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Knives are too Sharp and Filing Down their Points is Solution to Soaring Violent Crime, Judge Says

posted by martyb on Friday June 01 2018, @04:04AM   
from the pointed-question dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file down the points of kitchen knives as a solution to the country’s soaring knife crime epidemic.

Last week in his valedictory address, retiring Luton Crown Court Judge Nic Madge spoke of his concern that carrying a knife had become routine in some circles and called on the Government to ban the sale of large pointed kitchen knives.

[...] He said laws designed to reduce the availability of weapons to young would-be offenders had had “almost no effect”, since the vast majority had merely taken knives from a cutlery drawer.

[...] He asked: “But why we do need eight-inch or ten-inch kitchen knives with points?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/27/knives-sharp-filing-solution-soaring-violent-crime-judge-says/

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• Re:Slice and dice (Score: 2) by tfried on Friday June 01 2018, @06:34PM

  by tfried (5534) on Friday June 01 2018, @06:34PM (#687372)

  So what you're saying is the pointed tip does not really serve an important purpose in itself, but is a side-effect of the curvature near the end of the blade?

  Well, that, at least, makes sense to me. A santoku knife does have less curvature, there, and therefore can handle less height in a rocking motion. I can understand that people may have different preferences in that respect.

  (But should I ever feel the need to pry your pointy knives from your cold, dead hands, I'll be using my santoku for that purpose ;-)

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