Are machetes legal to own in UK?

[Ayahuasca]

In Latin America machetes are a ubiquitous tool, people use them for everything from cutting grass and pruning flowers to clearing rainforest and killing snakes. Only rarely are they used as weapons.

I have often thought a machete would be very handy for cutting back the hedge in my UK garden, way more efficiently than using shears. But they seem to be seen in the UK as weapons rather than garden tools.

So, am I allowed to bring a machete to the UK and use it in my garden?

Thanks.

[Turn7]

Seems fine around Ilford, fill yer boots......

[ruggedscotty]

https://www.knivesandtools.co.uk/en/ct/machetes.ht...

dosent seem to be an issue, you would need to be aware of being in public places with it and the like,

[Wacky Racer]

You can buy one in any Garden centre, providing you are over eighteen.

Ideal for slicing your carrots in the kitchen.

[Ayahuasca]

Cheers all

[anonymous-user]

Awaiting the "Why not just buy a hedge trimmer" comment...

[Ayahuasca]

flashbang said:

Awaiting the "Why not just buy a hedge trimmer" comment...

Why use a complicated, expensive power tool when a $4.65 machete does the job just as well and never breaks or needs plugging in?

[anonymous-user]

Where I live the Government positively encourage everyone to have a machete. OK, I am talking about Birmingham, obvs.

(runs away)

[lyonspride]

I have a gardening machete, typically they're supplied extremely blunt, it took several hours to get decent edge on mine............... And then I sliced my finger open oiling the blade ready for storage.

[Ayahuasca]

lyonspride said:

I have a gardening machete, typically they're supplied extremely blunt, it took several hours to get decent edge on mine............... And then I sliced my finger open oiling the blade ready for storage.

Hours? What are you sharpening it with? A stick?

[anonymous-user]

I use mine for my personal manscaping. What could possibly go wrong?

[anonymous-user]

Ayahuasca said:

flashbang said:

Awaiting the "Why not just buy a hedge trimmer" comment...

Why use a complicated, expensive power tool when a $4.65 machete does the job just as well and never breaks or needs plugging in?

Don't ask me, I quite agree! It was only a few months ago I sold my hand forged Katana blade. The paramedic had to glue my fingers when I had an accident oiling the blade once...

[bobtail4x4]

for years I had one that lived in the back of the Discovery, it was used several times a week,
coming back from europe with it in the back, no one asked any questions, even when told it was there,

its a tool.

[Graveworm]

flashbang said:

Don't ask me, I quite agree! It was only a few months ago I sold my hand forged Katana blade. The paramedic had to glue my fingers when I had an accident oiling the blade once...

Naughty paramedic, not supposed to glue wounds to the hand..

[anonymous-user]

Graveworm said:

flashbang said:

Don't ask me, I quite agree! It was only a few months ago I sold my hand forged Katana blade. The paramedic had to glue my fingers when I had an accident oiling the blade once...

Naughty paramedic, not supposed to glue wounds to the hand..

How come?

[kowalski655]

Maybe he was glueing the fingers back on...as long as it was done in the right order

[Denis O]

This is obviously a question for Danny Trejo.

[Graveworm]

flashbang said:

Graveworm said:

flashbang said:

Don't ask me, I quite agree! It was only a few months ago I sold my hand forged Katana blade. The paramedic had to glue my fingers when I had an accident oiling the blade once...

Naughty paramedic, not supposed to glue wounds to the hand..

How come?

It's not what it's intended for. Wounds to hands are one of the contra indicators for wound glue (Dermabond)
eg here
or
https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/acciden...

[sc0tt]

Having opened my index finger up last week in spectacular fashion I can confirm no glue to the hand. I had to be Steri-Striped due to the proximity of the nail.

Only one more week of keeping the bloody thing dry.

[Dave.]

Denis O said:

This is obviously a question for Danny Trejo.

Have you sent him a text to ask his opinion?