Is My Bushcraft Knife Legal? | Knife Skills and Blade Safety
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- Bushcraft Tools: A short video on knife safety in the outdoors, demonstrating fundamental cutting techniques.
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As a Finn myself. My grandpa gave me my first knife (Mora classic) when I was 8 years old. He taught me by hand the safeties of knife handling, and I'm teaching those same skills to my kids. You are doing the same, and I thank you for that. I have seen videos in YT that make shivers on my spine, because how they use knives. Knives, axes and saws are dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. And I'm grateful to you that you teach the right way of doing those basic skills needed, and not to harm your self.
Thank you :-)
i really was wondering that already. in regards to "dangerous objects", the uk seem to be even more insane than here in germany, yet woodsy folks walk around with machetes, axes, shotguns etc.
There’s a CZcams channel called blackbelt barrister he has a great video on U.K. knife laws,
Not quite sure how I found your channel, but bloody glad I did. Perhaps the most informative, well presented series of videos out there. Nice one.
He's so informative...best I've come across...really good..
UK law on knife carry is a complete farce, the whole point and purpose of a lock on a folding knife was "Safety"... As I'm sure we all know a folding knife is extremely dangerous in almost all situations and is easy to make a mistake ending with the blade folding back on to your fingers... Locking knifes are 1000% times safer.. Perhaps I should have gone in to law 😉... Apologies for the rant 👍
Yes, they are complete garbage, but that doesn't make the laws go away. A swiss army knife is more dangerous in the woods in the hands of a killer than a sword in the city being carried down the street by a good person. This video is not passing judgement on laws but merely education so you won't fall on the wrong side of the law should you be in the UK.
This channel is outstanding and I’ve told all my lads to have a nosey. I bet your Dad is proud. I would be.
Thanks Nick. Love your teachings and videos.
Wish we could hit your like button multiple times. Technology has a long way to catch up to the test of time. Much appreciate you.
Excellent and useful film. Thanks. I work a lot with firearms and also my own bladed bushcraft stuff.(To my own shame, and despite being taught well by my father, when I was a boy, I have had several minor but nasty cuts and one more potentially serious accident with knives over the space of many years. The last put me in casualty for several hours and I was extremely lucky to have not lost a finger. I have learned a lot!). I also qualified on a First Aid and Trauma course recently (partly for my work with firearms) which covered catastrophic haemorrhage and gun shot wounds and it was extremely useful and pretty sobering. As mentioned here, if you slice 'a big one', and are alone or without proper trained help, you may only have between a few seconds/moments before you either pass out with the shock of what you have done or blood pressure loss and go unconscious. From there on, only minutes before you die. I have always carried first aid kits in all my bags and vehicles and my motto "if you carry a blade, always carry first aid" is vital. All my kits now contain 'serious bleed' equipment and as long as I can still manage to apply it to myself should I do something stupid or unfortunate again, (some of us shouldn't be allowed out at all!) I stand at least a chance of getting to help. I have also shown members of my family how to use it should they need to. A key factor in all my 'stupid mistakes' was being pretty tired at the time I was using the knife. If you are not fully switched on, then don't risk doing anything difficult or more challenging with a knife and if you don't need to use a blade at that point, just don't.
Love your films, Thank You.
Have fun out there and stay safe.
brilliant. thanks a lot for this video. i just found your channel two days ago and i am really enjoying it.
Fantastic video yet again, makes so much sense. Love your skilful technique thanks so much
Knife laws in the United States are absolutely different depending on location/legal jurisdiction. What you would get arrested for in New York City wouldn't raise an eyebrow in Houston. Even in the same State, the laws can be different from city to city, county to county...
Great video !
Very good and so helpful. Thank you.
UK knife laws are unreasonable, most folks are killed with kitchen knives not bushcraft knives.
Thats a really helpfull video. This is something that gets to less attention. Great job about making a video about it! Really great!
Awesome insights on this channel
Thank you so much for this. I am just shaking my head over myself. Knowing about those arterias, how could I have been so silly to carve exactly in the worst way? I will do better in future and want to thank you for sharing this, We all got pocket knives as kids, just I was such a little plague of a little know-it-all... ( driving my father crazy) therefore learning so many things the hard way. Well, never too late, to use some brain cells and it is easy to listen to you. You are a very good teacher/ instructor.
