Been after a neck knife for a while and saw the Gerber Stowe in Black Friday at Hennie Haynes so bought that. The knife seems nice however the sheath is the worst piece of rubbish I have ever come across.
I know someone is going to say this, so I’ll get it out of the way. Why a slipjoint? If it’s being used for food prep, that’s a good reason to have a fixed blade with you. I have folding knives I use in the campervan because they’re convenient and pack away safely so I don’t cut myself rummaging in an overhead, but mainly a sheathed fixed blade is preferable. It’s not long cutting up meat and it’s getting into the crevices of a folder.I too am after a food-prep non-scandi knife, preferably slipjoint folding and not too deep (this Gerber looks closer to a cleaver!), as my thicker stock TBS Boar is way too fat for any sort of normal food prep. Any suggestions would be welcome, although I don't want to spend a great deal so maybe closer to the cheaper end of the spectrum. Thanks everyone.
In which case Just carry any UK legal folder then.So from the understanding I have, a fixed blade will be legal in non-public accessing locations, and as mentioned by others, transporting it there from where it is stored is ok, as long as it's not accessible (in the back in the boot of the car, as per Mr Ed above).
In a public-accessing space, it has to follow the regulation, which would be a non-locking sub 3" blade.
For my course, I'll have my fixed blade (buried in my backpack so it's inaccessible during the hike to the woods), and I'll be fine to use it once I've arrived as the woods are not publicly accessible.
For my daily life, I'll not always be in a private location when I'd look to use the knife, so I'm looking to be safe by keeping it to being non-locking and sub 3".