The maker of the Swiss Military Knife says is it engaged on a brand new mannequin – with out a blade.
Carl Elsener, chief government of Victorinox, mentioned an increase in regulation to deal with knife crime meant the corporate was growing a brand new model of its well-known pocket software.
In an interview with Swiss newspaper Blick, he mentioned: “We’re involved concerning the growing regulation of knives as a result of violence on this planet.
“We’re truly engaged on pocket instruments with out blades. For instance, I’ve a cool software for cyclists in thoughts.
“We have already got a software particularly for golfers in our vary. Cyclists in all probability want particular instruments, however not essentially a blade. The blade creates a weapon picture in some markets.”
Mr Elsener mentioned Victorinox noticed knife gross sales plummet by greater than 30% “in a single day” after the September 11 assaults within the US, telling Blick: “9/11 painfully confirmed us that we should not turn out to be depending on a single enterprise space.”
The Swiss Military Knife – first patented in 1897 – usually has a predominant blade plus different varieties of blades and instruments together with a screwdriver, a can opener, a noticed blade and a pair of scissors.
Beneath UK legislation, an individual can solely carry a knife in public if it has a folding blade that’s lower than three inches lengthy.
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It’s unlawful to hold most different knives in public with out a “good motive”, which incorporates for work, for spiritual causes (such because the kirpan some Sikhs carry) or if they’re carried as a part of a nationwide costume.
Knowledge launched by the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS) in April reveals that knife crime in UK increased by 7% from the yr ending December 2022 to December 2023, and has elevated by 81% prior to now decade.
ONS knowledge additionally reveals that sharp devices – together with kitchen knives, swords and machetes – have been the commonest technique of killing for each female and male victims within the yr ending March 2023, making up two-fifths of all killings within the UK.