Codysdabloads of guns come over on the dingies and in the trucks. Plus you can get them from northern ireland.

@impyrobot

2 күн бұрын

Boxing gloves just protect your fists they don't reduce the force of a blow or anything like that. At most boxing gloves mean less superficial cuts.

@Codysdab

2 күн бұрын

@@impyrobot they spread out the force, a lot. Yes the overall force is unchanged, but the force per cm2 is substantially less. If the bare knuckle force is applied to a weak spot, then the damage is substantially more than with a big glove on.

Sikh here - the religious reason is for us. We're the only faith in the world religiously and legally allowed(in majority of countries) to carry swords/blades in public

@mungoh42

27 күн бұрын

What about a Scottish Skean Dhu?

@jogasinghkhalsa5526

27 күн бұрын

@mungoh42 yes that's ceremonial not faith related. In the UK there are only three types of soldiers legally allowed to carry bladed weapons in public. The King's soldiers (ceremonial), the Scottish soldiers (ceremonial) and the Sikh soldiers (Religious and practical means)

@Jaccayumitty

27 күн бұрын

​@@mungoh42allowed if worn as part of a national costume. I don't know if a kilt alone counts as national costume, or if you need the full head to toe getup.

@captainchaos3053

27 күн бұрын

What is the religious reason? I only ask to educate myself.

@jack_attack

27 күн бұрын

@@Jaccayumitty kilt alone should suffice provided there’s no underwear present.

Amazing timing having this in my recommended, went to a camping/outdoors store today to look for some shoes (they didnt have the ones i want) and stopped at the knives being sold looking at the victorinox. I was surprised at some of the knives they had for sale, i suppose they werent big but bigger than i thought they would sell.

@Steve_Coates

12 күн бұрын

It's legal to sell , buy and own large bladed fixed or locking knives, the offence is to carry them in public.

Thank you, excellent summary.

My EDC is a G19 with a red dot, extra mag, HFB knife, flashlight, and TQ

@BlackBeltBarrister

28 күн бұрын

😂

@victororlov1236

28 күн бұрын

Might have a difficult time explaining why you carry that in the UK. AND... what is like to live in such fear of the world that you need to carry a pistol every day to feel secure? I'm ex military ... Ive never found the need for a firearm outside of service... partly because the world is not really that dangerous and partly because I'm not an insecure pussy afraid of the world. Cheers.

@simongrushka983

28 күн бұрын

must be hell to live in the constant fear, isn't it?

@graywolf6498

28 күн бұрын

@@victororlov1236 former 68W. And I’m not afraid of anything. Self defense is a human right. The world is a dangerous place. But keep up with the name calling. Your comments reek of jealousy.

@benh715

28 күн бұрын

@@UKRO404some sort of firearm with bells and whistles

I have a knuckle-duster, an automatic-release telescopic baton and a Smith & Wesson locking knife on me at most times, purely for self defence. Yes, I know it's illegal to do so, but I follow Robert Heinlein's philosophy regarding the law: "I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." It just mean that if I'm victim to a mugging or attack, I'll need to defend myself, flee and not report it. However I like to think I've done more to discourage the attacker from reoffending than the police would; and that's if they even bother to investigate.

@thespokenword6456

16 күн бұрын

You've just openly admitted to several crimes and you have your work address on your account. Every part of that is a bad idea.

@boilerhousegarage

15 күн бұрын

@@thespokenword6456 I don't regard carrying the means to defend yourself as a crime. It's illegal, but it's a law I'm intentionally and openly defying.

@impyrobot

2 күн бұрын

While I agree with you it's probably best to delete the comments since it's free ammunition for a prosecutor.

I carried a Leatherman Super Tool for almost 20 years on my belt when working (TV&Film Industry). Last year I got paranoid as I knew it locked and the issue with that, so ended up getting a Leatherman Rebar EDC which is bladeless to replace it. My ST300 has been moved into my work bag

at this point being a roadman is the national costume

Short answer: Nothing is legal in the UK. Your right to be prepared for an emergency has been taken from you in the name of public safety; yet the public is far less safe than before.

