Absolutely. I never said our laws make sense. But I wouldn’t recommend anyone carry scissors around with them either. They can be classed as a fixed blade. Same law applies. You need good reason.
Its going back a bit, but the deciding factor was if the knife part was removed from the tool, then it would still have an integral useable handle and blade as opposed to just a blade. A similar design to concealable thumb knives in fact.
Some good examples of sparrow boxes here.
https://www.nhbs.com/search?q=sparrow%20boxes&hPP=60&idx=titles&p=0&fR%5Bdoc_s%5D%5B0%5D=false&fR%5Bhide%5D%5B0%5D=false&fR%5Blive%5D%5B0%5D=true
This is a tool used by police in training as an example of a fixed blade that is illegal to carry unless you have good reason. Note that the blade and handle on this are far smaller than the knife and handle part of the gadget we are discussing.
So in short, we have a disguised fixed blade...
This tool was brought up on British Blades some years back and we had a lot of legal experts on there, including a police officer whose knowledge was excellent. They all said it would be classed as a fixed blade as it clearly had a part on it that was meant to be used as a handle. Albeit being...
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