bit silly of me but thought since it was under 3" i would be ok but ignorance of the law is no excuse........ and it as a kit has come in handy many times used to light camping stove when i forgot lighter at one point tweezers have been bloody handy et all anyhow. Since its a fixed blade looks like i would fall very foul of the law. which i read somewhere on here about the swiss army cards victorinox the other night been illegal to carry ....
here is an exemption order to the above, The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order 1996 which reads as follows:
2. Section 141A(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (sale of knives or certain articles with blade or point to persons under sixteen) shall not apply to —
(a) a folding pocket-knife if the cutting edge of its blade does not exceed 7.62 centimetres (3 inches).
(b) razor blades permanently enclosed in a cartridge or housing where less than 2 millimetres of any blade is exposed beyond the plane which intersects the highest point of the surfaces preceding and following such blades.
silly law imo but dont want to tempt feat or get hauled over the coals for something trivial like this (will still take it camping / hiking/ mountain biking) which imo is a reasonable reason to cary a survival tool) Not that im trivializing knife crime but ive never had the inclination to stick the blade into someone after all i dont wear a hoodie
so.... for every day carry ive invested in these...
all slip joint folders all as legal as legal can be little one has gone in my survival tin... medium one is now on car keys will be used at work every now and then and large one is going to be my daily cary / might go in place of the opinel in my bug out bag... (got a leatherman squirt on my house keys
They are bloody razor sharp out the box only a matter of time before i draw my own blood
£30 for the set from a aptly named firm called mind your fingers..
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