@JD-lp5rw

24 күн бұрын

Police are useless and more interested in people making jokes on the internet than armed robbery. We are so fucked.

@chrisspencer6502

24 күн бұрын

Sounds like you need help. As he said very clearly, you have good reason it’s perfectly legal. Carry a knife for self defence is not good reason, since it implies you’re out looking for trouble. Most criminals carry a knife for active self defence

@pierstheoneandonly

23 күн бұрын

@@chrisspencer6502 'Implies you're out looking for trouble'. How the Presumption of Innocence is being undermined. How about the implication that you wish protect you/your loved one to the best of your ability and to even up the odds in the case of a confrontation with villainy? More proof that The Law is an ass, esp in this the era post-Blair (who, let's be reminded, passed as many new laws during his tenure as had been passed since Magna Carta). 'The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws' - Tacitus

@camdoesbusiness

23 күн бұрын

@@chrisspencer6502 And those who wield knives, the ones who care little for the law, how is one to defend themselves against? Twice i've been held at knifepoint, twice i was completely defenceless.

@MICHAEL-wg2lh

23 күн бұрын

Spot on

Why are the police allowed to carry multitools ie leatherman its a locking blade and had mine confiscated i was going camping

@victororlov1236

28 күн бұрын

because acab

@ziggarillo

28 күн бұрын

You can carry a locking blade if you have a good reason, a police officer could give a good reason to carry a multi-tool with a locking blade.

@simongrushka983

28 күн бұрын

@@ziggarillo a PC would give a 'good reason' to another PC when questioned. don't forget that

@ornatus9616

28 күн бұрын

@@ziggarillo I mean, self-protection is a great reason.

@dav6131

28 күн бұрын

You shouldn't have had yours confiscated if you were going camping!!! Definitely would be appealing that one.

I always carry a bundle of handtools for leatherwork, sewing and whittling with me. Some blades are only about a quarter of an inch long, some are well longer than 3 inches. And they all either lock or are rigid/don't fold at all. The way they are bundled, I couldn't use them for defense unless I happen to have the bundle unrolled and am using the tools already when a situation arrises. I also always have a set of travel cuttlery with me, which includes spoon, fork, steak knife (non-folding and longer than 3 inch) and chopsticks. The only daily carry item that is sufficiently reachable to be used in a sudden unexpected emergency situation are my gymnastic dumbells. Not that I would have to quickly pull them out in an emergency while walking, since I'd already be holding them. When I am not walking, they are in my jacket pockets. That is their purpose, to add weight to your arms to increase muscle and energy exertion while walking, increase the exercise value of walking. Goes well with the weighted ankle and wrist cuffs. They are small enough to fit in my fist without any risk of object touching attacker, but they harden my grip, thereby reducing the risk of hurting myself when punching something. That is why self-defense classes teach you to hold a lighter or your key ring in your fist. At the end of the day, when anybody attacks me, the attacker will be able to sue the government for breach of guaranty that their vicitm will be defenseless.

@mandowarrior123

20 күн бұрын

They'll charge you even locked in your car or inaccessible. Seizure like that would meet their KPIs

The svord peasant mini is a non locking friction folder. £30 and made to uk legal requirements.

I'VE CARRIED A PEN KNIFE SINCE I WAS 5 AND I. NEARLY 60 I'VE GOT A SWISS ARMY KNIFE THAT GOES EVERY WHERE WITH ME VERY USEFUL TOOL

@Tsnafu

28 күн бұрын

See if you can use it to unstick your caps lock key

@datcrazytwitch3677

28 күн бұрын

@@Tsnafu lol

@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood

27 күн бұрын

No need to shout

@2tone209

27 күн бұрын

@@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood IM A BIT DEAF

@robertp457

21 күн бұрын

@@2tone209 I don't see what that has to do with your typing.

How are multi-tools like the Leatherman classified? It has a blade that folds out and locks in place, as do all the other tools it contains except the pair of pliers. It's a two handed exercise to open or close them. By the time you've removed it from it's snap lock leather case, unfolded just the blade you want and refolded the body to make a handle, your prospective antagonist has either already killed you or is in the next county.

