To think all knives including religious ones should be banned, after what happened to Henry Nowak

The knife that killed Henry Nowak was legally held.

10. You were sober but were carrying a large Sikh dagger in a sheath attached to a belt over the outside of your clothing. It is a strict requirement of the Sikh faith to have a knife, called a kirpan, at all times. Generally, this will be a small knife, hidden from view, often on a length of cord and worn around the neck.
You had that but, in addition, the large dagger in a sheath. You are a member of an order of Sikhs called the Nihang who have a tradition of having a second
knife, or kirpan and that is often fully visible, believing that the guru will look favourably on that. You observed that tradition in your everyday life, at work and in public. However, it was not a strict requirement; that is borne out by the fact that neither your brother nor father who arrived on the scene after you had stabbed Henry were so dressed. According to Professor Gurnam Singh, Professor of Sociology and an expert in the field: "Over the last 30 years, there has been a trend towards younger people wearing a kirpan with pride, in a desire to express their cultural identity. They see it as an act of resistance to being denied the ability otherwise to display their identity."

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Digwa-Final-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf

No, it wasn’t a kirpan in style. However the killer belonged to a sect of Sikhs who are allowed to carry a second knife outside their clothing.

Please don’t promote misinformation by saying it was held illegally. It wasn’t.

No thanks.

But these people still need to carry knives to get from their homes to their jobs. DH has multiple pen knives etc. in his car for work as he's often working in multiple properties at once.

He says he'd prefer a fork 😂

Maybe he could use a silicon spoon instead?

🤣🤣🤣.🙄🙇🏻‍♀️

No. Stupid kneejerk bullshit.

How would you know ?

How would you know if anyone was carrying a concealed knife as they go past you ?

People keep giving examples of people who use knives in their profession. Do any of those walk around with it strapped to them 24/7 when they're not even working? Nope

I'm far more scared of Farage, Robinson and their slime trail than the entire UK Sikh community. Even as I type I know our local Gurdwaras are dishing out free food to anyone who asks. Where is the arsewipe Farage and his five million ? Who are they feeding ?

Firstly, I don't give a FF what ChstGPT 'says'

Including chefs & fencers 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you really are being unbelievably unrealistic.

how do you think chefs, fencers, builders, decorators, plumbers (the lust goes on) are going to do their trades???

Are you always so openly ignorant and racist, or is today a special occasion?

What on earth? That is a baldly racist comment. You used to think “they” were gentle souls? What, all of them? Are white British people all identical as well, or does it only apply to brown people? 🤦🏻‍♀️

No point banning them if people aren't prosecuted for carrying, which they generally aren't

What happened in this case was tragic. However, how many such crimes have Sikh men committed? It does not appear to be a widespread problem, more an isolated case.

This would be somewhat tricky for our family, given that DS is a chef and DH and I both teach bushcraft to children. There have always been legitimate exceptions to the law on weapons. They are not the problem. Knife attacks are pretty much always committed with a weapon that doesn’t fulfil a legal exception - this applies to the Henry Nowak attack as well (it wasn’t done with his official kirpan, and it wasn’t the only blade he was carrying).

All of this!!

I take a blade to work because the blunt tools provided by my employer are more likely to result in injury.

100 percent agree. There is never a legitimate reason to carry knives around. Also allowing some groups to carry knives but others is 2 tier policing.

More people are killed by dogs than kirpans.

#justsayin'

My friend is a chef, if he is working st. a function he has to carry his knife roll… it’s already a banned blade that was used.

No idea. I’m only going by the statement from the Judge. I feel fairly confident he probably had all the relevant information to hand.

It’s already illegal to carry a knife for which you have no legitimate use. It’s already illegal to carry the knife that was used in the killing in the way it was carried.

I use my Swiss Army knife all the time when camping and on picnics.