Carrying a knife in Scotland

[Gpmo]

So i am heading to Scotland this year with the wife, and was reading up on things to do and not to do. Apparently my CRKT "flick" knife is against the law???

I know we have a few folks around here from there, so want to make sure. If i understand right i can only carry a non-locking pocket knife? Seems so weird.. i could leave it at home but damn i've had a pocket knife since i was like 8 years old it just seems odd.

 

[BUBBA]

Doesn't matter, it may never make it past the TSA. I had a cigar cutter and small knife/money clip taken before I ever got on the plane. If you value it, leave it at home and buy a cheap one over there.

 

[GNBRETT]

since 1988 any carried blade must be 3 inches or less as long as its capable of folding. no fixed blades. automatic and butterfly knives are prohibited. knives with any sort of locking mechanisms... are a gray area actually over there. what is defined as a locking knife varies from one officer to another there. I wud not even hassle with it. jus leave it home.

 

[Gpmo]

i'm going to leave my normal one for sure. I may just buy one while there that is legal..

still seems weird

 

[GNBRETT]

I think its all the knife crimes they see over there but I agree its a little weird. I guess with no guns u gotta gut ppl lol

 

[Gpmo]

Ya, i was reading up about it and there is a ton of it.... I wonder if the knives are the cause :stirpot:

 

[BUBBA]

Just be careful of the taped box cutters! A few years ago the hoodlums were taping 2 box cutters together and swiping people in a crisscross pattern, this led to not being able to stitch the cuts.
Sorry, don't mean to scare you, just a heads up if you get into a Row over there.

 

[GNBRETT]

Ya, i was reading up about it and there is a ton of it.... I wonder if the knives are the cause :stirpot:

wat else cud it be lol yea I'm not sure wats worse being shot or being gutted lol. prob shot is better

 

[Gpmo]

Having taken several cuts and never a bullet, i'm not sure.

I read about that double blade slicing.. Cause one blade wasn't bad enough ya know.

 

[GNBRETT]

yea I knife will surely ruin ur day if not ur life. and ppl wonder why a cop can shoot someone who only has a knife. lol they jus hav no clue that not only can and will they be shot be it can be done legally at 21 feet. I fear knives over all other weapons cause them dam box cutters are hard to see and they will wreck ur world for sure.

 

[dadofthree]

I think its all the knife crimes they see over there but I agree its a little weird. I guess with no guns u gotta gut ppl lol

That's what credit cards are for

 

[newman]

As GNBRETT said None of those knifes are allowed over here in the UK.
You can buy them but not carry them.

 

[Gpmo]

I wasn't sure if it was UK wide or just Scotland. Though we are staying only in Scotland. If not I would have brought you a shiny bottle of gorilla glue Newman.

 

[Karl_1052]

Take this instead