The messer probably was more of a guild thing. Not everyone was allowed to make swords. The kitchen knife line is more profiting from the popularity of the originals. The SEK II is legal to carry in Germany.
@@ItsPyrus Less than the over 60,000 times a year firearms are used for self defense each year. Mind you that's the LOW estimate the CDC used in 2014 for their study. Oh also of those over 60,000 times a year less than 700 result in fatalities...
@@vampire847also compare the use of something like an AR to a pistol and then you realize they should be going after that. The reason pistols are used more is because they are MUCH cheaper
@@samfisherxboxog8925 They actually tried banning pistols. Thankfully we have the heller decision to slap those bans around. Even then after the supreme court ruled them unconstitutional bans we had to fight in court to get the cities to lift em....
By that logic, I guess speed limits in Germany are also bad, since they make cars. Hell, I want to own and drive a tank on the autobahn. Also an item Germany are known for producing.
@@soul0360 Not the same comparison. Rather it would be like not being able to own the car when you live in a city with car tradition. That doesn't mean you can drive any way you want, but at least you can take it around, same as any tool.
I feel like this is just the most German thing possible, though. Knife guilds and the government at a constant legal arms race over the most pedantic bullshit. I'm always on the side of the guilds.
Currently our home security minister is trying to ban us from even owning these knifes and prevent us from carrying any knife with a blade longer than 6cm. Also we have so called weapon free zones (mostly in inner cities or translations) in which not even 6cm would be allowed. In those zones police could charge you for any item the would personally consider as a weapon. The real criminals don't care and carry butterfly knifes (outlawed in Germany since the 2000s) or machetes, but the German police is too scared of them to do something about it.
To the politicians, the issue is not crime or justice, but people complaining about crime. If people fought back, there would be more violence and public attention on crime. If people cannot fight back, then there's only thefts and bullying. So it makes perfect sense. They want you to shut up and take it, like the last 35 years. Path of least resistance for them. If they tried to change something, they would take a risk. Better to keep the money flowing.....
to be fair, I'd probably still get stabbed and bleed to death if I get into a knife fight. Even if I brought my own. just means the other guy can join me on the ambulance.
Knives are very poor self defense weapons, because to use one, you have to get within range of your opponent's knife. They also tend not to immediately disable, allowing the other guy to get in a few actions after being hit, before being disabled.
If im not carrying my firearm, I carry an 26inch ASP baton and a can of oc spray. That combo has served me well, F a fair fight, that mentality is how I got my throat cut.
@@dustydesertdisciple6290 cool, the baton at least is not legal to carry in germany. And the spray will get you in trouble if the police officer is a dick
@@colonelangus8247 In that impossible scenario, I'd argue quite the opposite. If you can't get your necessities legally, you take them by force. What're they gonna do, house and feed you?
To the politicians, the issue is not crime or justice, but people complaining about crime. If people fought back, there would be more violence and public attention on crime. If people cannot fight back, then there's only thefts and bullying. So it makes perfect sense. They want you to shut up and take it, like the last 35 years. Path of least resistance for them. If they tried to change something, they would take a risk. Better to keep the money flowing.
@@spambot_gpt7 Good point, In Santa Monica the statistics said that crime was going down, but in reality it was going up, the statistics didn't show all the crime because people stopped reporting it, because the police doesn't do anything anyway, and people don't want their insurance going up.
@@Soguwe Your emotional naivete does not invalidate the reality that violence is an economy and guns raise the price of entry for bad actors, which promotes public safety. Damn funny for you to call others childish though.
Any anti-weapon law is pathetic. In Brazil you can't carry a firearm legally so I use combat/tactical knives for EDC. I can just hope they don't be outlawed like firearms too. When government enforces weapons bans, they are making law abiding citizens hostages of them and criminals. Anyone that commits crimes will still have and use weapons.
if an innocent person has a knife for self defense they're crazy apparently, disregarding that they're one of the oldest tools known to man and have vast uses outside of murder, and as you said it isn't like the criminals aren't going to carry knifes because the law told them to. protects the guilty, punishes the innocent that want protection from the former. the argument is "let the police handle it" but police can't be everywhere and they sure as fuck aren't going to be there the moment you need them the most
Sigh.... Yes, you are a smart one, i see. But criminals breaking a law (which is what makes them criminals in the first place) can be persecuted. Knives can be taken away. The intent of carrying knife, if criminal, is criminal. It's not rocket science. By your logic: Shouldn't we then just shrug and abolish all laws? After all, criminals don't follow them anyways. Other than that, an actually smart criticism would have been to point out that the law already existed that allowed to specifically ban individuals from carrying or even possessing objects that are suitable to be used as weapons, like these knives, after they came into conflict with the law. That makes this change of the law a pretty needless PR stunt that they could have spared if they just asked the responsible departments to make use of individual prohibitions more. Yes, they can still illegally carry a knife then, but they better not get caught.
It makes it a lot easier for police to disarm would be criminals, but it doesn't dissuade actual criminals. I fear that when policing can no longer control crime, seemingly the case in more and more areas, we'll need to change the laws as a deterrent for assault. You can however expect the amount of stabbings, and subsequent lawsuits, to multiply.
Places than ban "weapons" usually have politicans that are heavily guarded by armed man and they also have authorities with firearms and such. The only unarmed people are the civilians
@@TiLeo Germany's leaders dont have armed protection? I live in canada and our prime minister has convoys of large SUVs filled with armed law enforcement members. They look like regular civilians or well dressed men
You have 37.7k subscribers right now. I'm excited to know I'm in on the "ground floor" of this channel, cause in like 3 years you'll have 250k or 500k. This content is awesome.
I was hoping for a while that some of the bigger knifetubers would make some videos on knife history or vids on how some of the knife companies built their brands. This dude has blown up pretty quick, especially in the knifetuber world.
Sweden has similar laws on carrying knives. You can’t carry a knife in public unless you’re going to use it as a tool or for food prep. So craftsmen and construction workers, going to a picnic/outdoor cooking, camping all fine. But you can not carry a knife for self Defense or “just in case”. In practice this means the less threatening the knife looks and the more you act like you need it for something useful. Police aren’t going to stop you. And also not hanging around schools with a knife is a good idea.
The swedish knife law isn't about knifes in particular actually. It's complicaded. The law states that you can't carry "dangerous objects" in public. And it is a lot focus on intent and context. The law is made so that the police can take you if you carry a screwdriver, sharp stone, hammer or whatever really, in the wrong place at the wrong time. So: a screwdriver in the pocket out on the town a friday night = prison. A screwdriver in a toolbag you're carrying a thursday morning = no problem. A big knife in a picnickbag for cutting your melon = ok. A big knife in your computerbag at work =bad idea. Edit: So I am agreeing with fnyquist8779, just adding that the law covers more than just knives, and it is quite tricky for a swede to know if you're carrying someting legaly or not.
@@Klotrik Yes there are also some types of knives that are explicitly banned to carry. Like Stilettos, switchblades and Balisongs. There are also restrictions on selling those knives.
