It is an offence to sell to a person under the age of 18 any knife or knife blade (except if the person is aged 16 or over and the knife or blade is designed for domestic use);

It is also an offence to sell to a person under the age of 18 any razor blade, axe, sword or other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed and which is made or adapted for use for causing injury;

A customer may be asked to provide details of his/her age and identity (which may be recorded or copied and kept for inspection for up to 3 years).

As a consequence, to ensure complete compliance orders that comprise of items considered a ‘bladed product’ are verified by an industry recognised age verification service.