No problem carrying a fixed blade or locking knife hiking in the outdoors in most cases. You would have a valid reason and reasonable explanation under the current UK legislation.
Any folding knife that does not lock open is unsafe to use. And a person who says points are unnecessary on knives except weapons has not done much wood work or carving or even kitchen food prep.
Yeah, I've found the only knife I'm comfortable carrying is one where there's a large flicker opener that, when opened, prevents the knife from closing on the fingers, as the flicker is blocked by the index finger. Unfortunately it's a nightmare to find a UK legal knife like that. For an example of what I'm talking about, look up the sanrenmu 7094. It's a cheap knife, with awful grips and bad steel, and it's impossible to get imported in a timely manner, but it's an example of what I mean.
They want you to have an accident with a slip joint knife to teach you a lesson. You can always carry a safe lock knife and ditch it if there are police around.
This is so sad I don't know what to say. If I had to move to the UK and couldn't carry a Leatherman multitool simply because it had a locking blade I'd be pretty upset. Protect your freedoms people...They're hard to get back once they're gone.
Full size Springfield 1911 with 2 extra mags for me. Every vehicle I own also has a 3.5 to 4 inch lock blade knife, a 36" camping axe, and a 0F/-18C rated sleeping bag. Better to have and not need than to need and not have.
Back in the 50s and living in a semi-rural area We often carried sheath knives when out rambling or camping from the age of 8. In school most boys had pocket knives and the teacher would often ask to borrow one. The embarrassment if yours was not sharp. Some of us had air rifles and, with the landowners permission, would hunt grey squirrels for the 2/6d old money, paid by the Forestry commission for their tails in an attempt to protect the native red squirrels. Later, in the scouts, we had machetes, axes and the ubiquitous sheath knives as part of our equipment. Out in public nobody would even give a second glance at these tools. It was the same in the home, we were living with my grandmother at the time and my step-grandfather always had a double barrelled 12 bore shotgun behind a chair in the living room for vermin control. To my certain knowledge we never shot or stabbed anyone. What has gone wrong?
This is ridiculous. I have a fisherman' filleting knife that fits in a leather sheath that I take fishing, it's blade over 6 inches long, is fixed, non folding. I also use it for preparing game if I'm out shooting. So people who go camping and take their carving or bread knife for normal food preparation are also breaking the law-------crazy!
A friction folding knife is safer than the slip joint knife if you're worried it might close over your fingers. Also section 139 of the criminal justice act states that the "cutting edge" must not be longer than 3 inches or 7.62cm but some knives that are measured with a straight ruler can measure 3"but the cutting edge can be 3.2" due to the curvature of the blade edge. Something to think about when purchasing a UK legal knife.
No. A strong detent that requires two hands to close, is still a non-locking knife, as long as there is no button or other mechanism required to allow its closure.
Great video! In certain USA states one can do the food shopping whilst openly armed with an assault rifle, handgun/s and as many large knives as one wishes. In the UK, in public - if one has a non-folding fruit-peeling knife with any blade or even a folding one with a blade over 3" long or which locks - it can mean serious law trouble. What a crazy world we live in!
@@ha3xun229 When a law interferes with the ability of an honest working man to carry out his daily tasks then it is no longer fit for purpose. The Opinel folding lock knife for example is favoured by thousnds of working Commercial Fishermen (not Anglers) it is an incredibly safe knife to use on the deck of a rolling, pitching vessel with frozen fingers at sea, and this is why it is used by people that have to work for a living, not sit in judgement on what they should use from the comfort of a nice warm office.
@@ha3xun229 the law is bs my British cousin, all the law does is hurt the good people who are not dick heads stabbing people. You think criminals and dick heads are going to obey these laws, I bet you not. They will just get them illegally, it won't solve the problem at hand. Four days ago a teen in London was attack by a dick head with a knife (Tottenham, north London), there was a knife attack on a young adult 22 years old in Newcastle, UK last year. I could go on with cases of UK citizens getting attack by knives after the new UK knife law took effect knife law. It did absolutely nothing. My point is its not going to stop bad people and dickheads from getting a knife and using it to harm other. You gotta to ask yourself what random household item or tool is next on the list, what would happen there is an outbreak of dick heads or gang members wailing hammers at people, and an increase of murders and violent attacks caused by people using hammers. Are they going to regulate hammers?