Although I acknowledge that the German weapon laws are silly, the concept of self-defense is just as silly. None of the recent stabbings that occurred in Germany could have been prevented by knife-carrying people. The same people would still get stabbed, and the attacker would be gone before the first person drew their "self-defense knife". Same for gun violence. And even if you would injure or kill the attacker, as we see in the US, it doesn't stop crazy people to start public shootings, they still do it on a level and regularity that baffles every other country. Life is not an action movie, and if it were, you are not the hero, but more likely the extra who gets killed for playing the hero. "Self-defense-weapons" don't work, and an armed society does not equal a safe society - the US is (again) the prime example for the opposite.
@@PeterSchmuttermaier Carrying a Gun or knife for self defence isn''t ment to stop people from commiting acts of mass murder using Knives or guns, their simply intended to give you some form of protection in the event you find yourself in a scenario in which you need them!
Coming from a US state that has _very_ lenient knife laws, I find it completely ridiculous that any knife, or any other bladed implement, either for utility or combat, would be prohibited. Don't mind me, carrying my saber, my stiletto and my switchblade
Yep. A lot of the states allow almost any knife. I can carry a switchblade, butterfly, gravity knife, claymore, whatever. Of course any of those would only be a backup for my pistol...There is a tiny fraction of the US that want to change that, but it isn't happening anytime soon! It must suck to be relegated to being just another subject of the European Union. I'm still a bit surprised they approved that sht at all. Bad call imo.
To the politicians, the issue is not crime or justice, but people complaining about crime. If people fought back, there would be more violence and public attention on crime. If people cannot fight back, then there's only thefts and bullying. So it makes perfect sense. They want you to shut up and take it, like the last 35 years. Path of least resistance for them. If they tried to change something, they would take a risk. Better to keep the money flowing.
I mean, it‘s just a difference in culture. As a german, I find US speed limits and public-drinking laws ridiculous. Guess what‘s different will always register as weird.
@@jok9342 I am from Germany and I still find out knife laws weird and dumb. Just because something is different or unusual, doesn't mean someone will find it weird
@@joeybagodonuts6683 Eh, mixed bag. They have good public transportation, free health care, clean streets and parks, and free university, and good beer costs less than we pay for domestic piss in a can. Imagine: you're walking by your local grocer (there's a good one every km or so) and you trip, getting an injury that requires some medical attention. The bus that stops outside the shop will get you there real quick, but it doesn't come for another 5 minutes, so you quickly buy a beer in the shop. Stepping back outside, you crack the beer open and begin to drink it. A cop walks past and doesn't even look at you. The bus arrives *exactly* on time, and you get on, continuing to drink your beer--the driver also doesn't even acknowledge it. You ride a clean, well-maintained public conveyance and arrive at your destination in little time. You get your injury attended to and go about your day. Total cost: like $5. Now, imagine you had that day _anywhere_ in the US. Almost certainly, it would look like: you're walking by your local bail bondsman/cash4gold/pawn shop (there's one every mile or so) and you get injured. The closest bus stop is half way to the hospital already, and besides, it only runs once per hour and there's no telling what time it'll actually stop. You try to flag down a cop car, thinking maybe they at least know the area better than you, but the squad car doesn't even slow down. You call a cab, and ride in a dirty, poorly-maintained semi-private conveyance. Upon arrival at the emergency department, you wait 3 hours to be seen. Total cost: $20-150 up front, God knows how much later, and you didn't even get a beer.
@@addisonesslinger3653Hardly, here in Poland nothing has changed in regards to the knife laws since 1990’s. Tho we do have other asinine restrictions, such as complete ban on nunchucks, even tho I can legally carry a literal warhammer.
@@Anton43218 From what I’ve read of Romanian law, anything that qualifies as a melee weapon is illegal to carry, the characteristics of a melee weapon those being: - blade longer than 15cm - blade thicker than 0.4 cm - a guard - double edge Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation
I get you, but, hear me out: you can get a liter of the best beer in the world for what Americans pay for a can of Bud Lite. And, they have parks that are clean enough that you can comfortably engage in the (legal!) activity of drinking that cheap, good beer in public. On top of that, it's just straight-up a safer place. I'm armed nearly 100 % of the time in the US, but don't feel the slightest bit "naked" without a weapon in Germany. Edit: the law is still dumb, and I'm not trying to say otherwise. Just pointing out that restricting one's own travel on the basis of not being able to act like you're still in the States might be a bit myopic.
Self defence is in fact legal in Germany, you are even allowed to use knives as self defence. But it is illegal to carry knives for the specific reason of self defence. That means if you get attacked while being in a kitchen, you can stab the person if you see no milder option
My boss is a chef and knows a bunch of chefs all across the US and one of these chef friends was from California one day his friend decided to take his chefs knives home to sharpen them but on his way got pulled over and when the cops saw the knives sitting in the back of his car and arrested him and charged him with possession of illegal weapons
In Germany, attempts are now being made to reduce the length of permitted knives from 12 cm to 6 cm. This is because of the high number of criminals who carry knives and an incident where yet another police officer was stabbed and died. Just as a reference in Germany, police officers are usually deployed in teams of two and are equipped with firearms and non-lethal weapons.
Inch and a half hex-nut on a foot long string of paracord. Or whatever the metric equivalent is I guess if you live in a country that hasn't been to the moon.
Funny enough, back when I lived in Germany, i primarily carried a S&W fixed blade Boot Knife because of the laws on locking pocket knives. Ironically, I mostly used it for eating when I went hiking in the hills.
Being in Germany I can say this is a law that is simply not enforced. I and many people carry a folding knife daily. 0 issues. The kitchen knife loophole just did not get any traction. A knife is a knife.
@@datadavis Folders are a bit tricky in germany. If you are able to open the knife and lock the blade in place with one hand, its illegal to carry. If you need two hands to do so, its fine. If the blade doesnt actually lock when opened, like on a slipjoint folder, its technically legal but thats a bit of a grey area and some cops might still try to fuck with you.
In the US, in practice, these kinds of restrictions are enforced based on certain medical evaluations. I would never dare carry anything that resembles a weapon, because of my elevated melanosome levels which are detectable through visual diagnostic methods. Some acquaintances are more comfortable carrying knives of all kinds, even gravity knives, because their melanosome levels are suppressed as a result of a hereditary condition known as "having northern european ancestry". It is an interesting system, which I am told was the inspiration for many of Germany's most famous laws in the earlier half of the 20th century.
@@joeybagodonuts6683 when I hear "Smith & Wesson", I always like to think about a model 36 at the very least, if not models 66, 19, 686, and the famed model 29
It looks like the anti-knife legislation in Germany is working perfectly! When I look at the statistics of knife attacks or read the headlines of the last few days, it is clear that the restrictions and bans are bearing fruit. Or not? :D In the Czech Republic, we have virtually no restrictions on carrying any knives (except for the ban on demonstrations, football, etc.), yet we have a fraction of knife attacks compared to Germany or completely knife-free Britain.
