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Quote: Originally posted by JimCall on 23/6/2012

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My concern is more with the legislation covering the carrying and use of knives. I dont have sharps in the form of cutlery but with my style of camping I frequently use a fixed blade camping knife, a leatherman multi-tool with 2 locking blades and a small single handed axe.

The legislation up here is mainly governed by the Criminal Law (Consolidation) Act 1995 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons Act) (Scotland). The law is not clear in certain aspects but in the main it is down to the user - me - to prove that I have good reason or lawful authority for having the "articles" with me in a public place. The fact that my car is loaded with camping gear "should" provide reasonable excuse for having said articles but I wanted to clarify this. I popped round to the local cop shop and the big sergeant although very helpful, could not say for sure where carrying my sharps was lawful but did say that if I were to be carrying them without any sign of camping gear in the car then I would certainly be breaking the law.

So the bottom line is I wont carry my sharps in the car without my camping gear! I dont want to be arrested for carrying a dangerous weapon! My sharps are always hidden out of view in a separate bag and when at the campsite, they are out of view if not in use.

Just another thing to be aware of with sharps

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there are lots of folding knives on the market...

Quote: Originally posted by Toothsmith on 23/6/2012

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When I was a boy scout in the late seventies, I used to walk around the campsite with a 9" blade strapped to my side. No one even queried it.

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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 23/6/2012

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I keep all my cutlery and sharp knives in a plastic box.

The long narrow ones meant for keeping bacon in are ideal.

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