It’s interesting, I used to work in maintenance in college, and an older colleague warned me against carrying a non-locking knife on the job. Amazing the difference in culture.
As long as the knife is legal you do not need to give a reason which is your best answer but do not be cocky about it because if make a reason up on the spot it could give a reason for you to be arrested or have the knife taken off you as an example if you live in a rough area and you say it is to protect your self incase your attacked they will take it away and if you argue you will be arrested even though the knife is legal so just reply I don't need to give you a reason politely.
Any knife that isn't specifically prohibited is lawful so long as you have a good reason - a sub 3" slip lock is safe used properly, and for the right tasks - if you genuinely need a larger or locking blade then carry and use it responsibly
This is interesting, I thought it was a 4 inch blade, how long have I been out of date? I mostly carry a pocket knife when we go to pubs so another rule I didn't know and I sometimes carry a sheath knife around home, they were legal when I was in my teens. (they are good for stripping buds off trees so you don't get branches at eye level) and since I was a builder I always carry a stanley knife, I used this for splitting cement bags and cutting plasterboard. I may need to re-think things a little! Oh and I mostly have secateurs on my belt! Any rules around Secateurs?
Sgian Dubh's are legal but it must be worn with the Highland Dress and you must be going to an event but it's legal. Most people have blunt Sgian Dubhs anyway.
Most knife death in the UK are caused by 'kitchen knives.' You might wonder about the rule concerning fixed blades of whatever length. When they were discussing the Criminal Justice Act 1988 the fact was introduced that a knife of choice among violent gangs was the Stanley knife. So that had to go,.... unless you had 'reasonable cause' to use it in on a professional basis. The same rule, by the way, applies to somebody carrying kitchen knives. A chef might have reasonable cause. Some twat hanging around the council estate giving it large with his meat chopper does not. It is very sad that we need these laws. I think you make a very valid point with regard to a licence. It comes to something when you cannot, legally, carry about 95% of Leathermans that they produce. It seems to penalise the good and honest majority for the wicked few. A few who will disregard the law in any case.
You are still legally aloud to carry a locking blade over 3" with reason. A reason being like work or fishing. But you cannot carry it in public places. Althlugh if your job was say a builder or delivery man that needs to cut pallets, then the reason becomes legal.
What about owning a knife in the house? Like a Bowie knife or machetes I wouldn’t take it out but because I like knives I want to collect them but I don’t know if it’s legal to own them but not take them out in public if you know what I mean?
@@NorahCIIV compleatly legal mate to have in your own home or display. I have 3 machetes all of wich have seen use outdoors for bushcraft and gardening. But the second you step in a public place, like a shop or town centre then your in trouble. Your not breaking any laws by owning a large bladed article. Just remeber that they also cannot be used as a home self defence item. 😅. There is no harm in collecting mate.
@@denzelwashingtonhavingavie1861 Thank you I’m still abit skeptical about it because I have replica samurai swords and I know they’re illegal to own but I got them off someone who passed away now and having more knives could make the situation worse if police seen if that makes sense
I thought the tofs in London used butter knives? I’ve been carrying a 2 1/2 inch fixed blade for foraging, and fortunately I’m not in Great Britain. I figure if my dad thought it was o.k. 55 years ago then it’s o.k.
Around 90% of knife crime in the UK is youths using kitchen knives. The rest are mainly other sharp implements (chisels, screwdrivers, box cutters) Readily available, accessible, concealable, with thin, sharp tips.
