The non-stabbing knife!

From the website, 'Chow', this bit of levity:

Knives Gone Cuddly
A new British knife is specially designed to make killing people a bothersome chore.

From the “What Will the Nanny State Inspire Next?” file: Non-stabbing knives that can cut vegetables but not, apparently, fatally wound people. The London Times reports that the knives lack a traditional point, making stabbing folks a considerably more labor-intensive process.

Next on the new products list: talking blenders that use the power of logic to convince foods to break themselves down without the use of dangerous sharp blades; ice mallets that are specially padded to prevent injuries or fracturing ice; chopsticks with special rubber safety tips; and a camera system in every private residence such that helpful government employees can ensure that all behavior is appropriate and fully in keeping with all relevant codes and statutes.

Great, chefs, artists who use them for carving, farmers etc etc etc will have to have a license to use proper knives I'm guessing.

Couple of minutes with a grinder and you'd put a lovely sharp point on that blunt thing.

Pointy things and prostitutes, older than the hills.

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Originally posted by Ploughman:
Couple of minutes with a grinder and you'd put a lovely sharp point on that blunt thing.

Pointy things and prostitutes, older than the hills.

You beat me to it about the grinder. Heck, even using a hacksaw to put a rough 'point' on it, and then finishing it out with a hand stone or on a concrete floor would put it in right working order.

This is good for a chuckle also:

"The knives are expected to sell for £40-50"



What is it with knives and the British population anyway? If I ever visit the UK again, I will try to protect myself from being messed up by taping a bunch of paperback books to the inside of me coat!

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What is it with knives and the British population anyway?

Nothing better at hand?

Old school, but still surprisingly popular in my neck of the woods...

A kitchen knife that won't stab?! What are you supposed to pull out of the cutlery drawer when Jason or Micheal Myers breaks through the door!

If you're in America you'll probably have a gat close by. If you're in Britain the NHS will sew you back together again. It's a win-win situation either way.

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Originally posted by foxyboy1964:
If you're in America you'll probably have a gat close by. If you're in Britain the NHS will sew you back together again. It's a win-win situation either way.

har har

"You know how to use that sword?"
"Yes, just stab the point in the other guy."
"We have a lot of work to do."

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Originally posted by foxyboy1964:
If you're in America you'll probably have a gat close by. If you're in Britain the NHS will sew you back together again. It's a win-win situation either way.

I worry about this sort of thing happening here. Knife laws are already incredibly strict in most of the country. It's not much of a stretch to imagine them being banned outright.

I always carry one, and yet I've somehow managed to avoid stabbing myself or anyone else. I really fail to see the point in this level of nannying.

Where do you live? And why do you always carry one?

Why do you carry a knife, GoToAway?

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Originally posted by GoToAway:


I always carry one, and yet I've somehow managed to avoid stabbing myself or anyone else. I really fail to see the point in this level of nannying.

You know even being found with that on you will get you 5 years in jail. Then if you ever do use it in self defence in public, your pretty much guaranteed 10 years in jail unless it's a swiss army knife and you have a "reasonable excuse" to be carrying it.

Why? Are you daft enough to get yourself into a position where you can't bolt and have to use it? Then could you actually use it without being overpowered by the dude going for you? It isn't that hard to disarm a guy with a knife, that's why guys who know what they are doing whip then out and turn you into a pin cushion in milliseconds. If you meet that kind of guy, are you really going to be able to draw that knife and use it before he does? I HIGHLY doubt that.

Better to wear a stab proof vest and carry a medium sized maglite if you are so worried about getting knifed. I'd also suggest you go and do some very scary activities such as base jumping and cliff diving so you can gain control of fear. You don't strike me as the type of fellow with the balls to go and sucker punch a guy 1 foot taller and a 100 pounds heavier than you. So I can assure you, you will lock down the instant someone pulls a knife on you and you won't have a chance in hell of using it.

Me, I prefer relying on my wits.