First ‘anti-stab’ knife to go on sale in Britain - Times Online
It was invented by industrial designer John Cornock, who was inspired by a documentary in which doctors advocated banning traditional knives.
The socialist nannies come to soothe you to the safety and security of your endless, dreaming sleep. (via Physics Geek - thanks!)
UPDATE: You think it can’t happen here? Think again:
Obama administration moves to ban 80% of knives:
Under the 1958 federal Switchblade Act, switchblade knives are not importable into the United States, and may not be shipped across state lines. On May 21, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) proposed the revocation of four previous Ruling Letters; the effect would be a drastic expansion of the definition of non-importable knives. The organization KnifeRights warns that revocations would outlaw approximately 80 percent of the current market in knives.
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I’d say that you’re welcome, but the whole idea disturbs me greatly. It’s as if the Brits have chosen a suicide pact as a governing document.
You have got to be shitting me. Jeebus wept salty tears. That’s it. The British? Mock at will and without mercy.
so, when are they going to get around to banning sharp sticks?
so, when are they going to get around to banning sharp sticks?
I’d say a better question is when are they going to get around to making sharia law of the land? Since they’ve already made a good start, that is. The ban on sharp sticks would then be automatic, at least for anyone challenging the authority of Islam.
It still has a sharp edge and 5 minutes with a stone will let me stab with it. Idiots.
I always preferred a slashing attack anyway.
Gloryoski, what hooligan in his right mind is gonna carry that mary-assed blade? It couldn’t cut an overcooked hamburger patty.
A lot of thugs carry screw-drivers anyway.
This knife is Pointless.
I look forward to “Nanny Icepicks” as well. Then again, I suppose bureaucrats in England haven’t yet figured from, oh say, 200 years of penal experience that “shanks” can be made of most anything ranging from metal bed frames to toothbrush handles.
The British Government = “Stupidity Cubed.”
Did you forget the accompanying photos of the
‘non-filing’ file, ‘non-grinding’ grinding wheels, and the ‘non-sharpening’ sharpening stones? Plus all stones and rocks in nature harder than talc or limestone? (There is a joke somewhere in there on mill bastard files.) If England comes to its senses, it will return to branding the foreheads of criminals with big ‘C’s’.
Sharp Sticks are currently meeting with their Community Organizers…
Not that either choise is appetizing, but I’d rather be stabbed than slashed. But no mind. What do we do once the government realizes that anything hard or heavy can be a weapon?
They must think that all Brits are 50-lb weaklings. You can still stab with the knife shown. It just requires a bit more force to accomplish. The British leaders are all a bunch of mental pantywaists.
Looks like it’s time for us Fearful Types to be buying knives of the kind to be banned… not that I’m exactly short of them at the moment, mind you.
Here are a few samples: big ones, and little ones. (FYI, in the latter pic, only one knife would actually be “legal” to own under the proposed legislation. Can you guess which one?)
And, of course, there are more, oh so many more.
Heh!
or
Groan! - can’t decide.
Good thing my Gerber Mk II’s (yes, plural) don’t have springs. Wouldn’t want to have anything dangerous around, you know.
I think Frank J. said it best:
Ok, this may get a bit complicated but here it is -
Instapundit links to a Volokh blog entry about the Obama Admin redefining switchblade knives. The Volokh blog estimates 80% of current knives would be banned.
Link - http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_06_14-2009_06_20.shtml#1245107316
The interesting part is that the Instapundit blog entry links to this DP post about the pointless Brit knife.
DCP.
This is all your fault. Remember when you used to mock nannyish liberals by saying they’d try banning knives next? Well, they were listening, and they weren’t smilin’ neither, pardner.
I’ve been meaning to get one of those babies, so to protest this Brit idiocy, I bought one
.
I’ve carried around a Gerber Gator
for years. It’s as much a part of my daily wear as my wristwatch and my EVDO card. (And a few other assorted everyday items….)
There are some chefs who read this blog; are there any who would be willing to make fun of the Safer Kitchen Knives website?
I went there, fully intending to mock the living shit out of them. Unfortunately, their “comments” don’t actually, you know, accept comments.
Very British.
Very dumbass.
Man, this really bugs the crap out of me. It’s a provocation. Like a guy walking up to you and pissing on your shoes, saying, “All for your own good, old chap!” This is now my favorite illustration of what is wrong with formerly Great Britain. I mean, damn. These jerkwads are serious.
The application of an ergonomic handle manufactured in more attractive colours would be a definate step toward reducing the aggressiveness of the product.
In England, inanimate plastic and metal gives off aggressive mind control rays.