“In Britain, knives can’t be pointy any more, they have to have rounded ends like kindergarten scissors.”
Oh, NO! PLEASE tell me you are joking! If you are serious, that island is finished!
I have two large knives for slicing fresh baked bread (oh...the aroma......!):
One which had belonged to my German grandmother, with a long pointed tip. She said it was too much like a weapon.
The other which my MIL brought from London in 1999, with the rounded tip. To hurt someone, you would have to attack with a sawing motion while holding it with both hands like a samurai sword.
Anyway, you could be right about the British. I’ll never go there because I speak neither Arabic nor Urdu.