@@nosrin1988 The US isn't a lot better about knives depending on what state you live in. The midwest and 'flyover states' are all usually pretty chill about things, but then you get these blue-state transplants that go and vote for the same policies that destroyed where they moved away from.
The appreciation of the "danger" is left to the police officer. So if you carry a 30cm blade in Germany, like the one at 04:15, even if it is sharp on one side only, you'll definitely be in trouble...
@@357Maxim yes I know, but if you would carry a 30cm blade like you said in your comment you would be in trouble simply because you would still be breaking the laws. not because the police officer thinks it is dangerous
@@357Maxim oh yeah, that definitely is not the case ofcourse. Don't think the video was claiming things like that though, it might have given that impression at the beginning
While Solingen used to be the city of blades, Germany's knife laws (and a couple other economic decisions) have long since destroyed the native knife industry. Just look at the stuff Eickhorn sells. Their handles are basically all glass-filled nylon and their common blade steels are "Professional" (440A), "Professional Plus" (440C) and "Professional Enhanced" (D2). Now I'm not one of those knife snobs that's gonna tell you that GFN is colored garbage and 440A bends in a stiff breeze, these materials all have their place and use...BUT you *have* to price your products accordingly...and that's just not happening. Eickhorn's GFN/440A knives start at like a 100 bucks, if you want GFN/440C you're looking at 200+. Try telling an American your GFN/440C knife costs 200+ and watch him die from laughter. Not all local companies are this overpriced (though the ones with acceptable prices tend to have shit QC), but in general you're just better off importing.
Fun fact, the Bundeswehr still uses Soviet AK74 Bayonets as standard issue combat knife in some units and its actually pretty handy because of the inbuilt wirecutter
Well, the original Bowie knife was considered and described as a butcher knife. It was commissioned and intended as a kitchen knife that was carried for general purpose and self defense.
Very few knives are actually made for self defense. They're tools for cutting stuff open 99.9999% of the time. Even military knives are designed to be multi tools more than anything. For military knife trials the criteria are always "needs to be able to cut barbed wire, needs to be able to open cans, needs to be able to cut through sheet metal, needs to be able to pry without breaking" absolutely none of the criteria has anything to do with combat.
This reminds me of medieval German practice in which swords could only be carried by nobles....so regular people carried "messers" (knives) that were---well, they were swords with guards etc., just called by another name to allow regular people to defend themselves from violent criminals. Governments have always sought to disarm law-abiding people and smart people have always gotten around such ridiculous laws
Sad that one of the knife capitals of the world has some of the worst knife law. You have to choose between a locking folder or a one-hand opening folder (but you can't have both in one knife)?! What's even sadder is the fact that these knife laws only hurt law-abiding citizens and all of the "newcomers" that invade can carry whatever they want!
In the United States they only grow produce for profit and they grow the worst tasting tomatoes and then pick them way too early then gas them to make them turn red but they are unripe tasteless and gross. Ill never buy a tomato they must be grown yourself or they are trash in our country. It almost seems like fhey want us to not want good healthy food 😢
When I was young, you could buy automatic knives in Germany. It was so exciting because you couldn't get one here in the UK for love nor money. Now they're even more restrictive than we are. Tragic.
if you can't carry a knife in public....how are you going to carry a knife for camping or hiking? you know..when you need a knife for food and stuff? 😂
Like the opinel No. 8, it is basically a switch-blade, it is not automatic and you can couple the fork and spoon head, I wish they had a spork head though.
"If I had a nickel for every time Germans pretended a deadly blade was a home-knife, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice."
I used to have KM 2000 BW. That thing was so German engineered, it was ridiculous. Overbuild twice of what it should be. Heavy as a sinner guilt. Long enough to not easily mount or strap to anything, then belt. Because of this video. Now I want teutonic magic S.E.K. Thank you, keep up good work.
In france you can carry knife if the blade is shorter or the same lenght as the width of your hand. Because in france we say that the width of the hand is the lenght that a weapon need to penetrate to reach the heart.
I hate our knive laws, i actualy think it should be allowed to carry knives and swords visible. Criminals dont care about laws and carry knives anyways and normal people cant defend themselves with the same weapons, i hate that.
Little bnitpick: the KM that you mentioned as issue knife is not issued to all soldiers. (The german armed forced seemingly don't do that. Compared to their southern neighbour, the Glock FM78 gets issued to every single austrian soldier, but then again it's called Feldmesser not Kampfmesser = field knife, not fighting knife.)
To fight the myths around german knife laws: §42a-c does not "outlaw" most knives. It outlaws to carry knives in public, if they are fixed blades with more than 12cm length of blade, if it is a folder with a blade that can be locked AND if it is at the same time made to open with one hand, if it is a knive "promoted" by the producer as a fighting or self defence knife, if it is a "push-knife" (fist knife). You are still allowed to carry them in public, if transported in a way, that it needs more than 3 steps to get it ready to use (in the version before they had to be transported in a "locked up container", whatever was meant by this). 100% outlawed (but only if you do not have an accepted reason to use it for your job or sports or in context of a traditional custom or as a hunter etc.) are only double edged fighting blades, Balisongs, automatic knives with a blade that comes out in front or if it is an automatic knife with a more than 8,5 cm long blade, coming out from the side. Outlawed are ALL knives in so called "weapon free zones" (usually hotspots of criminality, defined by the communes), at public events and in the public transport services, railway stations and trains. And that the producers in Solingen are making "breadknives" out of fighting knives INSTEAD, like the title says, is simply stupid fake bullshit clickbait.
The S.E.K.III Knives have a blade length of just under 12 cm. There are versions with dagger or tanto blades, which are illegal to carry, but there are also versions with spear points, which are legal to carry.... I actually own a SEK III with spear point and it is one of my regular carried knives. German weapon laws are complicated, especially concerning knives.
I like this channel. Unlike most it does not have clear tie to police, military, or state agencies like most knife channels. Just good videos. *Keep up the good work!*
The real irony of course is that in the UK at least and most likely the rest of Europe, by far the majority of stabbings are carried out with humble kitchen knives, not combat knives.
I’ve always loved swords. They’re expensive. One day I looked around my shop and it dawned on me how many sharp weapons I had. I collected for years, every wood working tool, especially old, that could do anything without power. I’m not just talented and skilled, more or less, I’m dangerous. My kitchen is the same. Antique Boker cleaver, French knife 1/4 inch thick, plus plus…. Go ahead. Make my day. I never run out of ammo.
Hi there, the knife you are showing at 3:18 & 3:29 is a counterfeit: The font on the front is wrong, the logo should be centered, and the serial number should have a letter prefix. Similarly, on the rear, the Made in Germany should be in a Sans-Serif font, and below the Made in Germany there should be either N695-HRC 58 or just HRC 58. Do you have an E-Mail contact? I'm in the Arms industry and could get you in touch with some people I know at Eickhorn.
4:22 It's not a hard blanket ban. It bans fixed blades over 12cm, then it instantly allows it for foto and video shoots, theater and movie production; inside closed/locked containers (definition can be argued somewhat, but usually means can't be readily accessed); and for "rightful interest", which can be anything from sports, to work, to customs, for "any generally accepted reason" (which would, for example [do not quote me, not legal advice] cover carrying a machete outside your property to hack off any branches growing out) Generally, as long as you can give a sensible reason WHY you have a big knife, and it's not in an area that has additional weapon bans, you are fine.
