Kinves And/ Or Multi-tool

UK Knife laws

"Basic laws on knives and weapons

It’s illegal to use any knife or weapon in a threatening way.

It’s also illegal to:

• carry most knives or any weapons in public without a ‘good reason’
• sell most knives or any weapons to anyone under the age of 18

The exception to these 2 rules are folding pocketknives that:

• have a cutting edge no longer than 3 inches
• are not lock knives (they do not have a button, spring or catch that you have to use to fold the knife)"

Good reasons for carrying a knife or weapon in public

If the knife or weapon is not banned, some examples of ‘good reasons’ include using it:

for your work

for religious reasons, such as the kirpan some Sikhs carry

as part of any national costume

A court will decide if you’ve got a good reason to carry a knife or a weapon if you’re charged with carrying it illegally.

Dont openly carry a knife in a UK town or city. If you are passing through towns or cities in the UK, hide knives, axes and billhooks deep in your pack.

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Do You Need A Knife?

I have spent most of the Spring,  Summerand autumn making short survival content and have barely used a knife.

While running a 10 day camp this reduced size billhook was used a lot for splitting kindling.

A penknife with a 3.5 inch cutting edge can't be hammered into a log to split it. They break. The above is lighter than an axe and more durable than a pen knife.

Multi-tools

Most Multi-tools have over sized blades apart from this one.

With its tiny penknife.

3cm cutting edge

And a big pair of pliers fir field dentistry..

I make survival content, write a coiple of blogs and love being in nature. Most of my content has very little to do with knives.

In fact unlike many Preppers / wilderness types knives, and especially "fighting" knives are of little interest to me. Combat knives are also illegal.