Just What The World Has Been Waiting For!

The first "anti-stab" knife will be soon be available for purchase in the UK. The knife, which has a rounded edge instead of a point is designed to snag on clothing or skin, making it more difficult to stab someone. It will retail for around £40-50 (about $50-65) and the Home Office's Design and Technology Alliance (whose job is to research products that can deter crime) gives it a "very favourable" review.

"It can never be a totally safe knife, but the idea is you can’t inflict a fatal wound," the knife's creator said. "Nobody could just grab one out of the kitchen drawer and kill someone." Now, that may seem like an excellent selling point to some, however when you consider that Britain has a gun ban, a stab-resistant knife in your drawer isn't going to be much of a comfort to you if someone is breaking into your home.

By the way, the comments section on the timesonline article is a fairly amusing read-- most of the people (the ones who aren't telling the "Yanks" to quit commenting on their society) from the UK and other parts of Europe are just as flabbergasted by such a product.