My pal Jed told the story of being on his way to Gulf War 1 and getting severe hassle from a RMP because he had a 6" knife on his web gear! Bearing in mind he was also carrying an SA80 and related stuff on the way to a war zone, the absurdity was not lost on him! Reckoned the guy had been conditioned over a career of taking blades of squaddies in pubs!
Similarly, another mate had the police descend upon him, or rather his car, when came back from lamping near Milton Keynes. He was using a .22lr with a high capacity mag, and while that gave the unarmed officers fits, what really got him hassle from one youngsters was the Buck 110 in his pocket...because it was a lock knife!