Very good advice thank you sir from an old soldier to one who is in his prime great work sir. Thank you for what you have done and what you are doing now a proud commonwealth thanks you.
Great presentation. Enjoyed the video.
A medic on the Blackhawk Down team fought for ages to deal with femoral wound, the arteries are elastic and if you cut one they pull back into body cavities, the medic tried every trick he knew to retrieve the artery and reduce the flow. He could not grip it and he lost his patient, who bled to death, it caused him major psychological trauma for years. I have worked in Operating Theatres and have seen cut femoral arteries retrieved by a surgeon with locking haemostats (artery forceps, Spencer Wells) and sutured, with great effort. It saved the man's life, and also preserved the blood flow to the lower leg, which is also of importance to remember. So I can echo the warning on knife safety, especially in the vulnerable areas, groin pressure points and tourniquets do not always work, and can cause damage to the upper and lower leg ,( by blood and oxygen reduction)if not applied by the correct techniques. Femoral wounds are scary to deal with, so do not risk it ever. One of the toughest and most stressful situations I ever dealt with was a femoral bleed and that was inside an emergency clinic waiting for a surgeon to arrive, and not in the field thank goodness. I learned in the field never to lend or hand your knife to anyone. ATB stay safe
@@edwardfletcher7790 The medical training they get now is very much advanced from that thank goodness, even so femoral wounds are still a B to deal with.
As an ex-Hampshire rozzer I concur wholeheartedly with your content, get that knife buried in your kit bag until you get to your site. If you're carrying a combat knife, it'll get confiscated , even in a best case scenario where you don't get a court appearance. Be sensible about your need.
I've also been a first aider in an abattoir & meat works... I advocate any field knife with a guard where the handle meets the blade- or a chefs style shape with a deep 'heel' as both of these prevent your hand slipping forwards and exposing the tendons of your fingers to the edge of the blade (hands get cold, wet, bloodied, slimy...accidents can happen 😖). If you cut finger tendons when you're away from help, you can potentially lose long term use of an affected finger.
Folding knives are just plain dangerous if you 'load' the tip - it'll whip shut, cutting a nice big half-moon out of your finger..... ah, mistakes we all make as kids ....😕🚑🚨. Great content, safety should be paramount, avoid being that idiot they had to get the rescue helicopter out for!🤠👍
Very informative thanks
Great film!
Nice technique.
Good advice mate, I was a cook in the Army and chopped the end of my ring finger off. No big deal but they had to apply a torniquet to my finger to stop the spurting bleeding. The medic was pissed off because the driver who took me to the hospital fainted when the blood spurted all over the wall. The medic had to clean it all up. It was after hours so it was the Naval hospital we had to go to on a Friday.
@@christianrory881 ...........as long as you didn"t hack his finger off mate :)
Thank you very much for that crash course on Knives and safety
Dude! thank you again. ..for your generous technical tutoring and also for being such a supper human being....I hope you know what i mean by that.....if I ever get a financial windfall...some of it will com your your way as patrion. I wish you were my brother! Great channel and ACE attitude...the list goes on...YEE HAAh
Ah, the spoon carving & wood whittling were great! So relaxing!
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 yes, very well thanks. I trust you and the family are.
And to think that most people my age had knives as a 13th birthday present,back in the day.
Swiss Army knives,sheaf knives,pen knives,etc.
Times have changed…
Depends on where, we still all won't leave home without a pocket knife where i live and our children always get their first knife young. I think i was around 8 when i recieved my first swiss army knife from my father and haven't gone anywhere without some form of folding pocket knife since.
You can create a removable 'dingbat' for that Swiss Army Knife to prevent it folding onto your fingers...
This sort of class is outstanding, and badly needed. Were you an instructor in the Marines?
Thanks
Carry a SAK compact as an EDC , alox farmer home/edc & a vic. spirit (lock blade) is left in work (UK) brilliant trio , good vid. mate :)
Great advice, everyone should be taught how to use a knife safely at a young age 👍😎💖
Nice vid Nick, seen the effects of a femoral bleed myself..very intense! Did your experience you mentioned survive, keep the leg? Best to you as always.....Cam
Great video should be shown allover 👍
You can use the armpit tuck technique while cutting/ carving. Its native Borneo style.
