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Re:In Medieval Europe, No Outfit Was Complete Without a Pers... by DanBC on Thursday November 01, 2018 @04:54PM (#18358345)
It's also incorrect. Read the link. You're allowed to carry and use a locking knife, but you need to ahve a good reason. If you don't have a good reason you have to find another tool.

This law is not aimed at the few people who carry opinels, but the many football hooligans who were carrying eg stanley knives.

There are knives that are illegal in the UK. One example would be flick knives.

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Re:In Medieval Europe, No Outfit Was Complete Without a Pers... by eadmund on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:32PM (#18359060)
> You're allowed to carry and use a locking knife, but you need to ahve a good reason.

'I want to' should suffice. It's a general-purpose tool, and one oughtn't be required to have a specific reason to carry a general-purpose tool.

This applies in the software context, e.g. to cryptography.

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