No problem. British governments love banning random branded knives. The last one we banned was “zombie knives”, an even more meaningless category.

the british ban on "curved blades" is also brilliant in its own special way

ZOMBIE KNIVES LMAO

You’ll love the press release and statement on the gov.uk website.

Ok I’m fucking obsessed This is so funny I should print that on a t shirt

There's also a fantastic addendum in that they offered a £10 amnesty fee per knife. Obviously they did not cap it, and a wholesaler gave 35,000 to police..

Lmao

That reminds me of the people who build cheap guns out of metal pipe to hand over at gun buybacks for gift cards/cash.

Don't forget that the "zombie knife" ban also covers the "Rambo-style knife" [literally a promotional item for Rambo: First Blood]. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Looking at those pictures, I've changed my mind from thinking 'this is a silly feature of British public policy' to 'well, a relief to know if I get stabbed, it won't be with anything that looks quite as naff as THOSE'.

It would be so embarrassing They’re zombie knives because you come back frm the dead to refuse having been killed w one

"You call that a knife?" but with an Islington twang

"Dear god, please don't shank me with anything quite that vulgar!" - my last words.

"NOT THE FACE! I WORK FOR MEL BROOKS!"

"Fair play to you, sir," -- my last words upon being impaled by a Pattern 1908 cavalry sword.

It’s Rambo-style because it wasn’t fermented in the Rambo region of France

Wait, hang on, there's a second example... which is a different promotional item for Rambo: First Blood. ... how are there even two different promotional knives [that are illegal for possession etc in the UK unless you deliberately blunt them I guess?] for Rambo: First Blood?!

I like the Rambo attention to detail ngl

“You’ll have a nice time when we halve knife crime”

Omgggg

Very precariously balanced L there

I’m obsessed Gonna go and sharpen some zombie knives

Labubu knives Zombubu knives

I have an idea for a new troll ccount

Worth stressing to the Americans that our local government is very underpowered and so national politics fills the vacuum in many unhealthy ways, including responding to local disorder by passing national regulations

Oh yes I used to live in London and remember the Asbo era beginning The intense centralization of government is bananas

One of my favourite GOV.UK pages. Just reading through going ‘and that also sounds cool, must watch The Raid again’ www.gov.uk/buying-carry...

Gonna go read this for my Labubu knives panic PENSIONERS FURIOUS AT WEAK REFORM GOVERNMENT’S TOLERANCE OF LABUBU KNIFE CRISIS

OK according to Wikipedia, these are “legally defined in the UK as having a cutting edge, a serrated edge and images or words (whether on the blade or handle) that suggest that it is to be used for the purpose of violence.” How do the words on the knife matter???

Because if you are a chef then you probably don't have weird psycho nonsense written on your work knives