Carry a Sword?

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Carry a Sword?

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Right on!

I do actually have a sword. Perhaps I shall selfie with it tomorrow! :D
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1 Claymore, 2 Japanese swords. 8)
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Where's the "like" button?

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In the UK, anybody carrying a knife can be arrested and charged just for the act of carrying it! It is likely that police would need cause to suspect that the individual was carrying the item, so it is probable that they wouldn't pick on an individual without some other reason; however, that is not to say they couldn't do so just on a whim.

A sword would likely result in incarceration.
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A few years ago I was presented with a very decorative knife on a display stand by a Moldovan Dental technician as a Christmas gift. It resembled a kukri knife, used in anger by the Gurkhas in combat, but often presented to British military personnel as an honour.

It was in fact a seriously lethal weapon and I buried it very deep out in one of our fields in the hope that it will not be found in my lifetime.

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I use to collect swords. I haven't gotten any new ones myself in a while. I never had a way to display them so it became pointless. But i do still have some cool ones. I probably have about 10-15 swords right now.
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No, but some of my outfits could do with that sort of adornment.
I can admire the craftsmanship of a sword but its awful origins can not be disguised.
A sickle or scythe might suffice for adornment but then might look like the grim reaper, maybe a hammer and sickle. Ahh, a shepherd's crook.

Someone locally was fined for carrying a knife in the car (a public place?). I quizzed a lot of locals and all of us carry a knife in the car - a knife, matches and water is what everyone carries around here. City laws are reaching out into the outback; even here a sword in public would get you locked up.
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If a machete qualifies as a sword then I was carrying a sword.
In the 80s, I did a lot of hiking in France. Even across the island of Corsica. They have a system of hiking paths in rural regions called Grand Randonnées.
http://walkinginfrance.info/beginners-g ... nd-guides/
You can walk for hours without seeing much of civilisation. Sometimes you have to carry food for several days. Those paths are marked and more or less maintained by volonteers but sometimes you have to fight through overgrown parts. So I thought a machete was in order. I fixed it to my backpack in samourai style and had good use for it now and then. It also was very handy when I was attacked by two feral dogs.
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