Posted on Jan 16, 2020
A British company will sell knives with square tips after a sharp rise in knife crime
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OMG. I had a feeling it would not be long. This is the beginning of the end. It won't stop jack. This is why Earth is on an Alien travel ban.
A British company will sell knives with square tips after a sharp rise in knife crime
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Nothing new here. In days of iron men sailing wooden ships, each crew member brought his own knife and if it had a sharp tip, the boatswain would break it off. Why? For the same reason the Brits are making knives with square tips. Will it help? Hell no...
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MSgt (Join to see), this has been going on since 1637, when Cardinal Richelieu invented the table knife. Then, “In 1669, King Louis XIV of France banned pointed knives – at the table and as weapons – to try put an end to the culture of violence of the time. This further cemented the position of the round-ended table knife as preferred form of cutlery.”
Not really making light of your observations. I agree with you about the alien travel ban!
CPT Jack Durish SSgt Dawson Webb CW5 Jack Cardwell Lt Col Charlie Brown CPL Douglas Chrysler CSM Charles Hayden PO3 Phyllis Maynard
https://sciencelens.co.nz/2013/05/13/richelieu-table-knife/
Not really making light of your observations. I agree with you about the alien travel ban!
CPT Jack Durish SSgt Dawson Webb CW5 Jack Cardwell Lt Col Charlie Brown CPL Douglas Chrysler CSM Charles Hayden PO3 Phyllis Maynard
https://sciencelens.co.nz/2013/05/13/richelieu-table-knife/
Cardinal Richelieu and the creation of the table knife
According to Today in Science (a website I use quite often to find some arbitrary scientific topic for my daily blog) today, 13 May, is the day in 1637 that the table knife was created by Cardinal …
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