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UK Company Makes Knives Without Tips As Knife Crime Wave Surges

posted by martyb on Sunday January 19 2020, @07:34PM   
from the pointed-comments dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Sheffield-based company Viners has produced the "Assure" range, square-ended knives which are "shaped to reduce and prevent injuries, accidents and fatalities." With knife crimes in England and Wales at their highest in a decade, a 3% increase on last year and the highest level since 2009, this new knife is intended to not be used in crimes and only in the kitchen. While anti-stabbing messages have been left on fastfood containers and a crackdown on knife crime has been tried, for which included limiting the sale of knives, so far nothing has blunted the knife based problem.

When have social problems been solved by technical solutions?

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• this knife look perfectly serviceable to slice a.. this knife look perfectly serviceable to slice a.. (Score: 4, Insightful) by NickM on Sunday January 19 2020, @08:47PM (3 children)

  by NickM (2867) on Sunday January 19 2020, @08:47PM (#945458) Journal

  Looking at the pictures in the article, that knife looks perfectly serviceable for horizontal throat or vertical wrist slicing ! It's not not lethal enough, it needs a duller blade ;)

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• Re:this knife look perfectly serviceable to slice Re:this knife look perfectly serviceable to slice (Score: 4, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday January 19 2020, @09:38PM (1 child)

  by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday January 19 2020, @09:38PM (#945476) Homepage Journal

  You're being paid by the tomato lobbyists, eh?

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  • Re:this knife look perfectly serviceable to slice (Score: 2) by NickM on Monday January 20 2020, @02:00AM

    by NickM (2867) on Monday January 20 2020, @02:00AM (#945599) Journal

    I cannot confirm or deny your allegation but please do not talk about the tomatoes lobby!

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• Re:this knife look perfectly serviceable to slice (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday January 19 2020, @11:04PM

  by c0lo (156) on Sunday January 19 2020, @11:04PM (#945524) Journal

  Looking at the pictures in the article, that knife looks perfectly serviceable for horizontal throat or vertical wrist slicing !

  Which need the element of surprise to work (letting aside that wrist slicing is not fatal in minutes).

  Which means that you'll get one victim by surprise then everybody around will start, instinctively, protecting their slice-cut vulnerable points using their arms. The wound will be painful, but not immediately fatal.

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