https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives
Note: Stealth knives - Knife or spike not made from metal, but ok at home/kitchen or toy (toy????)
So no ceramic, stone, flint, carbon fiber ?? Spike made from fire hardened wood?
The problem with all these laws and regulations is they are so unclear in their meaning, and if you intended to stick with all these , you probably would never leave the house, the one quoted from the above source,
Scotland
In Scotland, 16 to 18 year olds are allowed to buy cutlery and kitchen knives.
Does this actually mean, if you are younger than 16, but older than 18, you are not allowed to buy cutlery and kitchen knives???????
The one misunderstood part of this, is that
you are allowed to sell a knife to anyone regardless of their age, as long as the blade is less than 3 inches and is not able to lock.
There are so many Laws and regulations that frankly are so out of date, they are meaningless, most of the bye-laws regarding Dartmoor for instance are so ambiguous its difficult knowing what is right or wrong.
lets look at an example on lighting fires.
8 Fires
No person shall light a fire on the access land, or place or throw or let fall a lighted match or any other thing so as to be likely to cause a fire. This byelaw shall not prevent the lighting or use in such a manner as not to cause danger of or damage by fire of a properly constructed camping stove or cooker.
What exactly is a properly constructed stove or cooker, does this mean a commercially bought item which has the kite mark on it?, can I bring my house cooker and run it off an inverter(lol), or does it mean if I construct a stove or cooker properly from stones and other things I gather, is this ok?????
Extremely vague to say the least, I do travel a lot on Dartmoor, and I do see the remains of fires, so do I take it an open fire is Ok?
I personally carry a gas cooker with me and very seldom light a fire, but the problem with the vagueness of these bye-laws is what do you advise other people to do.