In Holland we have laws for knives to ,but doesn't go for lock knives. 10cm long blade en doesn't cut on both side's no automatics or vall knifes . Its more like camping trips its good to go, but dont go to dancing halls en so on. (Well you dont need a knive) but we have a lot of people from Afrika en so on en they use knives for killing.😬
Thanks for the vid surely in your scenario, being in the out doors, rambling survival and field craft you should be fine with any knife. I have both a lock knife with a 5 inch blade and a gerber sheath knife in my adventure rucksack, i also have survival and first aid kits, binoculars, firelighting tinder, survival blanket bivvy etc etc. I will always take this rucksack on the moors and any long beach walks, where i may have to turn my hhand to some fieldcraft or survival, practice or otherwise. Theres alot of difference between us genuine adventurers 😊and these crimminals walking the streets with knifes who wouldbt even know how to skin a rabbit or make a shelter if needed. 😊
Certainly pal. I have catapults and Air rifles too, but would never use them in self defence as it's just one step closer to getting everything banned!
No one in their right mind is going to buy a custom bushcraft knife worth 400 quid to use to stab anyone .so for me I think the laws need a new rethink ,cos the knife which were produced back in the 80s were mostly crappy with only one purpose ,nowadays with RU-vid, bushcrafters etc ,we're a bit more savvy on the different uses and it should reflect clearly in the law the difference between someone running around town, waving a machete or his mums kitchen knife ,and someone out in the cuds bushcrafting ,cos it's such a grey area ,and if you do get caught no matter where you are or what Blade you have or your intended use ,if a police officer had a shit day you could be charged with the same crime as some nut job ,and it will stay on your record and that your a yobbo and it could screw your work prospect etc for life .
Thanks for this, though I'd never misuse the two knives I have and though both are on the smaller side with one of them even being a Gerber knife they are both illegal to carry outside as they lock so I appreciate this video.
Got a question about pocket knives and how I could get arrested Could you not use an excuse like u just brought it for use at home? And wat would happen if u use it for self defence
If you just bought it, they would expect to see a receipt. You are not permitted to defend yourself in the UK. Carrying a knife is pre meditated, which in the eyes of the law is beyond reasonable. Sad but true.
A UK legal knife is more then just a 3'' non-locking knife, just need to understand the why and the how. For Example. 1st UK Legal knife With No Reason / A Knife that is 3'' or under and non-locking, you can carry on your person with no reason, just not aloud to carry in places like ( Schools - Police Stations - Hospitals for example ). 2nd UK Legal knife with a Reason / A Knife that is 3'' and over and or locking, you can carry on your person with a reason for example ( Work - Hiking - Private Land for example ), you can't carry in public with out a reason, and not aloud to carry in ( Schools - Hospitals and Police Stations for example ). 3rd UK illegal knives / Fully Assisted - OTF ( Out The Front ) - Gravity Knives - Hidden Blades for example. You can find what is and what isn't on the GOV page on Kinves.
That's a bugga, cos I never go out without my SAK .......and I work in an operating theatre.........but to be accurate, after I've changed into scrubs, it sits in my bag for the rest of the day ......but come going home time and it's back on my belt in its sheath. I've lost count of tbe number of times I've gone into a shop, cinema, clinic, pub, whatever while wearing it....oh dear. Oh hello ossifer, how can I be of assistance?
Only ones that are 3inch or less, folding and non-locking. There are some. If you look on the victorinox sight it gives you a search filter so you can filter out all the rest.
So, the pair of short blunt cutlery knives that I carry in my picnic pack in my car ... they are illegal? They don't fold. When I am in a restaurant and there are knives and forks where the knife is one piece ... are they illegal?
