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It’s not far from the truth. Knives, including cutlery knives, are age restricted in the UK, and you do need ID. And this was indeed just made stricter last year in response to “knife crime”, in particular a 2024 case of a teenager circumventing existing age checks for online knife sales and killing three girls. Now you need to provide photo ID both when buying, and on delivery or collection if you buy online.
There’s also a proposal to require stores to report bulk sales of knives to the police. This one would exclude cutlery, but e.g. a sale of a set of six steak knives would have to be reported.
It’s not far from the truth. Knives, including cutlery knives, are age restricted in the UK, and you do need ID. And this was indeed just made stricter last year in response to “knife crime”, in particular a 2024 case of a teenager circumventing existing age checks for online knife sales and killing three girls. Now you need to provide photo ID both when buying, and on delivery or collection if you buy online.
There’s also a proposal to require stores to report bulk sales of knives to the police. This one would exclude cutlery, but e.g. a sale of a set of six steak knives would have to be reported.