New regulations on posting knives & blades

[Wulf]

Not sure where to post this, but has anyone else heard about the new government proposal to ban the postage of knives & bladed implements to private addresses? It's supposed to fight knife crime - you have to buy direct fro a supplier in person, or get them delivered to a depot to pick up. That could have quite an effect on this hobby if it affects all mail order sales of anything bladed.

Hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about.

[Ithoriel]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/18/plans-to-make-delivery-of-knives-sold-online-to-private-addresses-illegal-knife-crime

[Leon]

I'll have to keep an eye on this and see what they decide constitutes a knife under any new legislation.  There's a small scalpel in the modelling tool set we sell, but we don't sell many of them to be honest.

[Orcs]

If they introduce this it will be another piece of pointless legislation.  Every house has knives that can be made very sharp even if they not already. Even if this stopped thugs getting their hands on already sharp knives it would not stop them making them from other metal implements. 

[Techno]

I wonder if that's going to apply to scalpel blades ?
If it is, I'd better order lots in the very near future.

Cheers - Phil

[Last Hussar]

There's a mail order shaving company.

[Techno]

Good point !

As Mark (Orcs) says....You can make a knife out of almost anything.
Are they going to ban plastic toothbrushes in prisons so that those naughty people can't make chivs, by filing the handles against the wall to make a pointy spike ?

Cheers - Despairing of Wales

[Leman]

Are we talking posting photographs to the web or mailing items to one another. If the latter then I wholeheartedly agree with the government. You want to see a kukri, sword or bayonet go to a museum and leave the handling of such items to the military.

[Ithoriel]

Usual political response to a perceived crisis ...

Something Must Be Done!

This is something.

Therefore this must be done!

Gods forbid we should have rational, researched, evidence based responses.

[Leman]

No chance! We've got Brexit!

[fsn]

Are they going to ban plastic toothbrushes in prisons so that those naughty people can't make chivs, by filing the handles against the wall to make a pointy spike ?

Is this another part of your life you'd like to share?

[Norm]

It's not a problem, local hobby stores sell blades - oh wait!

[FierceKitty]

Is this another part of your life you'd like to share?

Anyone see that episode of Killing Eve where Villanelle dispatches a fellow-prisoner using her teeth? More dangerous and under-regulated items.