Lawful reason is pretty open to court interpretation. Job or pass time has tended to require actual appointments or indication of intended visit. Carrying in any way as an every day thing will tend to involve it being classed as a weapon.
I have a fairly large knife (far from a sword) strapped to the inner door of my brother’s and my little narrow boat. As on the canals and rivers it is a genuine safety need to cut ropes or remove branges weeds etc.
But even walking with such on the towpath without a direct need has lead to friends arrest.
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 1 day ago
According to wikipedia, all (male) Sikhs who choose to become Khalsa (and thus gain the surname “Singh”, meaning lion) are supposed to keep 5 special items with them at all times, one of which is a dagger - but it was originally a sword. All these 5 items begin with the letter K, and include a kirpan (the dagger/sword), the kara (a steel bracelet) and kesh (uncut hair, typically wrapped in a turban). I’m not sure, but KDE is probably recommended also.
One thing I didn’t know - it’s forbidden for such Sikhs to eat “halal” meat. That can’t be easy in some countries.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I nearly burst out laughing when you mentioned KDE