Lethal Star Trek Blade Seized in UK

[Dannyalcatraz]

Or maybe kd lang after a 2 week bender!

 

[Ranger REG]

Is it me, or does that guy look a little like Brent Spiner?

His UK cousin, Bertran.

 

[Bryon_Soulweaver]

I'll stick with hatchets and small knives, large bladed weapons give me the creeps.

 

[BOZ]

reminds me of the end of Holy Grail, when the cops are disarming all the Knights, saying things like "that's a dangerous weapon, it is!"

 

[frankthedm]

Wait... it's illegal to carry them in public, or it's illegal to actually just simply own those in the UK?

I suspect owning those would be illegal in the UK.

Man, that looks like a cheap peice of sheet metal. IIRC there is a knife company that has a booth at most conventions, Gencon, WizardWorld, etc... that makes those.

 

[delericho]

I suspect owning those would be illegal in the UK.

I would be surprised. I know people can and do legally own replica swords here, and I doubt the law makes the distinction as far as this type of thing is concerned. However, I might be wrong.

As mentioned earlier in the thread, though, weapons like the one pictured are really not a problem in the UK, smaller blades (and notably switchblades) are. The reason being that you'll see someone with something like that a long way off, and be able to give them a wide berth, while the same is not true of the smaller blades.

Plus, I rather suspect that the person who bought that blade didn't buy it intending to use it, which again isn't true of switchblades.

Anything more is political, so I'll stop now.

 

[DaveMage]

That is why I perfer my Klingon Dagger, probably still illegal to carry in certain places in the public but it has a belt loop!!

Man, you guys have all the cool Star Trek toys...


...I only have the marshmellow dispenser from Star Trek V.

 

[Kastil]

Dang..... So when I visit England... Should I take my Boy Scout Knife out of my purse? Heck, I just used it at the movies to open a particularly naughty bag of Skittles.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I especially like the way the policeman looks with the blade

it's like, when looking at him you almost know he's thinking: Why did I take this job?

And he's not even holding it right!

Stupid Terran. Only a True Klingon Warrior can wield such a blade with Honor!

 

[bodhi]

What the heck is a "Swordfish jaw" weapon??

I don't know what actually got turned in, but what came to mind for me was something like the leiomano.