Knives in your toolbox

[piratebillybob]

I was thinking of getting a nice 3 inch foldable knife for my tool box.

I am however worried about how legal carrying one is. Surely if im working as an electrician in a works van during works time, i'ld be allowed to carry such a knife in my toolbox?

I know this sounds silly but i dont want to get in trouble when just starting out on my new career.

And from what ive read, the law really does hate lockable, folding knives longer than 3 inches.

What kind of knife do you use?

 

[ipf]

Worked in loads of custardy sweets, once had to pop back to van for a hammer, as came back in through the desk the custody sergent said "I can think of a few uses for that".

I think I'd be popping to the kitchen for a spoon and maybe a piece of apple pie, S.

 

[Knobhead]

Thermic lance. You have to be licensed to use one. Fun to use though!

 

[nickblake]

i used to be a chef i carried my 18" cooks knife to work its when it goes from tool to weapon is the problem ive got a 8" pad saw in my tool box with two rows of teeth ...... thats on the pad saw not a set of false teeth

 

[Guest123]

Had to attend court a while back, middle of the day during work.

When I was signing in I had to empty all my pockets and got padded down and wanded with a metal detector etc. Anyways I always have my leatherman on my belt and obviously the wand picked this up so I had to hand it in. whilst i was doing this, 2 coppers appeared from nowhere and started treating me like some sort of crazed psycho intent on murdering everyone!!!

Long story short, as i wasn't actually working at that precise moment, I had no good reason for carrying said leatherman so I was infact liable to be charged with carrying an offensive weapon.

Luckily they understood, saw reason and let me off. Lesson learned though, even if you just walk to the paper shop at tea break, you could be done for carrying as technically you aren't 'in work' at that time.

Just for reference, it's one of these......

 

[Darkwood]

Had to attend court a while back, middle of the day during work.

When I was signing in I had to empty all my pockets and got padded down and wanded with a metal detector etc. Anyways I always have my leatherman on my belt and obviously the wand picked this up so I had to hand it in. whilst i was doing this, 2 coppers appeared from nowhere and started treating me like some sort of crazed psycho intent on murdering everyone!!!

Long story short, as i wasn't actually working at that precise moment, I had no good reason for carrying said leatherman so I was infact liable to be charged with carrying an offensive weapon.

Luckily they understood, saw reason and let me off. Lesson learned though, even if you just walk to the paper shop at tea break, you could be done for carrying as technically you aren't 'in work' at that time.

Just for reference, it's one of these......

Hmmm! Thats your excuse or are you really tapping on the door of a split personality psycho killer :death:... people with split personalities have been known to have little or no knowledge of the other,,,, so Len; How often do you find yourself with a offensive weapon and forgetting how it got there? :13:

 

[Guest111]

that,s where common sense comes in,I remember reading a book when I was a lad and on safe use of tools it said "remember even a screwdriver can cause permanent injury" and as I have mentioned before you can kill someone with a biro if you know where to stick it.I used to have a police duty belt and it had a multitool,a lock knife a small multimeter,volt stick,set of vde drivers,torx drivers and small first aid kit on it,never went anywhere without it,stopped wearing it after I appeared in a docudrama and went to london for the premiere and got mistaken for one of the guards.Anyone interested it was called Guilty Pleasures by Julie Moggan.

 

[trev]

One day really short of time I got sent to the sandwich van because there were no apprentices about and I pulled the short straw.
Because we were eating on the run and the van was just outside the site I've still got me pouch on which contains lots of pointy sharp things, two cops at the sandwich van one was fine and just chatted to me while lunch was prepped the other must have had a hair up his bum because he said I could be arrested for carrying an offensive weapon or going equipped for breaking and entering.
Obviously he had never been on a building site in his life but twas a lesson for me.

 

[Adam W]

I think it depends how you explain yourself if stopped as well - if you calmly explain what you do and your reason for carrying said implement they'll probably let you carry about your business, but if you tell them they're all the same, they should go out and catch some real criminals and Raoul Moat had the right idea, you'll most likely find yourself facing a walk back from the furthest, most inaccessible police station they can take you to, even if they don't try to charge you with anything.

 

[mogga]

I laff every time I hear them on telly saying "going equiped" as Im a man and every time I loeav e the house Im going out with the tool required for one of the big bad offences in my trousers

As for knife carrying I have heard of a carpet store where the warehouseman went to snack van with his stanley hanging on his belt Police "advised him" to leave it at front door of shop in future
personalty I have been told whilst delivering takeaways years ago that i should purchase a maglite rather than carry a wheel key up dodgy stairs as a Maglight could be excused as reasonable to have on my person a wheel key couldnt

 

[pencilpusher]

I am sure the police are not after hard working people who are carrying a tool of their trade. They are though after low life, non working parasites who go out tooled up because it's hard aint it!

Hence the stories on here where the police have generally used common sense. Common sense is the key word here me thinks.

 

[Goody]

I always carry a set of screw drivers, pliers, cigarette lighter and a small knife (for my wife to peel oranges on long journeys) in me glove box, is that considered as against the law? Would police use common sense in these situations?

 

[pencilpusher]

No idea, tell you what, drive at 100mph plus and get stopped. Please report back with the results!:yes:

 

[mogga]

I think a lot would depend on your aptitude, maner with the cops and the circumstances that you come to their attention
Ie out shopping with the Mrs after work stuff in pockets Probably "advice given"
in the Pub at 1am half cut n ballsy with cops = Lifted

 

[pencilpusher]

I think that's spot on probably. It's not only the common sense of the cops here I suppose!

 

[kathwilcox]

I have a SOG Kilowatt, have it in the pocket of my work trouser all the time, its even fallen out of my pocket in the local supermarket when I've popped in no my way home.


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