Those cops look at a knife like a Manhattan cop looks at a guy with an UZI.
This.
I used to work with an Aussie who had lived in London for many years. Our company transferred him to Seattle to work with us, and he was horrified when I pulled out a Benchmade 940 to open a box one day. I told him that knives were common in the US. Our youngest employee, a young woman right out of college, pulled out her Swiss Army Knife to show him. A few days later, I gave him a single-blade locking folder with jigged bone scales as a welcome gift.
He acted like I had just given him a freshly severed human head. Knife possession is a BIG deal in the UK.
Okie John