Spanish Aitor made the same thing with "Botero" model. It's a boot dagger disguised as a fishing knife. The name "botero" has a double meaning in Spanish: could mean "to carry inside a boot" or "in a boat", like a fisherman.
3:28 Well, uhm, not quite. This model still has a hilt, which falls under "weapon characteristics", like a double edged dagger blade also does. Because a hilt kind of enhances stabbing ability, a design feature so you don't slide your hand onto the edge while stabbing with considerable force. 4:38 Thanks, which is why they have a hilt, which makes it a weapon. :P They are fun knives for at home though, for the enthusiasts.
Germany's got it good they can carry blades up to 12 cm, I've done a package coach holiday and a young guy from Germany pulled out his pocket knife and it was really handy to have that little extra size compared to a regular Swiss army for preparing food. I was jealous
I really wish this would not be true, but currently we're having a discussion in Germany whether to reduce the legal blade length from 12cm to 6cm. If they change the law, carrying most types of knives would become illegal in Germany. Sad, but true.
The lanyard holes would, more than likely, be used for attaching a Faustriemen/Fist-strap. Think of the strap on the AK 47 Bayonet. Faustriemen are also commonly used on swords .
This the modern-day version of "this isn't a sword, see the handle? It's a knife! A three foot long... knife."
The Messer
@@supercool5454and posterior the Kriegsmesser
The messer probably was more of a guild thing. Not everyone was allowed to make swords. The kitchen knife line is more profiting from the popularity of the originals. The SEK II is legal to carry in Germany.
You can carry knives in Germany for self defense. He is simply wrong.
What knives?
Criminals forgot that murder and theft are crimes so they had to make weapons ilegal, maybe they'll remember this time.
How many road rage incidents in America turn deadly from a legal gun owner getting too heated?
@@ItsPyrus I don't have that data do you?
@@ItsPyrus Less than the over 60,000 times a year firearms are used for self defense each year. Mind you that's the LOW estimate the CDC used in 2014 for their study. Oh also of those over 60,000 times a year less than 700 result in fatalities...
@@vampire847also compare the use of something like an AR to a pistol and then you realize they should be going after that. The reason pistols are used more is because they are MUCH cheaper
@@samfisherxboxog8925 They actually tried banning pistols. Thankfully we have the heller decision to slap those bans around. Even then after the supreme court ruled them unconstitutional bans we had to fight in court to get the cities to lift em....
The 98 cent steak knife
Has the highest body count
In Mexico
Nearly a haiku.
_The 98 cent steak knife_
_Has the highest body count_
_Throughout Mexico_
Fixed your haiku.
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By the way a narc who lived and
Worked in Mexico says so
@@dhawk6896Ed Calderon! (Spelling?) and the famous Pioneer Lady fighting knife 😂😂
Banning knives while having a great tradition of knife making is the dumbest thing, especially with what is going on lately.
We live in a dystopia so theres nothing new
By that logic, I guess speed limits in Germany are also bad, since they make cars.
Hell, I want to own and drive a tank on the autobahn. Also an item Germany are known for producing.
@@soul0360 Not the same comparison. Rather it would be like not being able to own the car when you live in a city with car tradition. That doesn't mean you can drive any way you want, but at least you can take it around, same as any tool.
@@soul0360 Yes the Idea of a general speedlimit on every Autobahn is stupid, thank you.
I feel like this is just the most German thing possible, though. Knife guilds and the government at a constant legal arms race over the most pedantic bullshit. I'm always on the side of the guilds.
Currently our home security minister is trying to ban us from even owning these knifes and prevent us from carrying any knife with a blade longer than 6cm. Also we have so called weapon free zones (mostly in inner cities or translations) in which not even 6cm would be allowed. In those zones police could charge you for any item the would personally consider as a weapon. The real criminals don't care and carry butterfly knifes (outlawed in Germany since the 2000s) or machetes, but the German police is too scared of them to do something about it.
Perhaps you should make the police afraid of you and your neighbors as well then.
@@thealkymystChainsaw IS still legal
Yes, the famous weapon free zones. Guess where my favourite gun and knife shop is :)
@@Mambo.Canibal I had a freind that was attacked by a drunk with a chainsaw he still has the chainsaw lol
To the politicians, the issue is not crime or justice, but people complaining about crime.
If people fought back, there would be more violence and public attention on crime.
If people cannot fight back, then there's only thefts and bullying.
So it makes perfect sense.
They want you to shut up and take it, like the last 35 years.
Path of least resistance for them.
If they tried to change something, they would take a risk.
Better to keep the money flowing.....
A few days ago people got stabbed in Solingen, guess they didn't know it's illegal to carry a knife LMAO
At a festival of diversity in the city of knives an illegal migrant from syria stabbed multiple visitors, killing three. Says it all. Damn sad.
Possibly true. As usual, the stabber wasn't a native German speaker.
It was also, ironically, [but not unexpected) at a diversity festival
@@topheavykoolaid That's not even funny anymore lol, I mean it's pathetic and I'm not surprised it happened at such events, quiet the opposite.
The stabber was an arab as usual, so he doesn't know the law let alone speak German
to be fair, I'd probably still get stabbed and bleed to death if I get into a knife fight. Even if I brought my own. just means the other guy can join me on the ambulance.
Knives are very poor self defense weapons, because to use one, you have to get within range of your opponent's knife. They also tend not to immediately disable, allowing the other guy to get in a few actions after being hit, before being disabled.
If im not carrying my firearm, I carry an 26inch ASP baton and a can of oc spray. That combo has served me well, F a fair fight, that mentality is how I got my throat cut.
While true, weapon is not the only function of a knife.
I carry a small one as a tool
@@dustydesertdisciple6290 cool, the baton at least is not legal to carry in germany. And the spray will get you in trouble if the police officer is a dick
If you pull out a knife, the other person knows they are probably going to get cut too, and will probably disengage. The fight just doesn't happen.
I've used my daggers for food so it makes no difference to me.
Exactly how does one use a stiletto for food?
@@TestUser-cf4wj Kebabs, next question.
@@TestUser-cf4wjused one to cut up a tomato, it worked, but I think I blacked out at some point and started speaking Italian.
If food is outlawed you won't need that dagger.
@@colonelangus8247 In that impossible scenario, I'd argue quite the opposite. If you can't get your necessities legally, you take them by force. What're they gonna do, house and feed you?
Have they thought about making crime illegal?
that's 'ist
You should be the new president
Wanna hear how it's in Finland? You can't carry anything that can be used as a weapon! You can't even EDC a screwdriver.
@somedud1140 oh wow there must be no crime in Finland!!!!
@@somedud1140 ooks like they will chop of my hands :(
"Such high knife crime, let's disarm every citizen that obviously won't engage in crime, that will solve the issue! " - politician logic
They know exactly what they are doing, and have been incredibly successful. We aren't allowed to speak about that openly though.
