Southport attack survivor calls for kitchen knives to be blunt tipped

A dance teacher who survived a knife attack in Southport last summer has started a campaign calling for pointed kitchen knives to be replaced by ones with blunt tips. She said she has not cooked with a pointed kitchen knife since last July’s attack, and that using knives with blunt tips makes her feel safer. “We want to bring that awareness to light.”Cutlery manufacturer Viners has been selling blunt-tipped knives since 2020, alongside more traditional pointed knives. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, kitchen knives are most commonly used in homicides where a knife is used as a weapon. “They sound dangerous but really, when you look at the figures, the highest figure is the domestic kitchen knife, which we have all got in our kitchen, which we use daily.”