@TheGreatest1974

26 күн бұрын

Any fixed blade or any blade that locks is illegal to carry. Any blade with a cutting edge longer than 7.5 cm is illegal even if it doesn’t lock.

@redacted7157

16 күн бұрын

look into the leatherman bond, specifically made to be uk legal

I used to carry a small knife on my keyring. Only a 40mm blade but because it locks, I decided to retire it from my everyday carry. Non-locking knives seem dangerous to me as it is possible they can fold onto your fingers. It was used for opening boxes at home and work so I have replaced it with a dedicated box-cutter with an embedded blade. I see this as a sad reflection on the way society has gone: I am 66 years old and have carried pocket knives since I was in the cub scouts.

Back in the 90s, when I was in my teens, I went on holiday to France. I bought my three best friends an Opinel pen folding knife, with a rotating locking collar, and one for myself of course. One of my friends had a dad who was a policeman, and he explained to me why it was illegal in the UK, but he let us roll with it, since we were just using it for camping.

@stevec5922

27 күн бұрын

I believe Opinel now do non locking versions of some of their knives.

@conorstewart2214

17 күн бұрын

@@stevec5922 I believe I have seen them too, essentially the exact same knife but with the locking collar removed.

@conorstewart2214

17 күн бұрын

They are still made and are readily available here now too, the lock is simple but effective and doesn’t make the knife any more dangerous as a weapon. Did the policeman have any valid reason for why locking knives are illegal or was he just explaining the law?

Thirty odd years ago, my father was coming home and got mixed up with a crowd of football fans (mid-week match) who were herded to one side after some trouble. They were all searched and my father was found to be carrying an 'open (cutthroat) razor'. He told the officer he was a barber, and proved it by partially shaving him in the back of a police van. No charges were bought. He was taking it home to give it its weekly oilstone sharpening.

@CazSmith

27 күн бұрын

So the copper let the man he'd just arrested with an offensive weapon have the blade back and offered up his own throat to it? wow

@user-qz3wv7tq6v

27 күн бұрын

@@CazSmith Absolutely... but different times.

@Daimo83

25 күн бұрын

Imagine a society where trust is so high a cop could trust a potential criminal not to be a murderer 😂

@CazSmith

25 күн бұрын

@@Daimo83 I can just imagine a copper accompanying an arrested suspect while letting him hold a cut throat razor to his neck while driving around in the back of a bumpy van.

@user-qz3wv7tq6v

25 күн бұрын

@@CazSmith OK Mr Richard Head... Who said ANYTHING about the van moving? Or do you lie EVERY time you open your mouth? Standard procedure for todays trolls. Society was different then, and it's sh1ts like you who've changed it.

I love Opinels....but i can't leave home with it. You can buy them commonly on the continent but France has also tightened its laws recently.

@matthorrocks6517

28 күн бұрын

My mom loves them too it actually has lasted forever. Good steel

@awatt

28 күн бұрын

The no 6 and 8 work well for me. I'm carrying them when I go hiking. Am willing to test whether they are legal for that purpose in court.

@catman2629

27 күн бұрын

@@awatt they don’t automatically lock , you have to turn the end round to get them to lock . Super sharp nice pocket knives great for gardening , opening parcels etc

@binkwillans5138

26 күн бұрын

I can't leave home without my gatling gun. I never use it, of course.

@atarirob

19 күн бұрын

I've had a No.09 for ~12 years now. Probably the best knife for under £20 and has never let me down. Meanwhile, this bloke has a £150 knife for "opening parcels" lmao

Good advice but I’ve found that the little Victorinox Classic is good enough for most tasks. You can change a plug, trim your nails, open packages and cut string. It has tweezers too. It’s main advantage over Spydercos etc., that are right on the limit for legal carry, is it’s inconspicuous appearance.

So... if I have a Stanley knife in the toolbox in my van and I'm not going to work but on the way to visit a friend, is that regarded as an offence?

A £150 knife for opening parcels!! Really?

@basslinerider48.17

28 күн бұрын

Rich ass bizzness init,what ussy as a knife to open a letter

You bought a 140 quid knife for opening parcels? Blimey!

