Sorry I could not resist.
I know the knife laws in the UK are for everyones safety, and that everyone feels better with them.
The UK knife laws are a bit of a farce in my opinion lets be honest the people who are going to carry a knife to hurt someone dont care about the law anyway so ignore the the 3inch non locking rule and carry a huge carving knife to kill not a little penknife to cut open packages . Thank you all so far for your suggestions i have looked on heinnie haynes but didnt really like the look of any of them i may end up with a spyderco bug it just seems a little expensive to me .
Sanrenmu has some slipjoint models, without lock, i think all those can be a good option.
http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_281695.html
http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_282712.html
http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_281697.html
http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_281283.html
and more and more…
Wow! These are the U.K laws.
Here is a British site discussing your knife choices, with recommendations.
Best Legal Folding Pocket Knife for UK Survival
Good luck, you face terribly bad knife laws, even California allows me to wear this if I desire.
Spyderco UKPK.
It was created specifically for the UK market to conform to the law.
JayT - have a look at Fasttech - they have a massive range of folding knives in their sports and outdoors section - free (or very cheap) delivery options to UK. I’ve ordered 50+ different items from them and they’ve been super reliable - only one mislaid item which was quickly refunded. They have a huge range of SanRenMu knives, many of which are UK legal. If you want to know anything more about some of these knives just drop me a PM - I have quite a few of them so could give a reasonable run-down on which ones are better than others. They are all either well within your budget or hovering around it. But they’re excellent value.
Best regards,
SP
“Non-locking”?? Really?
I know you were being ironic, but that’s mean. Here’s why:
It makes me sad to see how many people are forced to tolerate this sort of harm-inducing “regulation”…
As to the OP, I’m sorry, but I would never carry a knife that was designed to cut me when I use it, nor tolerate anyone who “required” me to do so. I committed to that the first time I shared Leif’s experience, and that commitment has served me well. YM (and scar tissue!)MV.
What are your permitted options in a fixed blade? If your ruling class is uncomfortable with your personal safety with useful tools, that seems to be the only viable option.
EDIT: Sorry, I type slow. Apparently you’re not permitted any fixed blade knife? Really? That makes me sad. Maybe flint-knapping… A nice obsidian blade would be “fixed”, but it wouldn’t show up on a metal detector, and there’d be no order-history trail to connect it to you.
Sorry I couldn’t help.
BTW, you might check the Letter of the Law to see if there’s a modern lock design that isn’t specifically prohibited to you.
And buy a cut-proof glove!!!
HTH…
Sanrenmu Plus 4077
Worth a look!
This is a great review also!
Yeah we’re not even allowed a pointy stick here.
http://hunters-knives.co.uk/legal-information-for-knife-and-sword-ownership-in-the-uk/
http://www.hrcr.org/safrica/arrested_rights/Harris_DirPubPros.htm
The legislation is laughable.
That radical level of over-regulation makes me think… Do you have something similar to our “Occupational Safety and Health Administration” (OSHA)?
Since a non-locking knife essentially puts your fingers in the path of the cutting edge of the tool, with no safety other than a low-friction pivot joint and the finesse of the user, I’d bet (no, that’s illegal here) that non-locking knives are banned in another section of your rules.
Here’s a thought: Take a Road Trip to Sheffield. Unless the haters have bombed that town into rubble, I’d bet they still know how to smite a blade there…
This is mine:
But since the knife blades are folding, it is semi-useless as a knife apart from basic tasks e.g. whittling. Victorinox are well made from good quality steel, well finished, and last a lifetime.
For those confused at the UK knife laws, the sub-3”, non-locking is what you can carry without any specific reason.
You can carry (pretty much) whatever you want with valid reason (however, without getting too bogged down with complications, self defense is not a valid reason). Ie, if you’re a butcher on the way to work, a full knife roll is legal; if you’re off camping, then a locking knife or fixed blade is legal.
You can’t just go into the pub or wander around ASDA (Wallmart) with the latest and greatest “12 inch serrated tacticool zombie slicer” fastened to your belt “because you want to”.
For the OP- Spyderco Bug is pretty nice but I usually have a Leatherman Squirt PS4 on my keys as the scissors and pliers are more useful than just a blade.
in a country where police got no guns what knifes you should be allowed to carry ??
A small locking knife.
Thank you scrumpypaul will take a gander at fasttech when i get a chance. Thank you all for the info to.
Love these threads where someone asks for knife recommendations and we all end up talking about laws. UK knife law is not as bad as some other places in the EU !. Other counties have much tighter laws with much harsher punishments for breaking them.
Different parts of the world have different laws, who is to say which are right and which are wrong.
I was always taught to treat every knife as an non locking knife for safety reasons. The main reason UK law is against fixed blades and lockers is to twats stabbing each other, H&S doesn’t come into it.
The history of the law is very long, but it is generally believed that lockers were include by mistake when the law was changed, and now there’s no going back.
By the way, UK Police do have guns.
@Jay T A cheap SRM slipjoint would be the best way to go. If you can increase your budget you could get a Boker Nano 42 (no locking) which is a great small knife.
Ummm… Actually, the question was “UK legal” knives. We cannot, in good conscience, advise our Friends to violate their local laws!
The OP question is not constrained by Science, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics or any other rational criteria except budget and the random vagaries of ruling-class opinions about their Subjects.
Just in case you were wondering why “we all end up talking about laws” sometimes…
+1 on this. Every spyderco knife I have just screams quality. I regularly carry either my Spyderco p’kal or my karahawk. My karahawk is going everywhere with me but the courthouse. Budget knives are unlike budget flashlights though. I can’t deal with cheap steel on a blade but that’s just me. To be honest most of the lights on here are quality lights that can be modded to last a lifetime.
Have a look at the Kershaw Chive. I know it’s over your stated budget but is still reasonably priced. Paying a couple bucks more for a quality blade that will last you a lifetime is well worth it in my opinion.
(Sorry not sure if the assisted open is UK legal but it can be easily removed, just take out the spring)