Its just great being in nature, while everyone in town is wearing a mask. And of course… watching bushcraft videos too 😉
Awesome video. Happy trails stay safe and healthy in these time. 💞🌴💞 You remind back in the day when it was all survival 🌟🐤🌟 Something like my dad would do.
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 Have a awesome day!!!
Wow those are some knife 🔪 laws there, here in Texas we’re able to carry any size and style 🔪 but I have seen very little few people doing so, as I care an Ontario Rat 1 and a multi tool leather-man
Nice show and tell there
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I also live in a "knife friendly" State. Sometimes in the summer when even a cotton t-shirt is too hot, I leave my pistol at home and carry my sword cane. If I lived in the UK, they would have thrown me in prison years ago.
You carry what this Canuck carries. :) Know the laws when you travel outside your State/Country.
Interesting how we all have different techniques for using a knife. As a carpenter and oak framer, when shaving a piece of wood down using a knife, I place the section to be carved over/against something hard, in this case it would be those logs that are standing upright. In doing so it eliminates the movement of arm that you you are experiencing when doing it free hand, and eliminates risk of slippage, and the knife edge can only stop against the resting piece of wood. Try it and see how you get on. Superb channel by the way.
Even something as simple as hand placement is a huge deal. When I was working in NZ as a builder, my site foreman was using a box cutter and the blade jumped. With his full force behind the blade it sliced the full length of the thumb on his other hand down to the bone. Bandaging that up for him was not particularly pleasant. Relatively minor compared to some other potential knife wounds, but he sliced through the nerves and can no longer feel anything in with thumb.
This is a video demonstration well overdue! The inherent dangers involved in using any type of knife cannot be overemphasised. If you have more tips and advice on knifemanship they would be very welcome and appreciated.
I second this comment.
In 2019, I was allowed to carry Swiss army knife inside of a plane on Zagreb-Copenhagen flight. I forgot it and was ready to lose it to security but it just went through and I received it with my stuff on the other end. Weird feeling, but I was and am glad I kept it, it is my daily carry for almost 20 years now so it has sentimental value.
Somehow, I managed the same in the USA in 2002. Flying back from school to home. Didn't even realize I had it in my carry on until I was home.
I learned so much from this video. It was important highlighting UK law, well done for adding that into your video. interesting to see how proper technique can make working with a knife safer and more efficient.
I'm an American and our laws are very different as far as knives go. Much more lax at least where I am. Why are UK laws so strict?
Great advice Thank You. What make/ model is your knife? It's exactly what I'm looking for.
It's called a brechfa hvb it's made by a man in Wales, search brechfa knives and you'll find him.
I’ve been carrying a Swiss Army Knife since I 11. When each of my daughters turned 11 (No. 2 last month, July 2021), if they could show me they could use a knife safely they got a Victorinox Climber.
UK knife laws.......hahahaha. Are spoon laws next?
Doesn’t the Leatherman have a locking blade? I’ve been told that it’s legal in the U.K.
Another excellent informative video, thanks.
I've been pulled on the Bike before and after unloading half a toolkit from the leathers my friendly officer advised me to keep my Lm in its pouch, not concrete but his view was that loose he saw a knife, in the pouch he sees a tool.
And obviously your manner and demeanour are a massive factor in whether plod is compliant or not :-p
As an American who carries a 5.5” tactical folder… I do not understand your laws 😂
UK knife law prohibits the carrying of a fixed blade.
So a SAK credit card. Has a letter opener. That is not a legal carry. You have to have a justifiable and valid reason to be carrying a Bushcraft knife even hidden.
Only if its' length is greater than 3 inches.
Excellent use of a twig pointer! #exforces 😂
And you edip like a pro
So if I have my mora companion heavy duty I just purchased on me and I'm on my way out to the woods to practice with it and the police just so happened to approach me. If I give them a reason for usage they won't prosecute me then? Is it possible to get like bushcraft knife safety certificates maybe that would help with my case.
Also how much is one of your day courses?
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 The cheapest, day out in the woods learn some wild plants, carve some wood, build a fire ECT.
