to hand a meat cleaver in at the police station?

Fold a bit of cardboard in half, stick the cleaver in between, sellotape it and chuck it in your bin.

if every time anyone had something sharp to dispose of they took it to the police they would be inundated. Knife amnesties are for kids who have knives bought by themselves to inflict wounds… not for householders to get rid of their unwanted stuff.

Costco or Kirkland if I remember right 😭

Stick it in the recycling. Put it in a plastic bottle if you're worried about the plastic (cut a bit off the bottle, put the knife it, tape it shut). That's what we did when managing a park where people would regularly hide knives.

I'd just put it in a bin bag with the other rubbish to go to landfill. I'd wrap it up in newspaper so there wasn't a risk of it splitting the bag, but that's all you need to do. Police generally aren't interested in legitimately-held knives, they care about illegal knives and especially illegally-carried knives.

If you really want to take it to the police station or give it to someone in a pub/restaurant, this would count as a legitimate reason to be carrying a knife in public, but make sure it's securely wrapped and taped up and it's a good idea to carry a preprinted note stating your intentions. If the police search you and find you carrying a knife, they may be persuaded that you were just taking it to the police station to hand it in if you have a letter explaining that's what you are doing, the knife is securely packaged and you are actually travelling between your home and the police station.

Remember that carrying a fixed-blade knife or one with a blade longer than three inches is a serious offence if you don't have a valid reason to be carrying one. A court will determine whether your reason is "valid enough" or not, so it's important to protect yourself as much as possible and plan the act of disposal carefully.

To be honest, typing all this has just made me more convinced than ever that I'd just chuck it in the bin to go to landfill.

I’m incapacitated by fear. I’ve kitchen knives, and craft knives, and even a scythe in the shed. Oh my god, I’ve just remembered I’ve got a hatchet out there too… 😱

I’m going to need an organisation even more important than the police to dispose of these nightmares! Does anybody have the contact details of the SAS?

That was in response to this post. Somehow I forgot to quote 🙄

I'm not trying to make anyone do anything

It was just another suggestion among many, in response to a post asking for suggestions. True, it's not from the precise subcategory of suggestions OP requested, but then a request isn't a binding command.

OP asked what how to get rid of it, saying she's scared of it. It's no fun being forced into decisions by fear. Tools like this are often more frightening when you're unfamiliar with them, and once you know how to use them safely, they stop being so big and scary and take on more realistic dimensions. Knowing more about how it can be safely used could be helpful in dispelling the excessive fear, so she can more freely decide whether or not she wants to try using it, or whether or not it merits a space in her kitchen, and if not, how to dispose of it.

I do agree

Imagine if everyone took their old knives to the police

The sword and the shotgun carriages sure

What a lot of histeria over a knife !!
tip - it’s sorted my a machine - doh ! as it’s full of sharp rusty metal
bin
offer it io on street whatapp school whatapp
local catering college

This thread has me giggling. I like the update, chefs or people who like to cook would take it off your hands happily - I wouldn't advertise it online at all though. I'd def offer to chefs, pubs etc if they need or a chef who works for them would like it.
Those asking about sharpening - there are companies online and some even send replacement knives to use while they sharpen yours! I can't live without 3 of my knives tbh

Well if she knew her own mind she wouldn't need to be on here asking

Personally if it is going to make you this worried just put it in landfill it shouldn't be this hard

blunt it off on a brick and put it in the bin

I’d just wrap it and put it in the landfill rubbish.

I guess because it seems wasteful to throw out a tool.

I use mine as a pizza cutter more than anything, the size and weight is great for that.
The broad flat shape means it’s great for crushing garlic.
Used upside down, it’s good for cracking shellfish (again because of the weight).

If @PyongyangKipperbang wants rid, she’s every right to bin it (recycling bin is fine, magnets collect the metal long before people are sorting)

Binning a perfectly good kitchen tool just seemed a shame.

Now if it was a juicer or a bread maker…

How on earth would the bus driver know what is in your bag?

I was thinking how does the bus company/driver know you are getting on the bus with knives?

Wrap the blade in cardboard and tape up with duct tape then bin it.

DP takes a chainsaw on the bus 3 days a week 🤣 Seriously if it's in your bag then it's fine. Nobody will ever even know!

She doesn't want it. Why are you trying to make her change her mind? Do you not think she knows her own mind?

You could always try using it for a few things first to make sure you really do want to get rid of it. They're good for cutting meat, but you can also use them for things like chopping tough vegetables and easily transferring them to a pot, or crushing garlic with the flat of the blade. If you watch a couple of videos they should show that it can be quite an agile knife when used right. You seem kind of wary of it, as much as having no use for it.

Just put in a plastic bin sack and put it in the rubbish bin. They wear protective gloves at the tip.

Why don’t you want to have it? It seems strange, ditching a perfectly good kitchen knife.

There are people you can go to, or who will send you appropriate packaging for you to post your knives to them, sharpen them, and return them. Not cheap, but if the knives are expensive and high quality and you know how to hone them, it might be worth it to get an excellent edge at the right angle for the knife that will last a good while.