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'Anti-Stab' knife to go on sale in Britain

timesonline.co.uk — The first “anti-stab” knife is to go on sale in Britain, designed to work as normal in the kitchen but to be ineffective as a weapon.

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  • lazycat, on 06/15/2009, -1/+295Slash and chop functions are still available.
  • raptorlightning, on 06/15/2009, -16/+274So lame. The old tried and true rhetoric comes up again and again.

    Knives don't kill people. People kill people.
  • Richandler, on 06/15/2009, -1/+145Um I could stab someone with that knife. It would hurt them a whole lot.
  • sandemanport, on 06/15/2009, -2/+139sooooo i cant stab you, but i can slash your throat ?!?
  • Kingoftherings, on 06/16/2009, -2/+138With enough force you can stab anyone with anything.
  • inactive, on 06/15/2009, -2/+112It's about time. I don't feel safe in my own kitchen these days.
  • inactive, on 06/16/2009, -1/+102I'm gonna stab you with your dad.
  • maxvette, on 06/16/2009, -0/+91The gift to give the wife you suspect is plotting your death
  • jman583, on 06/16/2009, -15/+97Knives don't kill people, dangerous minorities do.
  • inactive, on 06/15/2009, -17/+97Or you could, I don't know, STOP BEING A BUNCH OF PUSSIES.
  • oboshoe, on 06/16/2009, -4/+80That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of.


    Now, if Britain can just talk the criminals into using it instead of a regular knife.

    Perhaps the brits should pass a law that requires killers to only kill with a "nostabby" knife?
  • Insightful, on 06/16/2009, -2/+60If you take away knives that stab, only criminals will have stabby knives!
  • thegrantman, on 06/16/2009, -3/+55fun
  • inactive, on 06/16/2009, -2/+52challenging
  • oboshoe, on 06/16/2009, -1/+47FTA comments:

    "I don't think this invention goes far enough. When the world needs is an anti-stab and anti-slash knife. It would consist of a blade consisting of unsharpened sheet metal in the shape of a knife. Cutting things might be a bit more work with this knife, but the benefits to public safety are worth it."
  • inactive, on 06/16/2009, -1/+47“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.”
    I could kill with that knife - if I was motivated
  • TFGeditor, on 06/15/2009, -5/+50In other news, today the Home Office issued an edict mandating Nerf cricket bats to ensure no one is injured or killed by the more dangerous versions of these weapons.
  • DrunkenSavior, on 06/16/2009, -1/+43Anti-Stab? Is that a dare!?
  • alamedaman, on 06/16/2009, -1/+43this has to be the stupidest ***** thing I've seen.
  • noknockers, on 06/16/2009, -0/+41i like your way of thinking
  • SpeedSteamBoat, on 06/16/2009, -1/+41Anti-stabbing knives have existed for centuries in the kitchen and on the dinner table as well. Today the are commonly called "butter knives" but they were originally designed with the rounded end to prevent heated debate at the table from becoming bloody.
  • Fabbyfubz, on 06/16/2009, -2/+40In other news, ice pick sales have risen.
  • kanojo1969, on 06/16/2009, -2/+37painful & gruesome
  • longlukey, on 06/16/2009, -2/+36erotic
  • spookyttws, on 06/16/2009, -1/+34These people clearly don't understand how knives work. The interesting thing about knives is that not only can you stab someone with them, you can also slash people with them.

    I also employ an unorthodox method of cutting vegetables. I tend to stab them into pieces, so this knife would be useless to me.
  • Pobotrol, on 06/16/2009, -0/+33It's all rather pointless.
  • karmazon, on 06/16/2009, -0/+32Anti-stabbing knives have existed for centuries, they're called rigging knives, and sailors were required by law to have a knife they cannot stab with so they'd fight with each other with fists not knives.
  • DiggMasterJ, on 06/15/2009, -2/+34Nothing more than a marketing ploy. Those are some expensive knives. If someone is trying to kill you with it they can just imagine you are a vegetable and slash you just as easily as if they stabbed you.
  • ACiDGRiM, on 06/16/2009, -0/+30Why not?.. I stabbed your mom with my flesh pocket knife <- fixed
  • professorfurley, on 06/16/2009, -0/+30billy mays here...
  • lfroker, on 06/16/2009, -1/+30difficulter
  • WiseWeasel, on 06/16/2009, -2/+31satisfying
  • idavidtang, on 06/16/2009, -2/+31and klingons
  • mrgreenjeans, on 06/15/2009, -3/+31stabby?
  • MacBandit, on 06/16/2009, -3/+30When your a paraplegic, anesthetized, or your dead.
  • ihatehippies, on 06/15/2009, -2/+29"The knife has a rounded edge instead of a point and will snag on clothing and skin to make it more ________ to stab someone."

    fill in the blank.
  • WhoDoneIt, on 06/16/2009, -3/+30Why not?.. I stabbed your mom with my flesh sword.
  • lfroker, on 06/16/2009, -3/+30When does getting stabbed not hurt a whole lot?
  • devilgoob, on 06/16/2009, -0/+25Our competitor's knives can only do a few things. A special feature of our knife is that it allows for self-defense.
  • cjsmith87, on 06/15/2009, -5/+29Wait what if this takes off. We will loose the kitchen knife as a weapon in all of the thriller/horror movies!
  • silverchrysalis, on 06/16/2009, -0/+24i wonder who they tested the anti-stab properties on.
  • stuffradio, on 06/16/2009, -10/+33and mexicans
  • ThaATrain, on 06/16/2009, -3/+26As opposed to...a 'Pro-Stab' knife?
  • Gareth321, on 06/16/2009, -1/+23Exactly. I guarantee that if I wanted to kill you with that knife, I could kill you with it. For that matter, why not make sure baseball bats only come with padding - ya know, just in case someone wants to kill someone with it. Frying pans? Better make those outta plastic or someones gonna get hit over the head.

    Better yet, let's just make it illegal to kill people. Maybe then we don't have to bother with ridiculous gimmicks. Oh that's right. IT IS!
  • jaschen, on 06/16/2009, -3/+25Perfect! Now if I'm robbing you, you can't even go to the kitchen for a weapon. Truly a win for the criminals! -Criminal
  • btschul, on 06/16/2009, -3/+25Great. So now instead of getting stabbed in the abdomen and maybe surviving, you'll get your jugular slashed and definitely die.
  • JanusTheDoorman, on 06/16/2009, -2/+24FTA: “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.”

    Hear hear! Without the ability to stab, these knives are obviously incapable of killing someone. It's not like people have an exposed section of their body where blood flows from the heart to the brain, air from the mouth to the lungs, which also happens to be vulnerable to slashing.

    Well done stopping all murders. Ever.
  • dvsbastard, on 06/16/2009, -1/+22Great... now all I have to be worried about is being bludgeoned to death with a knife...
  • freedomischaos, on 06/16/2009, -4/+24Unless said other fellow had a gun and you brought a knife.
  • psypher, on 06/16/2009, -2/+22What's next, anti-firing guns?
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