@DontPanicDear

28 күн бұрын

….and to feature in this series of legal carry videos I’m sure. Spyderco are also lovely things, so he might have just bought it to have it.

It's also great when you cover stuff like that. Could you do a video to clarify the carrying of tools, such as screwdrivers or a hammer?

I was a member of a pirate reenactment group and once a year we marched through the town to the port to celebrate our pirate past. We carried a cutlass and a flintlock pistol. The police told the group as long as the cutlass remained sheathed its fine and the pistols were non firing.

@terminsane

27 күн бұрын

Adults have to ask permission first because they've been infantalized and institutionized.

@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526

15 күн бұрын

Similar story, I used to do Viking re-enactment, and my group had been hired as extras on a (VERY low budget) film. While travelling to the set location, I got stopped by the police. They were fine with the combat-safe broadsword and handaxes I was carrying, but the tiny knife I had in my living history gubbins- maybe 3-3.5in long- was cause for Big Concern. I could easily have killed someone with the re-enactment weapons if I wanted to; at the end of the day it's still a steel bar. But the knife I mostly just eat cheese with? THE HORROR!

You have no right to defend yourself from being a victim of crime. Hence why crime is out of control.

@solaris8592

28 күн бұрын

Yes you do.

@dav6131

28 күн бұрын

​@@solaris8592in practice, you don't

@UK-Blue

28 күн бұрын

​@@dav6131 In practice you do. There's many court cases where self defence has been deemed... self defence.

@dav6131

28 күн бұрын

@UK-Blue I think that most people don't have a lot of confidence in the law that they would be safe from prosecution if they defended themselves in some kind of physical altercation. It would be helpful to get somekind of a general, but accurate breakdown of results of cases of self-defense of this nature. I have never understood why for example, people don't have complete immunity from prosecution for defence in a situation that involves aggravated home burglary or similar.

@KopperNeoman

28 күн бұрын

@@UK-Blue It's too vague. This is true everywhere. If Kyle Rittenhouse hadn't become world famous, he would have been thrown in a gulag.

For safety when using that Spyderco knife make sure your fingers follow the grip shape of the knife with your forefinger over the hinge portion. Rather than having a locking mechanism this puts your finger as a blocker to it folding back on your fingers. As with all folding knives, don't try to use if too forcefully since the blade is on a pivot.

@owenthomas9863

21 күн бұрын

I'm sure this highly intelligent Barrister could figure that out himself on inspection

@conorstewart2214

17 күн бұрын

Even with folding knives, if used sensibly and carefully it will not fold when used. They are perfectly capable of handling forceful use too. On any even semi well designed folding knife (I haven’t seen any where this isn’t the case) applying pressure to the blade will essentially force the knife open, not closed. There is no reason why a folding knife couldn’t handle as much force as a similar locking knife with pressure applied directly to the blade.

What size filleting knife is legal for fishing?

I live in Scotland. I went to college years ago with a friend of mine. I did sport, but he was learning woodworking. The police stopped us one day, he had a screwdriver in his pocket, and he was charged for carrying a dangerous weapon. I never kept in contact with him after the college but I have always wondered if that charged negatively affected the rest of his life. Every time you have a job interview that would come up would it not?

As member of The Church of the Holy Singularity that requires you to always be prepared my locking folding knife and fixed blade knife are religious knives and should always be carried.

@graywolf6498

28 күн бұрын

Amen

@aesopstortoise

28 күн бұрын

Is that 'Holy' or 'Holey'?

@KopperNeoman

28 күн бұрын

@@aesopstortoise Take cover, Carmine. I don't want you getting religious out there.

This law is illogical. A locking blade is a safety feature. I can buy a fixed blade which is much bigger, and I have some REALLY dangerous garden tools with motorised blades. And when I was at school EVERY boy had a pocket knife which they took to school. There we played games with them, made swanee whistles and all sorts. NOBODY got stabbed. NOBODY in my schools, NOBODY on the buses, NOBODY in the Boy Scouts, NOBODY in the towns I lived in. And from the age of 14 I went shooting every other weekend, and most of my friends had air-guns that had been in their families since the days when pubs had rifle ranges (yes, they did). NOBODY died! Now we have these prohibitions, powers and punishments - and massive knife and gun crime problems. If correlation is not causation, it is a sign of policy failure.

