UK Company Creates Knives Without Tips as Crime Wave Soars to Decade High

“Killing with the point lacks artistry…..” —Duncan Idaho.

A UK company is marketing a new range of knives without sharp tips in response to soaring knife crime levels, which just hit another decade high.

Sheffield-based company Viners has produced the “Assure” range, square-ended knives which are “shaped to reduce and prevent injuries, accidents and fatalities.”

The knives were “repeatedly tested to ensure the tip does not pierce skin intentionally or otherwise,” the company told the Independent.

Data published by the Ministry of Justice yesterday shows that knife crime offenses in England and Wales have soared to the highest level in a decade.

26,364 offenses were recorded in the year to September 2019, which represents a 3% increase on last year and the highest number since 2009.

Attempts by the government to tackle the issue have been derided as “racist” by leftists and the media despite the fact that official statistics show 73% of offenders are from a black or ethnic minority background.

When an initiative was launched to put anti-stabbing messages on chicken takeaway boxes, the scheme was soon cancelled because it was seen as bigoted to assume that black people like to eat fried chicken (fact check; they do).

As I have documented, the knife crime problem in the UK and particularly London continues to get worse because the underlying causes are not being addressed.