Is it still legal to carry a Swiss army knife for utility purposes?
Tony’s spot on, but I would add that, if found during a police search, they may try to confiscate it. Although carrying the knife itself is not illegal, carrying it with the intention of using it as a weapon is. In order to make a charge against you the police officer(s) in question would have to have reasonable suspicion that you intended to use it as a weapon, and although I doubt any court would convict you without evidence of you making a threat to that effect, some police forces are told that simply having a knife is suspicious enough and may try to make a case where there isn’t one. It’s very unlikely that you’ll ever be stopped & searched (providing you’re not doing something you shouldn’t be that is), but if you are, make sure you don’t accept a caution or allow the knife to be confiscated without charges being brought against you. If you allow them to confiscate it without them arresting you, it’s treated as voluntary, and it will be destroyed. You will not get it back. If you