@beyheter

27 күн бұрын

Browns came in, thats the difference

@AI-Records24

27 күн бұрын

This is what happens when 1) we pay generous amounts to those who make policy/legislation with no limits and 2) import the 3rd world

@anjou6497

27 күн бұрын

The real problem is drugs.

Thanks Daniel, this is extremely useful information. One thing I'm seeing debate about is the so-called "flipper tab" which has been argued to be necessary for some people to open safely as they can't open through other means - especially those who are disabled or who have nearly no viable fingernail to use on a nick-opening knife. The poster claimed that this was feedback from a regulator (not sure who that was, the implication was someone in law enforcement or with legislative involvement) and that it was a natural part of the blade's shape the same way the opening hole is on your Spyderco for one-handed opening. Has there been any ruling or precedent on that specific issue of which you're aware?

What about stanley knife blades when in a dispencer that they sometimes come in, this can be hidden very easily and when the blade is 3/4 way out it isn't locked as such but isn't foldable though with care you can push the blade back in, I ask because I have had these in my old manbag and forgotten about them a few times, is this classed as legal / illegal / within the law unless used to 'defend' and the laws that apply to that?

I am 51. My dad carried a knife, so I carry a knife.

@binkwillans5138

26 күн бұрын

Same with my dad. Maybe they were both in the same gang?

@lennonpolo

24 күн бұрын

So, If your dad was bisexual, would you be bisexual?

@pierstheoneandonly

23 күн бұрын

@@lennonpolo Only if he let your dad give him a blowjob.

@ChrisLee-yr7tz

22 күн бұрын

Were you that scared of him?

@atarirob

19 күн бұрын

@@lennonpolo What a silly false equivalency. I bet there's a multitude of behaviours you've adopted from your father, like everyone has.

just carry a bit of 2x4 around. surprising light and easy to swing, good reach and sturdy. If the police ask: On my way to a building site.

@simontmn

27 күн бұрын

A walking stick is probably safer. Anyway don't carry a knife for self defence, it's a very bad idea to stab someone even in self defence as you are very likely to go to jail.

@sybentley6675

26 күн бұрын

2' I bar spirit level!

@simontmn

21 күн бұрын

@@UberFoX You are very unlikely to be attacked on the street by a gunman.

@simontmn

21 күн бұрын

Most armed attackers use knives, occasionally blunt weapons. You want something with superior reach. & legal.

@mandowarrior123

20 күн бұрын

4x2 in the UK.

that's the spyderco uk penknife. i got mine in 2015 for £44. they're about £99 these days. i love mine, it's been useful for more than just opening letters and packages. often a friend or family needs it and i've also used it in the garden.

@binkwillans5138

26 күн бұрын

You bought a knife for 44 pounds? Remind me to visit a different planet next time.

Thank you for this important information It's appreciated

Richard Vobes who has been featured on BBB has just been banned from YT for 3 whole months due to one of is guests mentioned ‘something about something’ which of cause I had better not say. Apparently there is no appeal for this ban. YT censorship is still marching forwards. So do be careful BBB as to your guests.

@anonnona8099

28 күн бұрын

@Nuts-Bolts > Richard Vobes who has been featured on BBB has > just been banned from YT for 3 whole months That's a shame. In that it should have been 3 whole years. Or 30.

@UK-Blue

28 күн бұрын

​@@anonnona8099 He's jumped on the ... Every trail is a chemtrail.... band wagon. So I agree 😂

@outofthetrash5925

28 күн бұрын

​@@anonnona8099Yeah shut down any topic of discussion that you don't like. Shame We can't vote for the Monarchy. I have no doubt you'd get straight in. Clearly you possess wisdom beyond that anybody else in the world can hope to wield.

@stevenhodgson834

28 күн бұрын

Shame, it's entertaining watching how Vobes plays the game.

