Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?! I don't know where you are but it doesn't sound like the place to be. Are you in a communist country? Totally ridiculous.

Not being critical of any country's laws to protect their citizens.
How does removing the hilt improve safety?
The operator's (Knife Wielder) hand would tend to slip down the blade without the stopping power of the hilt.
Result would be serious cuts, loss of fingers, and lots of screaming.
Just askin'

crutchtip,


Exactly, former communist country

In general, this is not strictly.
Laws in England, Israel, Finland and other much stricter.
For example, in England, you can not appear in public places
with a knife with blade length more 5 cm

It is not to protect the owner of the knife, it's like a knife in the differentiation of utility instruments and as a weapon.
The knife as a weapon requires a permit, heaps of certificates.
It's money.

Seems like pretty silly laws but it is not like we do not have a bunch of silly laws here.

Laws, stupid laws, smart laws -
they are everywhere, somewhere more, somewhere less.
It is a philosophy, not a collection of knives

In the UK you can carry a non locking folding knife with a blade under 3inches in length without any problems,any bigger folder any locking folder or any fixed blade in a public place would cause you a problem unless you had a very good reason to be in possession of it.

Neale, thanks for the correction

So who determines what constitutes a "good reason"?

Amazing to me how these laws get passed and no one steps up against it. I guess once they chip, chip away at your rights you forget you miss them.



"former commie country" says allot, but I guess your individual rights didn't follow suit? All I gotta ask is who was the nimrod who came up with the graphics that outline the ludicrous restrictions?

Who determines what is the point of length where a knife becomes a weapon versus one for "utility"?

Tell that to the passengers and crew of the 9/11 hijacked planes where the perpetrators used 3" boxcutters - a utility knife.

Sad that you have to live under such austere conditions.

All these laws are bullshit.

It ain't our country anymore and it ain't our world anymore.

State Standard System -
http://www.gost.ru/wps/portal/pages.CatalogOfStandarts

It is a kind of ISO system in country.
It is very useful to have clear borders of quality and monitor it.
As an example - the quality of gasoline, the parameters of tires, the steel composition and properties, size and arrangement of sandpaper, quality radiocomponents, and other.

But sometimes the standards really are bull s....