Well what a day kids at school so decided to go and have some dad time I'm a short 5 minuite walk from my local woodland / Vally boundary and I do not make it up when I say I do this walk everyday of the week but today was different 2 minutes from my house I'm stopped by a officer of the law I carrie my shoulder bag with me when I'm out which contains the usual bits axe , saw , first aid kit , tinder box ,water bottle , tarp, monocular ,crooked knife and my prized possession my boar bushcraft knife just bits for a day out
Anyway today this very polite officer decided I obviously looked strange or stranger than normal and stopped me for a "chat" this chat leading to me no longer owning my knife which I can only describe as heartbreaking as it is definitely the most expensive item I own in my kit and justifying it was hard enough to start with
Apparently the blade was above the legal allowed limit giving the officer the rights to remove it from me obviously I was less than happy and after asking quite politely for valid justification we were joined by three more of his officer friends who then spent 45 minutes searching my bag and discussing the contents which resulted in me being relieved of my knife ,wildlife axe and spoon knife
After a visit to the station I have been allowed to take my axe and spoon knife home with me but not my knife as the blade was longer than 3 inches and apparently bushcraft is not a valid reason to carrie a knife
Has anyone else experienced this ? As I am now past the shock and feel completely and utterly robbed as I will not be able to replace this as any spare money I have goes towards kitting out my boys as with any father
Any advise greatly received
Anyway today this very polite officer decided I obviously looked strange or stranger than normal and stopped me for a "chat" this chat leading to me no longer owning my knife which I can only describe as heartbreaking as it is definitely the most expensive item I own in my kit and justifying it was hard enough to start with
Apparently the blade was above the legal allowed limit giving the officer the rights to remove it from me obviously I was less than happy and after asking quite politely for valid justification we were joined by three more of his officer friends who then spent 45 minutes searching my bag and discussing the contents which resulted in me being relieved of my knife ,wildlife axe and spoon knife
After a visit to the station I have been allowed to take my axe and spoon knife home with me but not my knife as the blade was longer than 3 inches and apparently bushcraft is not a valid reason to carrie a knife
Has anyone else experienced this ? As I am now past the shock and feel completely and utterly robbed as I will not be able to replace this as any spare money I have goes towards kitting out my boys as with any father
Any advise greatly received