Cheaper rescue knife

lw395 said:
Unfortunately that's *******s!
I know someone who thoughtlessly took his oily jacket to the pub, admittedly a student pub, because it was hosing down, forgot about the Leatherman in the pocket. He was let off with a caution, but it ruined his evening.
I dare say he was unlucky to be in a pub where there was a minor incident.
I wouldn't chance it anywhere 'lively' like say Poole Quay, or Cowes on a Saturday night.
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The fact that your friend wasn't able to explain himself sufficiently doesn't change the law, and the law says you're fine when done in line with a sport that requires it. Had he calmly offered to let them hold it behind the bar I'm sure there would have been no trouble at all.
 
lustyd said:
The fact that your friend wasn't able to explain himself sufficiently doesn't change the law, and the law says you're fine when done in line with a sport that requires it.
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Unfortunately what matters in practice is not what the law actually says, but how the Police and courts are in the habit of interpreting it. Sadly the police in particular often do not seem to share your perfectly sensible interpretation.

Pete
 
mjcoon said:
The down-side is that you get an embarrassing amount of mini-catalogue junk-mail!...
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I have two accounts with CPC, so I get two lots. They are worth reading, and it's always worth trying the last two digits of the special order code on items in your shopping basket.

On the subject of legality, a colleague of mine at the BBC always claimed that he was allowed to carry his one-handed knife as he needed it for his job. Most people would call it a flick-knife.
 
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lustyd said:
The fact that your friend wasn't able to explain himself sufficiently doesn't change the law, and the law says you're fine when done in line with a sport that requires it. Had he calmly offered to let them hold it behind the bar I'm sure there would have been no trouble at all.
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The sport of sailing does not require you to carry a knife to the pub.
The person in question was very annoyed but kept quiet at the time and looked into challenging the police over their actions.
Saw a solicitor about it, got told he had no chance.
Apparently certain football hooligans used to carry Stanley knives and use the excuse 'I'm a carpet fitter' or whatever.
The law has been framed to stop that kind of thing, and thinking it doesn't apply to you could be foolish.

Of course most coppers would realise most of us are no risk and just have a friendly word, but that doesn't change the law.
 
IIRC, according to QI (so it must be true), you're allowed a flick knife (in those situations where you're allowed a knife) if you've got one hand/arm.
 
I'm sure there are cheaper bread knives, but the Gerber is a superb bit of kit: robustly made, opens with one hand and is the sharpest knife I've ever had. Many thanks to the OP for the link to Farnell. At that price, I might get a second one!
 
lw395 said:
Of course most coppers would realise most of us are no risk and just have a friendly word
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Most older ones would, but I don't trust all recent entrants to display that much common sense when they could be upping their arrest record.

Pete
 
Many thanks to the OP, I will be ordering one in the near future.
A couple of years ago, whilst sailing, I got some rope around my prop. I managed to sail onto a pontoon and decided I had to go over the side and cut the rope. It was the very 'plasticy' rope that fisherman seem to like (Polypropylene?). As I had the end of the line in the cockpit, before I went over the side I tried cutting it with every knife on the boat. The winner, by far, was the cheap Ikea bread knife.
Allan
 
I just did a little test with some damp 11mm non stretch rope that was held fairly tight by hand.

Smallish locking knife in Gerber multi tool - FAIL.
Big household bread knife - OK, took a few sawing actions.
New EMT shears - the winner, my partner could cut the rope in one snip, I could do it in two.

The multitool might still do the job in an emergency, because the greater the tension in the rope, the easier it will be to cut, but I won't be asking to borrow it.
 
If you want some "EMT shears" AKA "Tuff cuts", pop into your local ambulance station. These days, due to "infection control", they are single use only and thrown away in their hundreds. Ridiculous, we know, but that's the way it is. I have the same pair I was issued with 21 years ago and they seem to work fine and, to my knowledge, no-one has caught ebola or anything else!
 
colind3782 said:
These days, due to "infection control", they are single use only and thrown away in their hundreds.
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Ah, I suppose that explains why they're so refreshingly cheap. I have a set in the top of my "big scary wound" first-aid kit for their intended purpose, cutting away clothing to get at the problem, and I think they were only a couple of quid.

Pete
 
bobgarrett said:
CPC is great for all sorts of boat bits from electrical stuff to tools and beyond and all the prices are keen. I am not connected to them but a regular customer.
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Relevant sailing example I've just noticed: Force4 have a "digital anenometer" (sic) for £39.95 ("RRP £44.95"), plus postage.

CPC has what is certainly the same device for £29.95 post free. And a cheaper and simpler version for £19.95.

Mike.
 
I used to dive a lot & went through supposedly good dive knives around every couple of years. Stainless isn't, so I splashed out on a titanium knife. 20 years later it's perfect & still very sharp. I've reground it once & the only marks are graphite left behind by sharpenning pencils.

So, if the knife gets regular exposure to sea-water, don't get something cheap. It'll need replacing regularly.

Having said this though, the best thing for rope fouled props is a bread knife or hacksaw. Polyprop especially is horrible & will almost weld itself together in a hard lump that a simple blade won't touch.
 
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