@PrincipalAudio

27 күн бұрын

@anonnona8099 I wouldn't agree with banning someone just because they jumped on a belief bandwagon. All views should be heard, criticised, discussed, debated and figured out. To rally behind bans of certain people because you disagree with their point of view is authoritarian. That authoritarianism will eventually come back to bite you, because it won't be controlled by you. *Edited to put correct handle in.

The UK citizen has about as much rights as the North Korean citizen when it comes to self defense... Any government that requires its citizens to render themselves defense less is criminal by definition.

I have a leather multitool, which I take on walkies with my dogs along the beach. I use it to remove rope or nets they inevitably roll around in and get caught up in.

@mungoh42

27 күн бұрын

Leatherman?

I have a knife over 3 inches that attaches round my ankle in a sheath for diving/snorkelling purposes swimming in the sea If I put it on and take it off directly before and after I enter the water and then place it out of public view is that acceptable? I've not dared use it as I don't want to be going for a dive and people see I'm attaching a blade to myself and cause alarm. then if I come back from a dive/snorkel and I've put the blade in my bag to avoid any alarm, does that mean I have a concealed weapon? I would really appreciate your help on this as with all the fishlines/rope and old nets out there I would like to be able to carry it just in case I got tangled up in something.

@Tsnafu

28 күн бұрын

You should definitely carry a fixed blade knife that is quickly and easily reachable with either hand while diving. People have died when unable to untangle themselves while under water. I sail single handed and I carry a fixed blade knife for the same reason.

@Dee-VII

28 күн бұрын

@@Tsnafu Thanks, That would be the only reason I would have it on me for the purpose of safety, it's just other people that might not get that, and I wasn't to sure. I really appreciate the response. Thanks again. 😇

As someone to go through it having been stopped after work as a stage tech..... I was told by the courts that as it was not my main job it wasn't valid reason. My solicitor and barrister also said that you can get done even for a butterknife in a purse or rucksack no brandishing etc required.

I know the law and have chosen to ignore it. I have a 5cm folding lock knife on my keys. I use it a dozen times a day and am not prepared to use a non locker. It’s the smallest one I’ve ever carried, but have had a locking pocket knife on me for 40years now.

UK law is just stupid. I can see why carrying a knife in public is illegal, but things like pepper spray for self defence? Especially nowadays when you can see masked individuals roaming the city during the night. Just look at the amounts of robberies and stabbings, it's ridiculous, we are suppose to be like defenseless sheeps. I'm working during night hours few minutes walk from home, but still I have to walk for 10-15 mins through the city before I arrive at home, the amount of times when I've seen actual thieves and thugs fully masked riding on their motorbikes or simply looking for "trouble" is crazy. It's literally like living in 3rd world country. I've seen idiots walking around with machetes and kitchen knifes, drug dealers driving up to you asking if you want to buy something... What happened to this country. Worst thing about that is police just don't care about it, they will drive by and act like it's normal night.

Get a svord peasant mini.... they are like 25 quid, don't lock but the tang presses against your hand so it won't close on your fingers. Great little pocket carving knife or parcel opener or whatever you need it for, always take it when I'm hiking and it's a solid, legal edc option.

Had a Young William (well I could call him Old Bill at his age) try to come out with having a 5mm alan key him saying it was "going equipped" Until I explained Equipped to undo the side panel on my bike to gain access to the battery and the 10mm spanner or crosshead screwdriver to undo the battery to stop it catching fire to the wiring loom... I had one bike sending plumes of smoke as I pulled up at a petrol station and luckily I was equipped to disconnect the battery in time to stop the wiring loom from bursting into flames... reg rec issue. I replaced that as soon as it turned up and bike had no issues after that

@bobfry5267

28 күн бұрын

Of course all three items are bladed items according to current law. All that was needed was for the young officer to declare them so, and you are guilty till you can prove that your bike was likely to catch fire on that actual ride. Another knife crime on the numbers.

@simonbroberg969

27 күн бұрын

I am 60 now, so they are all young Williams these days.

@Aitch-Two-Oh

27 күн бұрын

@@bobfry5267 since when is a spanner a bladed item?