Do you just eat cheese sandwiches then...
No I cook proper meals, and Ive never needed the tip apart from stabbing through plastic wrapping.
Pointless.. a knife that chops but won't stab
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No I cook proper meals, and Ive never needed the tip apart from stabbing through plastic wrapping.
Dont get me started.
Only that the little scrotes will soon work out that a couple of minutes work on the concrete pavement will soon produce a point anyway.
I wish the British government would stop treating adults like juveniles.
Only that the little scrotes will soon work out that a couple of minutes work on the concrete pavement will soon produce a point anyway.
I wish the British government would stop treating adults like juveniles.
SimonM
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Rather worringly, all the comments have now been withdrawn from below the article...with the message
This morning there were approx 20 comments. In fact I left one, which was waiting moderation before being published...
Is this the press censoring the public?
Simon
This morning there were approx 20 comments. In fact I left one, which was waiting moderation before being published...
Is this the press censoring the public?
Simon
Just has a look and some comments have returned.
Nice to see they are not all in favour....have you guys been busy?
Nice to see they are not all in favour....have you guys been busy?
I'm starting a campaign to ban cars. This will stop speeding and drunk driving at a stroke, making the country a much safer place.
'It can never be a totally safe knife, but the idea is you can't inflict a fatal wound,' said Mr Cornock.
'Nobody could just grab one out of the kitchen drawer and kill someone.'
So a slash to the throat with the sharp bit will be alright then?:twak:
Where do these people live?
'Nobody could just grab one out of the kitchen drawer and kill someone.'
So a slash to the throat with the sharp bit will be alright then?:twak:
Where do these people live?
SimonM
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Hmmm...comments are back, but mine didn't make it through the moderation process!
Simon
Looks like mine hasn't either - I'm off to re-post
I'm surprised at the negativity towards this. I know a member of these very forums whose brother had to design a kitchen knife that would be difficult to use in attacking somebody as part of his degree. The idea isn't that ridiculous, although the big sharp pointy knives are still in most kitchens so it is gonna make little difference overall. Personally, I'd rather have a pointy knife, not because I'm gonna go stabbing somebody with it but because I can use it to prise the lids off of the tins of paint in the shed!
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10099878
been using these knifes, cheap chearful keep a good edge and now way you could stab someone with it, think this guy is re-inventing the wheel
been using these knifes, cheap chearful keep a good edge and now way you could stab someone with it, think this guy is re-inventing the wheel
If the blade is as slender as most kitchen knives it will still make a pretty good stabbing implement.
Spot on Sussex Man.
Spot on Sussex Man.
Its a load of crap, I have ground points back onto broken ended knives since I was a kid so I can't see why anyone else couldn't manage it.
Plus who the hell buys one of those for the missus, "Heres a kitchen knife for you, but as your a bit of a nutter I made sure you can't stab me with it"
Plus who the hell buys one of those for the missus, "Heres a kitchen knife for you, but as your a bit of a nutter I made sure you can't stab me with it"
a knife with a blade desingned to stop it piercing stuff?
like a sheepsfoot blade then. only a re-hash of the design (so you can patent it) and a re-packaging.
funny thing though, we use knives with a point in cooking, could this be because it is quite useful? like when you are starting to cut something with a tough skin?
add the fact that the images used in knife crime peices in the local news show kids carrying the most stab proof of knives (the meat cleaver) down their tracksuit bottoms, and you start to wonder...
they worked that out allready. I've seen instructables on making hunting knives from butter knives. using nothing but a paving stone and some cord for the handle.
like a sheepsfoot blade then. only a re-hash of the design (so you can patent it) and a re-packaging.
funny thing though, we use knives with a point in cooking, could this be because it is quite useful? like when you are starting to cut something with a tough skin?
add the fact that the images used in knife crime peices in the local news show kids carrying the most stab proof of knives (the meat cleaver) down their tracksuit bottoms, and you start to wonder...
they worked that out allready. I've seen instructables on making hunting knives from butter knives. using nothing but a paving stone and some cord for the handle.
i dunno, it dos semm p retty pathetic, but imagine if it only saved one life, its still worth it.
i cant remember what there called, crimes of passion???? something like that, but if someone was really infuriated and they picked up a kitchen knife, perhaps it might just save someones life, but sure someone could easily put a point on it, but maybe it would stop someone murdering someone in a rage.
i cant remember what there called, crimes of passion???? something like that, but if someone was really infuriated and they picked up a kitchen knife, perhaps it might just save someones life, but sure someone could easily put a point on it, but maybe it would stop someone murdering someone in a rage.
I think we need to stop treating people as if they are all mentally chalenged children. It is getting to the point where it's easier to buy an AK-47 than a knife. Maybe the next step should be to outlaw tables with non rounded corners, just in case someone falls on it and hurts themselves.
I've got mixed feelings on this "pointless" knife.
http://www.newpointknives.co.uk/index.php?pr=Home_Page
In one way it is an interesting concept that, if (and only if) widely purchased might save a tiny amount of lives and prevent a few accidents. It is only going to become a popular item if the government bans the more standard knife design though - which would be ridiculous but I could see them trying to do it.
As has been pointed out, if this design became the standard then traditional knives would become associated with criminals and outlaws. People will start to believe that you only need a point on a knife if you want to stab another person with it.
Even if this pointless knife was the only legal kitchen knife you could buy legally it would take decades to phase out all the kitchen knives people already have. We know that nasty young lads are stealing knives from their mum's kitchen drawer to go out and stab people with so let's just pretend that knives with rounded tips are the only knives available in every kitchen across the country, then what will these desperate boys do? Find something else to do the job of course, like screwdrivers, scissors, hatpins, darts, compasses, knitting needles, drillbits, broken glass, etc, etc.
29% of UK murders are from knives, this includes both stabbing and cutting I presume. In the US only 14% are knife related but 70% are from firearms (mind you they do a lot more murdering over there). So people just use whatever they have that's easiest to do the job with. A knife isn't a weapon of choice but rather of convenience.
http://www.newpointknives.co.uk/index.php?pr=Home_Page
In one way it is an interesting concept that, if (and only if) widely purchased might save a tiny amount of lives and prevent a few accidents. It is only going to become a popular item if the government bans the more standard knife design though - which would be ridiculous but I could see them trying to do it.
As has been pointed out, if this design became the standard then traditional knives would become associated with criminals and outlaws. People will start to believe that you only need a point on a knife if you want to stab another person with it.
Even if this pointless knife was the only legal kitchen knife you could buy legally it would take decades to phase out all the kitchen knives people already have. We know that nasty young lads are stealing knives from their mum's kitchen drawer to go out and stab people with so let's just pretend that knives with rounded tips are the only knives available in every kitchen across the country, then what will these desperate boys do? Find something else to do the job of course, like screwdrivers, scissors, hatpins, darts, compasses, knitting needles, drillbits, broken glass, etc, etc.
29% of UK murders are from knives, this includes both stabbing and cutting I presume. In the US only 14% are knife related but 70% are from firearms (mind you they do a lot more murdering over there). So people just use whatever they have that's easiest to do the job with. A knife isn't a weapon of choice but rather of convenience.
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