Nice and informative Nick, but may I suggest you do a part two on how to transport your knife /axe, and how to carry it legally in the car and in a public place, I have seen so many people make simple mistakes when coming out of woodland back to the car that would get them five years free B&B, they are not being dangerous, they just need telling because they can't be bothered reading the law.
Loving what you do and how you present it, it's your USP, different. 👍👍😀☕
Cheers, Nige.
So an Opinel would be illegal due to the fact it locks.
Where i live i can have just about any knife on my belt as long as it is clearly visible and also in an appropriate situation if i was going to the grocery store etc i would have a very hard job explaining why i need a 6 in bush craft knife however in the mountains no problem. we are not allowed flick or switch blades, and no inertia opening folding blades, as crazy as it sounds if i have it in my pack that now is classed as a concealed weapon and a very different situation. its all about common sense really , a knife is a tool same as any other tool. so if asked by a officer why i have a knife its just a tool to do a job. mention that you have it for self defence etc you will be flat on the ground in cuffs faster than you can say oh crap. , I can remember all the problems i had in the uk with section 1 firearms etc and now it seems your knife laws have tightened up as well. but as always laws only affect law abiding people the criminals dont care.
I never thought I would hear the phrase "Scuse teeth" outside an er, intimate setting haha.
That aside I have a plan to legalise an Opinel for edc, just because really.
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 I'm thinking brass pins to lock the collar in place so it can't rotate.
Retains the classic look and protection but makes it a legal carry as can't be locked.
Confused cops and smug grins ahoy haha :-p
This is where the Parliamentary Draughtmen gets a little confused with reality, I can legally carry with reasonable justification a fixed blade Stanley knife but I cannot cannot a folding lockable Stanley knife.
The same legal exemption, "good reason or lawful authority", that allows you to carry a fixed blade knife also allows you to carry the locking blade too.
My mate lived on a narrow boat so had a knife all the time after getting caught up on some lines at the lock gates.
An Opinel Number 8, A spud peeler, the busies lifted him on the canal side, he went to court, the police stating that the blade, though not locking could be made to lock but the judge wanted to see the offending Item, the rozzers said they had lost the knife, case thrown out.
So, beware of how the coppers interpret the law because I have seen a copper (off duty because I know him, he works for the MET in London) in the local woods with a Spyderco paramilitary, which is illegal as it gets. Be warned.
You're allowed to carry locking knives if you have a reason too.. if camping, hiking, fishing, bushcrafting etc that's perfectly reasonable excuse to carry a paramilitary.. they aren't " illegal as it gets " at all, otherwise they'd be on the offensive weapons list and you wouldn't be able to buy them.. they key here is he was in the woods, which is good enough reason to be using the locking knife. I often carry my full tang bushcraft knife with a paramilitary 2 as a backup and fine carver/food prep knife when i venture into the woods or camping and hiking, they are reasonable excuses for doing so, a spyderco paramilitary is no more illegal than any other locking or fixed blade knife.. which is not illegal unless you're walking around town with it when you have no reason to be doing so. As for the opinel number 8, 1: they exceed the 3 inch limit slightly, And 2: they ARE locking knives as the virobloc collar IS a locking mechanism. An opinel number 7 with the collar pulled off with some needle nose pliers would have been perfectly legal in that scenario.
Disappointed you did not use the stock phrase, "you are only as sharp as your knife!!!" . Looks like my handmade swedish Carbon steel knife is going to never come out ever again, travelled the world with that, wish I could afford a new knife :(
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 its a lock knife sadly
Anyone understand why we can’t carry a lock type knife? My thinking it’s a H&S thing as I want to protect my pinkies and should be permitted ... thoughts?
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 maybe, it would be interesting to see the facts and figures of what knife types are used in crime, fixed blade -v- folding lock -v- folding, I’d suggest upwards of 90% of crime would be fixed blade use... if so, it would make the law over lock knives pretty much obsolete and only in place “just in case” they will be used in crime...
Because you can stab someone with a locking knife. However it's a bit stupid as it applies to even dinky little keyring Opinel ringlock knives with a 2cm blade.
@@robm6335 I'm pretty sure most knife crime is with Poundland kitchen knives, or maybe a better one taken from mom's cutlery drawer, or as people have been doing for centuries to slash someone with a Stanley type small bladed knife, think Peaky Blinders. So also a razor blade in a cap brim is illegal, just as a battery in a sock in your pocket is illegal, as it only has one purpose.
