http://www.homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/WX2TN/
This is the link in which one can offer the Home Office one's opinions.
This is the link in which one can offer the Home Office one's opinions.
If that was the case then Harris VS DPP 1991,which set the precedent that lock knives were tantamount to fixed blades, would only have applied to they type of mechanism in that instance.For that to be the case every type of assisted opening knife would have had to have been used in a crime which has been brought to court and the case against it won. I think the point here is that auto knives are being sold that are trying to bypass the current law (flippers and that type of thing I assume?) And the government wants to get them included in the current definition. The thing to get clear is how the definition will be written but so far i see no threat to any one handed folders thatvdont have an inbuilt assisted opening mechanism.
snip.... I think the point here is that auto knives are being sold that are trying to bypass the current law (flippers and that type of thing I assume?) And the government wants to get them included in the current definition. The thing to get clear is how the definition will be written but so far i see no threat to any one handed folders thatvdont have an inbuilt assisted opening mechanism.
That's the way i understand it too, the definition is unclear (probably on purpose) as to what will constitute one handed opening, i use a folding utility knife for work that can be opened one handed, does that mean it will become outlawed as it's classified as a flick knife or will it be legal as it's a tool of my trade? As i read and understand the proposal, rightly or wrongly, they are looking to include flipper knives, but as it stands the proposal can also be construed as including thumb studs and Spyderco holes, like i said the definition is unclear and we need to make sure we ask our illustrious leaders for clarification on this.
That's the way i understand it too, the definition is unclear (probably on purpose) as to what will constitute one handed opening, i use a folding utility knife for work that can be opened one handed, does that mean it will become outlawed as it's classified as a flick knife or will it be legal as it's a tool of my trade? As i read and understand the proposal, rightly or wrongly, they are looking to include flipper knives, but as it stands the proposal can also be construed as including thumb studs and Spyderco holes, like i said the definition is unclear and we need to make sure we ask our illustrious leaders for clarification on this.
Isn't a stanley a one hand opening knife?
Yes, but there is NO mention of "one handed" in the consultation document.
Please don't start the Chinese whispers, you write to your MP about the change regarding one hand openers, he/she stands up and ask about the change referring to it as the one-hand-opening change and before you know it everyone will be calling it that and they will get lumped in and banned!
They intend to broaden the definition of flick knives. Basically they're going after flippers, and other assisted openers. And no doubt looking at Germany's law 42 where one handed opening and that lock are banned.
Please refer to post #16, the intention is plainly stated http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147246&p=1833740#post1833740
Yes, but there is NO mention of "one handed" in the consultation document.
Please don't start the Chinese whispers, you write to your MP about the change regarding one hand openers, he/she stands up and ask about the change referring to it as the one-hand-opening change and before you know it everyone will be calling it that and they will get lumped in and banned!