[zamnos]

Ah yeah, knifes are a sticking point. London's laws are 3 inch or smaller non-locking knifes are legal. Over that, you gotta have a valid reason. Having just bought it is a valid reason, as is being a sushi chef. But the general public is no longer allowed to just carry a knife within London city limits for no reason.

[Lio]

Being a sushi chef on the way to work might be a good reason to have a fixed bladed knife but being a sushi chef stopping off at the pub on the way home from work would not be.

It's also worth noting that that is just for posession.

Anything used as an offensive weapon, be it a < 3" friction folding knife or a ballpoint pen or can of hairspray, is covered by a different law.

Here's a good run down by a barister:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI7jZ_3c8g4

[zamnos]

> being a sushi chef stopping off at the pub on the way home from work would not be.

How does that make sense? Why shouldn't a sushi chef be able to go straight from work to meet up at bar with friends without being being guilty, until proven innocent (this is the UK not eh US) of being a potential murderer?

[Lio]

You're not "guilty, until proven innocent" of being a potential murderer.

In that scenario you'd be guilty of carrying a fixed bladed knife without a good reason.

You don't have a good reason to have a sushi knife on you in a pub because you could have just gone straight home or left it at work. That it might be inconvenient or take extra time isn't going to be seen as an excuse.

You might be the nicest person in the world but by incompetently bringing a big sharp knife into a pub someone else with less scruples might be able to make use of it.

Anything you do with that knife, that you just happened to have on you and definitely didn't bring to intimidate people, in a pub where you're clearly not at work as a sushi chef, would be covered by completely different laws.