If you had a good reason to carry a locking blade, like for work then there is an exemption to the law, but you may have to argue that good reason in court and persuade a magistrate of the good reason, but having it in your pocket rather than your tool box when you've finished work may take some explaining.
In the USA ironically the "lock knife" is considered a safety knife because the blade cannot fold onto your hands and cause major trauma, yet in the UK they are called illegal, and considering most knife attacks etc are NOT made using such knives the laws penalise those who have legitimate reason and use for them, not to mention concern for their own hand safety. Most stabbings and woundings are made with kitchen implements, not expensive lock knives. UK laws are often over the top, but knife safety is of vital importance.
You don't actually need reasonable excuse for carrying a non locking sub 3 inch knife, they are the exemption from the reasonable excuse and only become illegal if used in an illegal/threatening manner, you only need reasonable excuse to carry anything larger than 3 inches cutting edge or locking/fixed. You do not need a reason to carry a sub 3 inch pocket knife anywhere in england and wales except for certain areas where all knives aren't allowed to be carried such as schools, colleges, universities, courts and i think that's pretty much it.
I was pretty sure you didn’t need good reason for a “pocket knife” (excluding schools, airports...).k x
It’s illegal to:
-carry a knife in public without good reason, unless it has a folding blade with a cutting edge 3 inches long or less
www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives
The only exception to the bladed or sharply pointed provision is a folding pocketknife, and only if the blade does not exceed 3 inches.
www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offensive-weapons-knife-crime-practical-guidance
It is an offence to carry any sharp or bladed instrument in a public place, with the exception of a folding pocket knife, which has a blade that is 7.62 cm (3 inches) or less.
www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q337.htm
.k x
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 No, it's exactly as appak001 says. You need good reason to carry anything above and beyond a folding pocket knife with a blade of max. 3in/7.62cm. So your example of the 10 in chef's knife, every day there are agency chefs travelling to and from restaurants in the tube or bus with these, but in a roll as you said, inside their rucksack. I am not an agency chef but work in a restaurant on a regular contract but take my own Zwilling chef's knife home if I have a couple of days off or if I'm going on furlough again. That's reasonable cause or a good reason. But if I took it to Tesco on a day off, not on the way to or from work, that wouldn't be reasonable cause. The same applies to other tradesmen. However I can and do take my Swiss Army knife which I carry every day to Tesco's or other shops, without reasonable cause/good reason. I am not permitted to take that, or even a teeny ween Victorinox Classic, to a pub, club or football match, or into a school, or past airport security. If I'm going bushcrafting or camping/hiking I can take a Mora fixed blade, or my larger locking bladed Swiss Army Knife, as that is good reason i.e. in pursuit of a sport or activity.
nick glodsmith Vampire hunter ?
You interpret the law incorrectly.
You are allowed to carry a non lockable pocket knife of 3 inch blade length or less AT ANY TIME, ANYWHERE.
Now that full tang blade you have. You can still carry that as long as you have a VALID reason for doing so.
Being in a woodland setting and camping is not necessarily a valid reason for carrying the tang blade.
Example(s)
I could carry my tang blade because i have to transport it to somewhere else. I could have it in my backpack while i get some last supplies from the supermaket. If i don't have my own transport that the blade can stay in while shopping for instance. That would be a valid reason for carrying it
Or
I have a tang knife out camping and the police arrive and sieze my knife because no fires are allowed and so the reason for you having the tang blade is invalid. Why would you take it to a national park for instance if you can't use it for the purposes of batoning. This has happened police have taken blades off campers plenty of times.
It all depends on you reason and IF the police agree with your reason. If not the blade will be seized and you could be arrested. No matter if your in the supermarket or in the woods.
And lastly..... nearly every bit of land in the UK is private land. If you are wild camping you have no valid reason for carry a blade over 3 inches in length. As the activity you are engaged in is illigal.
Always get the land owners permission before you camp. No permission. No tang blade.
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683thats why your incorrect matey. You don't interpret the law a judge does. You act within it and the police enforce it.
Good channel though, enjoy your teachings. Thanks
Except in Scotland, where wild camping is allowed, and permission is included within The Countryside Act.
Yall live in a jail as far as knife laws