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There's a legend that the British Navy began issuing knives with the tips removed, to reduce the number of fatal knife fights between sailors. Less chance of injuring yourself while working on a heavi
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- assault · stabbing
There's a legend that the British Navy began issuing knives with the tips removed, to reduce the number of fatal knife fights between sailors. Less chance of injuring yourself while working on a heaving deck (or as one sailor pointed out to me, stabbing through a sail) was more plausible.
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- Bluesky ↗ · first seen 2026-06-15 18:40 UTC
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