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| Britain |
| "Knives Take Lives" |
| 2006-11-10 |
| This poster in the London Underground comes with the caption "Knife Surrender Bins are now in place across Kensington and Chelsea" (click on graphic at link for larger picture). What's next to sacrifice, Brittania? Rocks? Sharp sticks? Stiff upper lips and spines? |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #12 What is this world coming to?? The Brits produced most all the bowie knives used all over the world during the 1800's ( when you might actualy use one) to say nothing of being the largest cutlery suppliers to the U.S. and most of the rest of the world up 'till the first WW. Rodger's, Wostenholm and etc. I make my living buying and selling knives and the most damage I have ever seen done with any of the collector's or custom pieces ... or the expensive autos .. has been cutting myself when oiling and cleaning them. Don't ever let a cutthroat razor get caught in a soft buffing wheel! I would think a guy can do a LOT more damage with a brick or a baseball bat than a knife anyday! |
| Posted by: D & MA 2006-11-10 20:36 |
| #11 There goes my stock in Swiss Army Knives! |
| Posted by: kilowattkid 2006-11-10 18:56 |
| #10 Obviously, Britain now needs a prolific little old lady serial-strangler, with tabloid appeal. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-11-10 16:27 |
| #9 I kinda wish they had one of those knife surrender bins around here. I have a lot of those stupid fast food plastic ones I wouldn't mind getting rid of.... |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-11-10 16:11 |
| #8 And while I am inot knifeporn, a very PC knife which would make a great PC crowd-pleaser in GB : The Sgt. Bob And I won't even dwell on the reactions the Szabo weird blades would draw (hé hé) if found in the "knife surrender bin"... Joke and knifeporn aside, what's scary if that most bladed weapons attacks here in France are performed with boxcutters, screwdrivers (B&E tool, not a weapon per se and thus not illegal to carry, stab well) and similar ad hoc procurement (kitchen knives brought from home), not hi-tech tactical folders or outragous custom knives, who are generally bought either by professional/serious users, or hapless collectors like me... Knives don't kill people, (bad) people kill people. And besides, the most potent "Youths" street weapon for now is the cellphone, dial your pals numbers, and have them come in in droves to back you off and gang on whoever is p*ssing you off. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-10 16:08 |
| #7 For Buying knives online, I'd recommand either Bladematrix (but they do not carry automatics), or Flames 'N' Knives, two good dealers (never had any problem, don't blame me if you have some yourself), and the lowest prices I could find online (but I'd be delighted if someone gave me lower prices...). Discount Cutlery is nice too, but I've never bought from them. Otherwise, try Knifecenter, reputable dealer, good prices, and the Venerable AG Russel. For automatics, see here. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-10 15:50 |
| #6 Most of them are missing spines already from eating up the BBC's output. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-11-10 14:45 |
| #5 Mark E.--Had to google those to see what those were. Those aren't cheap! What model do you have? |
| Posted by: Dar 2006-11-10 14:43 |
| #4 I wonder what they would think of that 19" D-guard civil war bowie (closer look)...? Obviously, not an EDC candidate in today's Britain, and I'm not even asking about the knuckle-knives from the same knifemaker... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-10 14:38 |
| #3 The al-Britani Islamic Jamahiriya is worried about those knives used by restelss masses against the Imams. Emir Muhammad Windsor, formerly known as Charles, will insist on it! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-11-10 14:20 |
| #2 They can take my 4.25 inch OTF microtech automatic knife when they pry it from my cold dead fingers. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2006-11-10 14:13 |
| #1 But how are ya gonna cut that juicy medium rare sirloin? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-11-10 14:12 |
