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First 'Anti-Stab' Knife To Go On Sale In Britain
Industrial designer and aichmophobic, John Cornock, has designed a kitchen knife with a rounded edge making it almost impossible to stab your relatives during a tedious Christmas dinner. Mr Cornock was inspired to make the knife after watching a documentary in which doctors advocated banning traditional knives. "It can never be a totally safe knife, but the idea is you can't inflict a fatal wound. Nobody could just grab one out of the kitchen drawer and kill someone," Cornock said. The knife will sell for between £40-50.
Lightweight cast iron skillets. Far far too many people have access to this lethal bludgeoning instrument.
Next will be the Anti-Stab and Anti-Cut knife. Because people can still cut each other...
So, you can't stab someone with it, you have to slash them instead?
A well-placed slash to the throat is still likely to cause death through blood loss.
The knife isn't the problem, it's the nutter holding it that you need to deal with!
The problem has never, and will never, be the availability of "weapons". The fact is, there are weapons all around us. Sitting here at my desk I have a multitude of tools that could easily be used to kill someone: a pen, a pencil, a flashlight, tape, an allen wrench, my keys, the lanyard on my keys, and the list goes on. Perhaps I should step outside... I'll add my car to the list of things that I could easily kill someone with. If I had a wood chipper, I'd add that as well. These items will never be outlawed.
Edged weapons, firearms, and bows/crossbows/compound-bows have real uses. If you want to go hunting, I would suggest bringing a knife and at least one firearm. Want to carve a turkey, you're going to need a knife (no, I do not support the electric knives). Marksmanship requires a firearm or bow of some sorts. I'll concede the fact that these items were originally designed for war, but they have found legitimate uses in every day society.
The real problem is the people who would wield these "weapons". Give a kid a piece of string an they might start playing Cat's Cradle. Give a serial killer that same piece of string and they'll strangle someone with it. The government (UK, US, etc) should be going after the criminals-- dare I say it, with a vengeance. Remove the people from society who would wish harm upon others. These people will find weapons where you might not think them to be; it's in their nature.
"You're awefully cute, but unfortunately for you, you're made of meat."
I never realized that those Monty Python skits I watched as a kid would someday be reality in Britain. What's next, torture using the "Comfy Chair"? Oh wait, the Americans already use that don't they.
The doctors have it right; just ban knives. Knife wounds are expensive to treat.
Who is going to pay $60-$75 for a knife that doesn't perform well one of the prime functions that knives are designed for -- stabbing? Hey, if it doesn't work for stabbing my wife, then I want my money back! And I'm sure Hans Reiser feels the same way...
... and anti-kick boots ... and anti-bite teeth
...you've put Liverpool out of buisness
Because no one on planet earth has ever been accidentally stabbed with a knife.
Ever slaughtered a lobster? The humane way of doing it is to place the pointy end above the brain and stab with a single thrust. This would not be possible with such a knife. I am sure a lot of chefs will go out of their way to obtain a traditional pointy knife.
Just by looking at it, one could still stab somebody with it by putting a little more pressure on it. Maybe it will keep a 2 years old from stabbing his little sister but that's about it.
Somebody can get stabbed with a piece of still armature designed to reinforce concrete although its got a flat tip. Somebody mad enough to stab someone should find enough force to make this thing penetrate into a body which is mostly soft. Pointed tips don't go through bone anyway. Also, the sharp edge will help once the tool is in a bit.
Who knows, maybe it's got a psychological effect that would cause somebody mad enough to do it to control its temper but I doubt it ;-)
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
"...but the idea is you can't inflict a fatal wound. Nobody could just grab one out of the kitchen drawer and kill someone,"
Bollocks I could.
Tilt the knife a quarter inch up when you thrust and he's dead.
Pointless, remain in Idle....
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Without a doubt this is the most ill-conceived, stupid concept I have seen in a long time. If the twit that invented this thinks that it will save even one single life from some maniac out to kill some one then I have a bridge to sell him. And it will doubtless make kitchen tasks more difficult to perform as well. Well done morons, you have succeeded in wasting time and effort in making a useless piece of crap and in the process I am sure that you have made us all less intelligent through your efforts.
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Ludicrous. Some guy was on the radio the other day saying that kitchen knives don't need points.
How do you cut up stuff like large cabbages? You either need an *insanely* large knife, or you do what everybody else does at the moment which is to stab the fucker with the point and then cut around until you've got all the way through.
Anybody seriously intent on wounding, of course, will still have access to screwdrivers, awls, and doubtless hundreds of other sharp, pointed everyday objects. Hell, even with this new knife, a quick chop to the side of the neck could probably still open the jugular vein or the carotid artery.
50 Pounds? That is like cutting me own throat!