Pretty sure u will be OK with them in a picnic pack. But if you were to carry one in your back pocket in the town centre, then you might have to answer some questions if the old bill were to catch you. "Who are you planning on spreading with this Sir"?? 😄😄😄
@@UK_Outdoors. The reason I carry a couple of knives and forks in my car is because I often go for fish and chips and sit in the car and eat them by the sea. Yes you can eat fish and chips with your fingers but why should we eat like a peasant. The days of eating out of newspaper have long since passed and so should the days are eating with your dirty fingers. I'm not that well these days so I no longer eat oysters ... but I used to. I'd often go to the fish monger in the market and ask him to open a couple of oysters for me so that I could eat them there and then on the spot. The request was nearly always declined on the basis that they didn't have an oyster knife. So one day I thought fuck you. I've been wearing stuff ahead of you. So I brought my own oyster knife from my kitchen with me. It is an extremely inoffensive tool. Absolutely no good for slicing and not much good for stabbing either. It was one of the very rounded types of oyster knife. The fish when I got poisoned out to me that I was risking it a bit that I carrying this knife with me. To be honest I hadn't thought about it. Anyway, The fish around I did open a couple of oysters for me. He struggled a bit ... but he didn't use my oyster knife at all: he used a screwdriver. 🙄
Doesn't Halsburys Law state that administrative courts are unlawful? What does that mean for council tax payments, for speeding or parking tickets, knife fines, ULEZ and for all sorts of misdemeanours?
I had a miniture knife on my key ring with a 2cm blade in nhs uniform used it for work and ended up having to refuse a simple caution at police station and ended up in magistrates court ,where it went on to crown court ,I ended up with a not guilty in the end ,but not after alot of being made out to be a bad guy ,was arrested for possession of a offensive weapon in public ,was in a home careing for and elderly gentleman, I have a clean criminal record and still work as a carer ,my advise to anyone would be don't bother carrying a knife legal or not ,it ain't worth it trust me could end up with alot of explaining yourself
@UK_Outdoors. I know ,I was originally arrested for suspected breach of a civil court order which I got ,no further action on ,and the knife on my key ring I ended up going through the courts with , went from simple caution to possibly getting a suspended 6 mth sentence and told if found guilty they would of also wanted me to pay the court costs which would of amounted to close to £3500 I was given option of accepting the caution right to the end and nearly did to be honest at one point just get it over and done with but knew I was not guilty and took it the whole way wasn't a pleasant experience and was vilified by the system was shocked at how pressured I was to go guilty just been one of my life experiences and leave here for anyone to maybe think twice ,I got the no furthered action on the suspected breach before I refused the cation for the knife and it was solely just for the knife why I went to court just on its own
Legal/Lawful: What does Common Law and Natural Law say about carring everyday tools? Are knives, weapons and offensive Legalese Words used in courts and aren't some of these courts unlawful private corporations for profit?
Yes that is correct, for instance if you are a carpet fitter and have a "box cutter" in your pocket during working hours going to and from jobs, then that would be classed as a good enough reason. However if on a Sunday you get stopped walking down the street and have one of these in your tracksuit pocket, you are then in a position where you could be prosecuted for carrying a "weapon". This is where the "UK Legal knife comes in. That's what I use for my EDC.
UK Legal vs Enland Lawful, every must find out the difference between legal and lawful. Theresa May said on live TV that we are policed by consent, are we not also governed by consent?
In London anyone can carry, use, kill, slash, or harm in any way you want anything or any other person you want to. Just look at the statistics and also thank that stupid mayor. This is a public announcement from the London mayors office
I'm getting a small Swiss army knife for my 69 the birthday it's for opening packets when I'm out and about some packets are really hard to open with out a knife can't always wait till I get home is that a good enough reason for having a knife what do the viewers think ?
If the knife you choose has a folding, non locking blade with a cutting edge no longer than 3”, then you do not need to provide a valid reason for carrying it on your person whilst going about your normal daily activities. So yes, your SA knife is fine if it meets the restrictions I mentioned. Although strictly you don’t have to provide a reason for having the knife on you, that approach can come across as somewhat confrontational, so just be honest and give the reason you gave in your question, it’s truthful and will hopefully keep things civil all round.
@@alexblue6991 I wish somebody would buy me a knife, it sounds nice, I hope you have many happy knife carrying years ahead, there’s no need to be nervous about carrying the type you’re talking about, just double check with the seller that it conforms to EDC restrictions.