To the politicians, the issue is not crime or justice, but people complaining about crime.
If people fought back, there would be more violence and public attention on crime.
If people cannot fight back, then there's only thefts and bullying.
So it makes perfect sense.
They want you to shut up and take it, like the last 35 years.
Path of least resistance for them.
If they tried to change something, they would take a risk.
Better to keep the money flowing.
@@spambot_gpt7 Good point, In Santa Monica the statistics said that crime was going down, but in reality it was going up, the statistics didn't show all the crime because people stopped reporting it, because the police doesn't do anything anyway, and people don't want their insurance going up.
More weapons don't solve the problems weapons create.
That's a very childish sentiment
@@Soguwe Your emotional naivete does not invalidate the reality that violence is an economy and guns raise the price of entry for bad actors, which promotes public safety.
Damn funny for you to call others childish though.
I hate anti knife laws , self defense is a human right sure glad i live in texas tho 😊
Man does outlawing weapons make a place a super nice place to live.
Leave all your weapons at home.
Any anti-weapon law is pathetic. In Brazil you can't carry a firearm legally so I use combat/tactical knives for EDC. I can just hope they don't be outlawed like firearms too. When government enforces weapons bans, they are making law abiding citizens hostages of them and criminals. Anyone that commits crimes will still have and use weapons.
@@roadrunner_meepmeeptell that to the “newcomers”
@@roadrunner_meepmeep you do realize that criminals dont abide by the law and banning weapons does jack shit?
@@roadrunner_meepmeep go spend a week walking around southern london, see how the law work
Maybe the Germans should tell all the “newcomers” that knife crime is illegal.
Edit: This comment aged like a fine wine.
London:
Careful or you'll get sent to jail for longer than your attacker!
I’m going to call the police on you just for even suggesting such a racist idea.
@@xringarcher1440 Do what you must 🫡
@@gackhuhn4868there newest idea? What about here newest idea?
Criminals ignore laws...
if an innocent person has a knife for self defense they're crazy apparently, disregarding that they're one of the oldest tools known to man and have vast uses outside of murder, and as you said it isn't like the criminals aren't going to carry knifes because the law told them to.
protects the guilty, punishes the innocent that want protection from the former.
the argument is "let the police handle it" but police can't be everywhere and they sure as fuck aren't going to be there the moment you need them the most
But, but that's criminal...
Sigh.... Yes, you are a smart one, i see. But criminals breaking a law (which is what makes them criminals in the first place) can be persecuted. Knives can be taken away. The intent of carrying knife, if criminal, is criminal. It's not rocket science. By your logic: Shouldn't we then just shrug and abolish all laws? After all, criminals don't follow them anyways.
Other than that, an actually smart criticism would have been to point out that the law already existed that allowed to specifically ban individuals from carrying or even possessing objects that are suitable to be used as weapons, like these knives, after they came into conflict with the law. That makes this change of the law a pretty needless PR stunt that they could have spared if they just asked the responsible departments to make use of individual prohibitions more. Yes, they can still illegally carry a knife then, but they better not get caught.
@@tomitiustritus6672 Tom, I'm not so sure you are as smart as you think you are.
@@tomitiustritus6672 so,,,criminals ignore laws..
OI YOU GOT A LOICENSE FOR DAT KNOIFE?!
0:11 same thing happens here, in Indonesia, you can't carry any sharp weapons, you can't carry firearms, it's illegal , what a shameful law
Indonesia, birthplace of silat. What irony.
It makes it a lot easier for police to disarm would be criminals, but it doesn't dissuade actual criminals.
I fear that when policing can no longer control crime, seemingly the case in more and more areas, we'll need to change the laws as a deterrent for assault. You can however expect the amount of stabbings, and subsequent lawsuits, to multiply.
Places than ban "weapons" usually have politicans that are heavily guarded by armed man and they also have authorities with firearms and such. The only unarmed people are the civilians
@@pinnin4steel921 Well no. 😆
@@TiLeo which part?
@@TiLeo which country has leaders that dont have an armed security detail?
@@pinnin4steel921 The place the video is about is Germany. Heavily guarded is not exactly true, not even for most of our police.
@@TiLeo Germany's leaders dont have armed protection? I live in canada and our prime minister has convoys of large SUVs filled with armed law enforcement members. They look like regular civilians or well dressed men
Outlawing self defence weapons just means that only the criminals have knives
And in the case of Germany, it ensured you will only get stabbed by guys screaming “god is great” in arabic
@@Louzahsol well luckily im from the uk instead so i wont have to hear that, it’ll just be a crackhead grumble
The europeans will never come around, they will just say “these silly americans” 😂
@@ddunfuh9239 yeah that’s why there’s no riots right now, right?
Knives? They never stopped carrying guns...
You have 37.7k subscribers right now. I'm excited to know I'm in on the "ground floor" of this channel, cause in like 3 years you'll have 250k or 500k. This content is awesome.
I was hoping for a while that some of the bigger knifetubers would make some videos on knife history or vids on how some of the knife companies built their brands. This dude has blown up pretty quick, especially in the knifetuber world.
Just wait for them to make you apply for a kitchen knife operating license... 💀
This is partially true in China, where knives have registration numbers.
Sweden has similar laws on carrying knives. You can’t carry a knife in public unless you’re going to use it as a tool or for food prep. So craftsmen and construction workers, going to a picnic/outdoor cooking, camping all fine. But you can not carry a knife for self Defense or “just in case”.
In practice this means the less threatening the knife looks and the more you act like you need it for something useful. Police aren’t going to stop you. And also not hanging around schools with a knife is a good idea.
Sounds like Australia has the same law as Sweden.
I just out criminals were more law abiding, too.
The swedish knife law isn't about knifes in particular actually. It's complicaded. The law states that you can't carry "dangerous objects" in public. And it is a lot focus on intent and context. The law is made so that the police can take you if you carry a screwdriver, sharp stone, hammer or whatever really, in the wrong place at the wrong time. So: a screwdriver in the pocket out on the town a friday night = prison. A screwdriver in a toolbag you're carrying a thursday morning = no problem. A big knife in a picnickbag for cutting your melon = ok. A big knife in your computerbag at work =bad idea.
Edit: So I am agreeing with fnyquist8779, just adding that the law covers more than just knives, and it is quite tricky for a swede to know if you're carrying someting legaly or not.
@@Klotrik Yes there are also some types of knives that are explicitly banned to carry. Like Stilettos, switchblades and Balisongs. There are also restrictions on selling those knives.
You can also carry knives in Germany for self defense. I have no clue where this guy gets his information.
Literally one of the best knife-related channels to ever exist. Dude, keep up the great work.
I am not impressed . This section is filled with a lot of inaccuracies.
