Wholesaler hands over 35,000 'Zombie' kniives

[Puddenchucker]

Wholesaler hands over 35,000 'Zombie' kniives, for which they will recieve £10 compensation per knife.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0re4wp8j2o

What legitimate use is there in the UK for such knives?

[Fastpedeller]

I thought I was going to read about a wholesaler who just wanted to help humanity until I read about the £10 he'll be rewarded for each knife he hands in.

[andy43]

Puddenchucker said:

What legitimate use is there in the UK for such knives?

Profit

[Dunclane]

The part I found funny about this was the person holding the knife at the safe end is fully kitted up with cut resistant gloves but the poor bloke at the pointy bit is left defenceless

[Mr Pointy]

Presumably there's a bunch of bright sparks looking to buy 50,000 zombie knives for £5 each from Aliexpress so they can hand them in.

[InitialDave]

Mr Pointy said:

Presumably there's a bunch of bright sparks looking to buy 50,000 zombie knives for £5 each from Aliexpress so they can hand them in.

My first thought also!

[ChocolateFrog]

Not sure why we needed to buy them.

They were making money on dodgy ground to start with, the fact that the law was tightened slightly that then made them explicitly illegal is a business risk.

Money should have been going the other way as a disposal fee at the very least.

[bristolbaron]

Mr Pointy said:

Presumably there's a bunch of bright sparks looking to buy 50,000 zombie knives for £5 each from Aliexpress so they can hand them in.

Username checks out.

[fido]

Dunclane said:

The part I found funny about this was the person holding the knife at the safe end is fully kitted up with cut resistant gloves but the poor bloke at the pointy bit is left defenceless

But the pen is mightier than the sword.

[NDA]

Puddenchucker said:

What legitimate use is there in the UK for such knives?

None whatsoever.

[over_the_hill]

fido said:

Dunclane said:

The part I found funny about this was the person holding the knife at the safe end is fully kitted up with cut resistant gloves but the poor bloke at the pointy bit is left defenceless

But the pen is mightier than the sword.

Post of the day

[andy43]

over_the_hill said:

fido said:

Dunclane said:

The part I found funny about this was the person holding the knife at the safe end is fully kitted up with cut resistant gloves but the poor bloke at the pointy bit is left defenceless

But the pen is mightier than the sword.

Post of the day

He's also holding a shatterproof ruler which is technically going to beat a knife in a game of Knife, Ruler, Biro.