@@markcoffman494 how many school shootings have been in America where guns are legal? And how many school shootings have happened in the uk where most guns are illegal ?
@@markcoffman494 there was only 259 sharp instrument(knives, broken bottles , ect) related murders in the uk in 2019 compared to America’s 1,476 knife related murders. Sit down
Thanks for watching Zachw4394. Let's hope none of your friends or family ever suffers from the hands of a knife attacker. 🙏 When I make these videos, I have to be sensitive to those who have lost loved ones. The laws are there and have been forced that way because they are in the wrong hands. A licence might not be the right answer, but if a licence allows me to carry more than a crappy 3-inch, folding, none locking blade that's more likely to cause harm to the person using it, then I'm all for having a licence to carry something better. 😉
@@UK_Outdoors. I hope nobody is ever a victim of any type of violence. As someone who has witnessed a knife used in a self defense scenario I can say it is quite terrifying. I can see your point of view although admittedly being from the USA it seems completely alien to me.
Isn't it time that we should again be lawfully able to carry knives and swords as crime and terrorism is up? Wouldn't the weakest of criminals think twice attacking someone if they thought they would be taking the room temperature challenge?😊
You think we should have to have a license to carry a knife? That is probably the dumbest hot take on knives i have ever heard. Knives are the second oldest tool known to mankind, after a rock. 70% of all stabbings in the UK are committed by young, BAME, males. The majority of all stabbings are drug and/or gang related The majority of all stabbings involve cheap kitchen knives In the majority of all stabbings, the perpetrator was already breaking the law by carrying with the intent to use the knife as a weapon, carrying a fixed blade knife without good reason, or a host of other laws. Using knives for self defence is ALREADY illegal. So how exactly does taking away a human right, criminalising unlicensed knife possession, and requiring people to register, be vetted, and get a license, in order to carry a knife into the woods, going to solve ANY of these problems? Why the hell should people have to register with the police and get a license, just to cut some wood in the forest? Why should I lose my liberty and end up on a database because of young urban "youth" gangs stabbing each other on inner city estates. There is already one universal truth about knife possession in the UK..... 1. It is a very specific demographic doing most of the stabbing in the UK 2. the 45-50 thousand people convicted of possession charges every year, are primarily a DIFFERENT demographic. Did you know that the cops get lots of possession convictions every year by stopping and searching random vehicles? Because places like Halfords sell car tool kits with non-folding blades in them, and this is cheap arrest-fodder for the police and Home Office statistics. Licensing?!? You must be mad mate. What if they say no? What if they arbitrarily decline YOUR license? Then you can never leave your home carrying anything with a blade, not even a swiss army knife. Sound like a good idea? Do you fancy going camping with just a spoon? Do you fancy going scuba diving and not being able to take a knife? Have a word with yourself. What you said is so incredibly totalitarian you should be ashamed fella.
Wow! I hope you never lose a loved one to a knife crime. When I make these videos, I have to be sensitive to those that have. The laws might not necessarily be ideal, but they have been put there for a reason. Currently, we are not allowed to carry proper knives without a very good reason. The police determine if that reason is good enough. This is where it falls down... It's open to debate on what is a good enough reason. So if having a licence means I can carry more than a pathetic folding non-locking under 3 inches, sorry excuse of a knife, then I'm all for applying for a licence. Especially if it takes it out of the hands of the police to decide your fate. 4 years in prison for possession isn't really worth the risk in my eyes. 😲
@@UK_Outdoors. "The laws might not necessarily be ideal, but they have been put there for a reason" No mate, absolutely no. And even IF you introducing licensing, people will be going to jail for forgetting to renew their license, having it revoked in absentia, or carrying the "wrong type" of knife. Look at firearms licensing in the UK. They have ... 