First 'anti-stab' knife to go on sale in Britain

Times UK ^ | 6/15/09 | Kaya Burgess

[conservativeharleyguy]

OK, there are basically only two ways you can use a knife. Stab (poke) and slash (cut). What’s next? The amazing cut-free knife!!!

Absolutely guaranteed safe from all cutting and stabbing hazards (Disclaimer: sold elsewhere as the “Amazing Blunt Steel Bar”, now with convenient handle!!!).

[ketelone]

Is it anti-slash?

[norton]

Back in the black & white days some afternoon TV program taught me that long ago sea captains (Columbus was the topic) had the tips of crewmen's knives broken off when they were at sea. This to make mayhem and mutiny a bit less convenient.

So, today we need an industrial designer to come up with the same earth shaking idea...progress!

[DesertRhino]

They are gonna be so bummed when they hear that a slash is the preferred cut.

[DesertRhino]

Never get in a knife fight with a midget. He has all the good cuts, all you can do is try to stab his head.

[max americana]

This will be perfect for my machete...I want to hack through the brush but if I hack another person, he wont be hurt.

[andy58-in-nh]

Britain is rapidly withering as a nation. What else to make of a formerly great power that now distrusts its own aimless and aging native-born citizens with anything more hazardous than spoons, lest they injure themselves and incur unnecessary expense upon the National Health Service? Two generations left, perhaps one; then they are gone.

[listenhillary]

When they outlaw whetstones and grinders only outlaws will have whetstones and grinders or something like that.

They’ll need to outlaw sandstone or at least require a permit to own a piece of sandstone. Wait, BRICKS! Bricks can be used to sharpen knives! We must bulldoze the brick and stone buildings and rebuild them out of foam rubber.

THAT will be the solution, why didn’t we think of this before?

[Freedom2specul8]

Knowing that you are on top of this, I had to ping you... ironic this came out after your comment earlier.

Hey, I want to be able to use a knife in self-defense if I NEED to. This might be useful for the vertically challenged I suppose.

[CougarGA7]

Anti-stab knife? I thought Henry the VIII already took care of that. It’s called the butter knife.

[COBOL2Java]

I remember when a Klintonista advocated ‘safer bullets’ too!

Did they have rounded edges, too? :0)

[CougarGA7]

I’m almost afraid to ask.

[pa_dweller]

Of course, somone could grind a nice sharp point on it...

We used to make 'knives' by sharpening wooden popsicle sticks on the sidewalk. Think that would work with steel? ;^)

[TC Rider]

Have they altered lawn darts yet?

believe it or not, I saw them on sale in stores on a visit back in 2001.

[TC Rider]

I could use their anti-stab knife to make a pointed stick!

[RexBeach]

Ah, lawn darts. Those were the days!

[pissant]

And last I noticed, a baseball bat can still smash a skull.

[elpinta]

“Did they have rounded edges, too? :0)”

Yeah, the front part!

[CougarGA7]

And last I noticed, a baseball bat can still smash a skull.

We really need to talk about your hobbies pissant.

[jagusafr]

So the “don’t run with scissors” didn’t translate to “don’t cut your fingers off”? Ya know, you’ve gotta tell these kids EVERYTHING!

Colonel, USAFR