Gotta hate anti self defence laws
Although I acknowledge that the German weapon laws are silly, the concept of self-defense is just as silly. None of the recent stabbings that occurred in Germany could have been prevented by knife-carrying people. The same people would still get stabbed, and the attacker would be gone before the first person drew their "self-defense knife". Same for gun violence. And even if you would injure or kill the attacker, as we see in the US, it doesn't stop crazy people to start public shootings, they still do it on a level and regularity that baffles every other country. Life is not an action movie, and if it were, you are not the hero, but more likely the extra who gets killed for playing the hero. "Self-defense-weapons" don't work, and an armed society does not equal a safe society - the US is (again) the prime example for the opposite.
@@PeterSchmuttermaier Carrying a Gun or knife for self defence isn''t ment to stop people from commiting acts of mass murder using Knives or guns, their simply intended to give you some form of protection in the event you find yourself in a scenario in which you need them!
@@matthewdove5528 And what kind of scenario should that be?
Coming from a US state that has _very_ lenient knife laws, I find it completely ridiculous that any knife, or any other bladed implement, either for utility or combat, would be prohibited.
Don't mind me, carrying my saber, my stiletto and my switchblade
Yep. A lot of the states allow almost any knife. I can carry a switchblade, butterfly, gravity knife, claymore, whatever. Of course any of those would only be a backup for my pistol...There is a tiny fraction of the US that want to change that, but it isn't happening anytime soon!
It must suck to be relegated to being just another subject of the European Union. I'm still a bit surprised they approved that sht at all. Bad call imo.
To the politicians, the issue is not crime or justice, but people complaining about crime.
If people fought back, there would be more violence and public attention on crime.
If people cannot fight back, then there's only thefts and bullying.
So it makes perfect sense.
They want you to shut up and take it, like the last 35 years.
Path of least resistance for them.
If they tried to change something, they would take a risk.
Better to keep the money flowing.
I mean, it‘s just a difference in culture. As a german, I find US speed limits and public-drinking laws ridiculous. Guess what‘s different will always register as weird.
@@jok9342 I am from Germany and I still find out knife laws weird and dumb. Just because something is different or unusual, doesn't mean someone will find it weird
@@joeybagodonuts6683 Eh, mixed bag. They have good public transportation, free health care, clean streets and parks, and free university, and good beer costs less than we pay for domestic piss in a can.
Imagine: you're walking by your local grocer (there's a good one every km or so) and you trip, getting an injury that requires some medical attention. The bus that stops outside the shop will get you there real quick, but it doesn't come for another 5 minutes, so you quickly buy a beer in the shop. Stepping back outside, you crack the beer open and begin to drink it. A cop walks past and doesn't even look at you. The bus arrives *exactly* on time, and you get on, continuing to drink your beer--the driver also doesn't even acknowledge it. You ride a clean, well-maintained public conveyance and arrive at your destination in little time. You get your injury attended to and go about your day. Total cost: like $5.
Now, imagine you had that day _anywhere_ in the US. Almost certainly, it would look like: you're walking by your local bail bondsman/cash4gold/pawn shop (there's one every mile or so) and you get injured. The closest bus stop is half way to the hospital already, and besides, it only runs once per hour and there's no telling what time it'll actually stop. You try to flag down a cop car, thinking maybe they at least know the area better than you, but the squad car doesn't even slow down. You call a cab, and ride in a dirty, poorly-maintained semi-private conveyance. Upon arrival at the emergency department, you wait 3 hours to be seen. Total cost: $20-150 up front, God knows how much later, and you didn't even get a beer.
Thankfully I live in Eastern Europe and can buy and carry any knife or dagger I want😂
Well, if you carry enough cash, you could probably carry a nuclear warhead and make the authorities look the other way.
For now.
@@addisonesslinger3653Hardly, here in Poland nothing has changed in regards to the knife laws since 1990’s. Tho we do have other asinine restrictions, such as complete ban on nunchucks, even tho I can legally carry a literal warhammer.
It's illegal in Romania to carry anything which could be used as a weapon.
@@Anton43218 From what I’ve read of Romanian law, anything that qualifies as a melee weapon is illegal to carry, the characteristics of a melee weapon those being:
- blade longer than 15cm
- blade thicker than 0.4 cm
- a guard
- double edge
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation
Man took 5 seconds to make me never go to germanys
Man took 5 seconds to spread misinformation. You can definitely carry knives in Germany for self defense.
That's what my Grandpa said back in 1939.
@@geigertec5921 *W H E E Z E*
I get you, but, hear me out: you can get a liter of the best beer in the world for what Americans pay for a can of Bud Lite. And, they have parks that are clean enough that you can comfortably engage in the (legal!) activity of drinking that cheap, good beer in public. On top of that, it's just straight-up a safer place. I'm armed nearly 100 % of the time in the US, but don't feel the slightest bit "naked" without a weapon in Germany.
Edit: the law is still dumb, and I'm not trying to say otherwise. Just pointing out that restricting one's own travel on the basis of not being able to act like you're still in the States might be a bit myopic.
@@adrianhenle will the police be where you need them to be 100% of the time and will they actually protect you unlike american police?
Fun fact: the Police are allowed to defend themselves. But not the general public. Something wrong here. Evil.
The politicians get to have armed security, so why would they care if civilians can't defend themselves?
Self defence is in fact legal in Germany, you are even allowed to use knives as self defence.
But it is illegal to carry knives for the specific reason of self defence.
That means if you get attacked while being in a kitchen, you can stab the person if you see no milder option
Every country should have self defense, and the legality of tools to carey it out DEEPLY enshrined in their constitution.
My boss is a chef and knows a bunch of chefs all across the US and one of these chef friends was from California one day his friend decided to take his chefs knives home to sharpen them but on his way got pulled over and when the cops saw the knives sitting in the back of his car and arrested him and charged him with possession of illegal weapons
In Germany, attempts are now being made to reduce the length of permitted knives from 12 cm to 6 cm. This is because of the high number of criminals who carry knives and an incident where yet another police officer was stabbed and died. Just as a reference in Germany, police officers are usually deployed in teams of two and are equipped with firearms and non-lethal weapons.
They should ban murder in response to increasing murder rates
Wait
stick, random piece of metal, broken glass, etc...these laws are silly to outlaw what is as common as air
broken beer bottles are deadly too ban the use of glass bottles
So basically only criminals are carrying them.
Carry an icepick.
Inch and a half hex-nut on a foot long string of paracord. Or whatever the metric equivalent is I guess if you live in a country that hasn't been to the moon.
@@shred1894 Phillips Screwdrivers aren't illegal and they DO make them in ALL sizes......
@@SmegHedd117 dead-blow mallets are pretty cheap too.
Funny enough, back when I lived in Germany, i primarily carried a S&W fixed blade Boot Knife because of the laws on locking pocket knives. Ironically, I mostly used it for eating when I went hiking in the hills.
Being in Germany I can say this is a law that is simply not enforced. I and many people carry a folding knife daily. 0 issues. The kitchen knife loophole just did not get any traction. A knife is a knife.
Folding knives under 8cm are allowed to carry in sweden, you have the same spec?
@@datadavis Folders are a bit tricky in germany. If you are able to open the knife and lock the blade in place with one hand, its illegal to carry. If you need two hands to do so, its fine. If the blade doesnt actually lock when opened, like on a slipjoint folder, its technically legal but thats a bit of a grey area and some cops might still try to fuck with you.