1. NOT reduced gun deaths or mass shootings 2. Resulted in vastly MORE convictions amongst people TRYING to own guns legally. When you "license" something like a knife or gun, you do not reduce criminal acts with those items, you increase the amount of people being convicted of breaking the NEW RULES associated with those items. That is a fundamental difference. I am a knife smith. I have to constantly monitor sentencing guidelines and the UK GOV website for the constant changes and proscriptions. I have literally thrown thousands of pounds worth of kit in the bin because of the constant subtle changes to UK law that do absolutely NOTHING to stop little scrotes from stabbing other little scrotes. All the laws are for show, or to appease the Police, and have ZERO effect on violent crime. I will stress that point again .... UK knife law is about continually giving the police more powers to arrest people they think are "going to commit a crime" without due process. Its also about politicians being able to be seen to do something, that costs nothing, and makes good headlines. It also has NO affect on murder or assault rates because one of the oldest truisms in social policy is "banning specific items does not reduce violent crime" This is doubly true since in the UK, most knife attacks are conducted with improvised weapons such as Pound Shop kitchens knives. Before you take my word for it, please do a bit of research, whilst considering these facts: The UK has very literally, the strictest knife laws and offensive weapons laws on the planet by FAR. They are so subjective, convoluted and labyrinthine, that even solicitors get them wrong. As our knife laws have become stricter, stabbings have gone UP not down. The London murder rate overtook New York City, despite guns being banned here, and the UK having the strictest knife laws on the planet. Most of the stabbings are conducted by young BAME men Most of the fifty thousand people convicted of knife possession crimes every year are older, white men. Sentencing guidelines are skewed to support the PRECISE demographic that is doing the stabbing. Recently a young BAME man was convicted of stabbing another random person in the head, and he got a non-custodial sentence because of his race and social circumstances. Meanwhile people with no prior violent convictions who are not of protected status risk prison time for first or second time POSSESSION. Sorry brother but more "laws" and more "licensing" is not going to solve a damn thing, and if you trust the notion of more legislation to "do the right thing" then you are high on Ballistol or paraffin. And if you want some examples of why more laws will not make your life safer ..... here it is ..... 1. The current sentence for buying or possessing precursors for manufacturing explosives in the UK: up to 2 years in prison. 2. The current sentence for owning a single chicken and not registering it with the Home Office: up to FIVE years in prison. You are advocating for the further diminishment of our knife rights, in a country which already has the strictest knife laws on planet earth. I dont want to give the police the right to background check me, read my private social media posts, check my bank account and have warrantless access to home, just because I want to take a knife to a bushcraft camp. Surely you must appreciate the insanity of that proposal? Because that is precisely what happened to firearms licenses. To apply and keep you license..... you have to hand over ALL your personal privacy rights, including your medical records. Not sure its fair to ask that for someone because they want to baton a bit of wood.
Thanks for watching and your kind comment. Restaurant reviews aren't really inkeeping with the channel. Although if you do a restaurant review, be sure to tag me in the comments. I would love to show a fellow youtuber some support. 👍. Stay safe!
Most of this info is non correct in the sense you can have a fixed blade or a locking a long a toy are in an appropriate place to an so have a valid excuse to under uk law unfortunately we have shite police that don't accept this an is it to arrest you also a uk legal one will also get you arrested you to grow there weight around
As per the video, check the government website for full facts. If you have a locking Stanley knife on you working on a job, it is classed as a tool. If you put that tool in your pocket and then go to the shop, it is no longer classed as a tool in the eyes of the law, because why do you need a blade whilst out shopping. Police officers might decide to arrest you at that point. But if carrying a UK legal knife, you are less likely to be prosecuted in the same scenario.
1:06 Don’t ask for a license just to carry a knife when this god given caveman right shouldn’t be regulated. You tell those peoples in your regime that its a tool from the caveman times therefore it doesn’t need to be regulated by nothing. That’s all you need to say to law makers there and they will think about that and say, he is right
I live in the UK and work as a tree feller, gardener, landscaper. I absolutely refuse to use a non locking knife, i actually cut the end off my finger with one once. I have carried and used a 4" lock knife for over 20 years. The law is an arse.
You obviously never lived in South Africa. Here people do political rallies brandishing machetes. I have and carry several locking and fixed blade knives in my car or person.
