Tbh in the 'Wilds of Wales' knifes are essential for simple navigation, but in the more developed areas of the UK knifes are of no use unless your use is to hurt someone...
Sorry, but what? Knives are of no use? Do you never have the need to open a package, cut a piece of string, anything along those lines? A knife is probably the most useful tool I carry on a daily basis...
Sorry I was more implying outside, carrying around (for example), if I was trying to suggest to total removal and ban on knifes then I think cooking might ranked higher on a list of reasons not to ban them, than cutting string 
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You shouldn't need to have prepared an agenda of (allowed) knife-related activities to be able to carry one...
Ever heard of being prepared?
Prepared of what? I can see the logic if your out hunting or in the great outdoors, but in the UK the 'great outdoors' is a small wood populated only with discarded cans of SKOL, what reason do people have to carry a weapon? (A butterfly knife being a good example)
If you allow people to carry knifes etc (the kind that are banned) all that does is force more police action, they need more presence because of the assumed threat and more tools to deal with knifes etc etc...
Like I'm not saying ban outright all knifes, just that the current bans make perfect logical sense. And I don't see why applying that logic dosnt also translate to other items...
If our current laws on knifes and guns allowes the children of the UK to not have to pass through metal detectors and be padded down by policemen just to enter school, it can't be that bad...