In the US, in practice, these kinds of restrictions are enforced based on certain medical evaluations. I would never dare carry anything that resembles a weapon, because of my elevated melanosome levels which are detectable through visual diagnostic methods. Some acquaintances are more comfortable carrying knives of all kinds, even gravity knives, because their melanosome levels are suppressed as a result of a hereditary condition known as "having northern european ancestry". It is an interesting system, which I am told was the inspiration for many of Germany's most famous laws in the earlier half of the 20th century.
@@AL-pc1rb melanosomically challenged individuals are too prone to stabbing us paleskins for your experience to be valid
Well this hits different after the stabbing incident in Solingen yesterday.
they want to make sure criminals are safe when they st.b innocent people
"Ah yes, our modestly sized *Multi-Purpose Operation Destroyers*" -JSDF when asked about the ships with the planes.
Laughs in Smith and Wesson 😂
Smith and Wesson knives are pretty crappy tho
@@nick_t7467Yeah, that's what comes to mind when anyone hears Smith and Wesson. 🙄
The only thing you need to know about karate is that guns beat karate every time.
@@joeybagodonuts6683 when I hear "Smith & Wesson", I always like to think about a model 36 at the very least, if not models 66, 19, 686, and the famed model 29
@@joeybagodonuts6683 it's a video about knives. What do guns have to do with it?
I hope those criminals remember to uphold the law.
It looks like the anti-knife legislation in Germany is working perfectly! When I look at the statistics of knife attacks or read the headlines of the last few days, it is clear that the restrictions and bans are bearing fruit. Or not? :D In the Czech Republic, we have virtually no restrictions on carrying any knives (except for the ban on demonstrations, football, etc.), yet we have a fraction of knife attacks compared to Germany or completely knife-free Britain.
Just a few days ago there was a knife attack in Solingen, where a few people were killed...
Remember, protesting in protective gear is illegal in Germany...
germany knife laws are whack.
But it could be worse and they are working on it!
@@Gieszkanne *incoherent sobbing*
good thing I live in the states I guess.... *more sobbing*
@@nosrin1988 The US isn't a lot better about knives depending on what state you live in. The midwest and 'flyover states' are all usually pretty chill about things, but then you get these blue-state transplants that go and vote for the same policies that destroyed where they moved away from.
german here: yes
@@shred1894 ya, people just dont learn. its sad really.
The appreciation of the "danger" is left to the police officer. So if you carry a 30cm blade in Germany, like the one at 04:15, even if it is sharp on one side only, you'll definitely be in trouble...
You would still be breaking the 12 cm blade rule, that is regardless if it is sharp on one side or not
@@user-py5qq4ht8l True. But the 12cm blade also has a lot of exceptions, like in public transports or train stations.
@@357Maxim yes I know, but if you would carry a 30cm blade like you said in your comment you would be in trouble simply because you would still be breaking the laws. not because the police officer thinks it is dangerous
@@user-py5qq4ht8l I agree. What I meant is that I felt like the video was saying "if it is a kitchen knife, then you're fine" which is not correct.
@@357Maxim oh yeah, that definitely is not the case ofcourse. Don't think the video was claiming things like that though, it might have given that impression at the beginning
While Solingen used to be the city of blades, Germany's knife laws (and a couple other economic decisions) have long since destroyed the native knife industry.
Just look at the stuff Eickhorn sells. Their handles are basically all glass-filled nylon and their common blade steels are "Professional" (440A), "Professional Plus" (440C) and "Professional Enhanced" (D2).
Now I'm not one of those knife snobs that's gonna tell you that GFN is colored garbage and 440A bends in a stiff breeze, these materials all have their place and use...BUT you *have* to price your products accordingly...and that's just not happening.
Eickhorn's GFN/440A knives start at like a 100 bucks, if you want GFN/440C you're looking at 200+.
Try telling an American your GFN/440C knife costs 200+ and watch him die from laughter.
Not all local companies are this overpriced (though the ones with acceptable prices tend to have shit QC), but in general you're just better off importing.
Fun fact, the Bundeswehr still uses Soviet AK74 Bayonets as standard issue combat knife in some units and its actually pretty handy because of the inbuilt wirecutter
Well, the original Bowie knife was considered and described as a butcher knife. It was commissioned and intended as a kitchen knife that was carried for general purpose and self defense.
Where in the world did you read that? A kitchen knife? As much as any knife I suppose, but it wasn't really intended for cooking lol.
@@joeybagodonuts6683 More like hunting/butcher type use. Skinning and otherwise preparing game.
@@joeybagodonuts6683 Not cooking, butchering. It was for dismantling game.
Very few knives are actually made for self defense. They're tools for cutting stuff open 99.9999% of the time. Even military knives are designed to be multi tools more than anything. For military knife trials the criteria are always "needs to be able to cut barbed wire, needs to be able to open cans, needs to be able to cut through sheet metal, needs to be able to pry without breaking" absolutely none of the criteria has anything to do with combat.
This reminds me of medieval German practice in which swords could only be carried by nobles....so regular people carried "messers" (knives) that were---well, they were swords with guards etc., just called by another name to allow regular people to defend themselves from violent criminals. Governments have always sought to disarm law-abiding people and smart people have always gotten around such ridiculous laws
yep look up navajas
Solingen? Well thats awkward.
Sad that one of the knife capitals of the world has some of the worst knife law. You have to choose between a locking folder or a one-hand opening folder (but you can't have both in one knife)?!
What's even sadder is the fact that these knife laws only hurt law-abiding citizens and all of the "newcomers" that invade can carry whatever they want!
It’s better to be a warrior in the kitchen, than a chef in a war.
That tomato looked terrible
Jep. And so does the terrible kitchen knives, that cuts it.
In the United States they only grow produce for profit and they grow the worst tasting tomatoes and then pick them way too early then gas them to make them turn red but they are unripe tasteless and gross. Ill never buy a tomato they must be grown yourself or they are trash in our country. It almost seems like fhey want us to not want good healthy food 😢
Ah, the German equivalent of The Finger to out of touch politicians.
Gotta love German sense of humor. ❤️💪
Don't worry, there's always steel frying pan.
Trying to stop crime by banning knives is like trying to stop running by banning sport shoes
Oh yes, the criminals are totally going to be stopped when they see carrying weapons is illegal! 😂
When I was young, you could buy automatic knives in Germany. It was so exciting because you couldn't get one here in the UK for love nor money. Now they're even more restrictive than we are. Tragic.
I remember a ginsu commercial when they have a guy with a fake German accent in a chef outfit say "Even sharper than our German knives??"
LOL
On the bright side, I now know what song Ordinary Sausage uses for the fermented Greenland shark appearances, ha!
When I hear "tactical bread knife" my first thought was "cordless hole punchers".
Everyday I wake up grateful that I don't live in Germany, or Europe in general
when i get older al be having a trusty walking cane
if you can't carry a knife in public....how are you going to carry a knife for camping or hiking? you know..when you need a knife for food and stuff? 😂
Like the opinel No. 8, it is basically a switch-blade, it is not automatic and you can couple the fork and spoon head, I wish they had a spork head though.
I own 5 Elkhorn originals, collection growing. I love them.
I always carry a "duct knife" in case there’s an hvac emergency
"If I had a nickel for every time Germans pretended a deadly blade was a home-knife, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice."
You need very large printed letters on the blade that say "FOR CHEESE ONLY".
HALAL would be even better considering the two tier policing going on.
Mine says: "In Emergency, Pull Handle" & "Penalty for Misuse."
I used to have KM 2000 BW. That thing was so German engineered, it was ridiculous. Overbuild twice of what it should be. Heavy as a sinner guilt. Long enough to not easily mount or strap to anything, then belt.
Because of this video. Now I want teutonic magic S.E.K.
Thank you, keep up good work.
In france you can carry knife if the blade is shorter or the same lenght as the width of your hand.
Because in france we say that the width of the hand is the lenght that a weapon need to penetrate to reach the heart.
I own several knives from Solingen, Solingen means "excellence in knives" world wide.
This feels like an echo from history.
"Nein, ist kein Schwert. Ist ein Messer."
I hate our knive laws, i actualy think it should be allowed to carry knives and swords visible. Criminals dont care about laws and carry knives anyways and normal people cant defend themselves with the same weapons, i hate that.
Ah yes literally the modern messer
Little bnitpick: the KM that you mentioned as issue knife is not issued to all soldiers.
(The german armed forced seemingly don't do that. Compared to their southern neighbour, the Glock FM78 gets issued to every single austrian soldier, but then again it's called Feldmesser not Kampfmesser = field knife, not fighting knife.)
To fight the myths around german knife laws: §42a-c does not "outlaw" most knives. It outlaws to carry knives in public, if they are fixed blades with more than 12cm length of blade, if it is a folder with a blade that can be locked AND if it is at the same time made to open with one hand, if it is a knive "promoted" by the producer as a fighting or self defence knife, if it is a "push-knife" (fist knife). You are still allowed to carry them in public, if transported in a way, that it needs more than 3 steps to get it ready to use (in the version before they had to be transported in a "locked up container", whatever was meant by this). 100% outlawed (but only if you do not have an accepted reason to use it for your job or sports or in context of a traditional custom or as a hunter etc.) are only double edged fighting blades, Balisongs, automatic knives with a blade that comes out in front or if it is an automatic knife with a more than 8,5 cm long blade, coming out from the side. Outlawed are ALL knives in so called "weapon free zones" (usually hotspots of criminality, defined by the communes), at public events and in the public transport services, railway stations and trains.
And that the producers in Solingen are making "breadknives" out of fighting knives INSTEAD, like the title says, is simply stupid fake bullshit clickbait.
The S.E.K.III Knives have a blade length of just under 12 cm. There are versions with dagger or tanto blades, which are illegal to carry, but there are also versions with spear points, which are legal to carry.... I actually own a SEK III with spear point and it is one of my regular carried knives. German weapon laws are complicated, especially concerning knives.
I like this channel. Unlike most it does not have clear tie to police, military, or state agencies like most knife channels.
Just good videos. *Keep up the good work!*
Thank goodness they banned all these and now nobody ever gets stabbed
The real irony of course is that in the UK at least and most likely the rest of Europe, by far the majority of stabbings are carried out with humble kitchen knives, not combat knives.
I’ve always loved swords. They’re expensive. One day I looked around my shop and it dawned on me how many sharp weapons I had. I collected for years, every wood working tool, especially old, that could do anything without power. I’m not just talented and skilled, more or less, I’m dangerous. My kitchen is the same. Antique Boker cleaver, French knife 1/4 inch thick, plus plus…. Go ahead. Make my day.
I never run out of ammo.
Or you can get scrap steel, put water on concrete and sharpen it to a point. Knives arn’t hard to make
That's not finding a "loop hole." That's maliciously complying with an unjust law.
I feel bad for the sheeple 😂😂
Hi there, the knife you are showing at 3:18 & 3:29 is a counterfeit:
The font on the front is wrong, the logo should be centered, and the serial number should have a letter prefix.
Similarly, on the rear, the Made in Germany should be in a Sans-Serif font, and below the Made in Germany there should be either N695-HRC 58 or just HRC 58.
Do you have an E-Mail contact? I'm in the Arms industry and could get you in touch with some people I know at Eickhorn.
4:22 It's not a hard blanket ban. It bans fixed blades over 12cm, then it instantly allows it for foto and video shoots, theater and movie production; inside closed/locked containers (definition can be argued somewhat, but usually means can't be readily accessed); and for "rightful interest", which can be anything from sports, to work, to customs, for "any generally accepted reason" (which would, for example [do not quote me, not legal advice] cover carrying a machete outside your property to hack off any branches growing out)
Generally, as long as you can give a sensible reason WHY you have a big knife, and it's not in an area that has additional weapon bans, you are fine.
Spanish Aitor made the same thing with "Botero" model. It's a boot dagger disguised as a fishing knife. The name "botero" has a double meaning in Spanish: could mean "to carry inside a boot" or "in a boat", like a fisherman.
I suppose we should outlaw rocks and hands as well.
@1:50 CS:GO/CS:2 I presume, CSS and earlier had a different knife design.
last time germany band weapon's. things did not end so good.
libs secretly love the n's and think itll work this time if it's done more civilly...
3:28 Well, uhm, not quite. This model still has a hilt, which falls under "weapon characteristics", like a double edged dagger blade also does. Because a hilt kind of enhances stabbing ability, a design feature so you don't slide your hand onto the edge while stabbing with considerable force.
4:38 Thanks, which is why they have a hilt, which makes it a weapon. :P They are fun knives for at home though, for the enthusiasts.
My grandfather moved here from Germany. I'm proud of my heritage, but it's just sad how fkn dystopian the country is now.
Nothing new for them 😂😂😂
moved when
Disarming citizens isn’t “civilized”. It’s oppressive.
Ahhh, German knife guilds never gave up their old tricks. Some American gunsmiths have taken notes.
I have an Eickhorn dagger from the 30's
Germany's got it good they can carry blades up to 12 cm, I've done a package coach holiday and a young guy from Germany pulled out his pocket knife and it was really handy to have that little extra size compared to a regular Swiss army for preparing food. I was jealous
lol imagine living in a country where you can't even carry a knife for self defense.
Yeah kitchen knife.............Thats the ticket🤣
I really wish this would not be true, but currently we're having a discussion in Germany whether to reduce the legal blade length from 12cm to 6cm. If they change the law, carrying most types of knives would become illegal in Germany. Sad, but true.
Germany is an American vassal colony of the USA since 5/8/1945.
Nothing happens in that colony without the control of NYC Banks.
The lanyard holes would, more than likely, be used for attaching a Faustriemen/Fist-strap. Think of the strap on the AK 47 Bayonet. Faustriemen are also commonly used on swords .
Just carry a pointy stick, or did they outlaw trees already