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Because it's irrelevant. I think the UK's knife laws are ridiculous - but an article on medieval eating knives is definitely not the place to discuss that.

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People were talking about their modern equivalents. How is it irrelevant that you can't legally have many modern equivalents in the UK?

You can have them, and you can even carry them in public if you have a good reason. Poster said "these are illegal" and that's not true.

A "good reason" doesn't seem to include "because it's convenient to have", which is the reason for a lot of people.

UK is extremely restrictive with their knife laws according to their own page. I don't know why you're trying to depict it otherwise. I'm not even taking a side here.

I agree the UK knife laws are restrictive. But parent poster said "these knives are illegal in UK" -- they're not.

He said they are illegal to carry in public.

Which they're not. There are certain uses are not considered legitimate, but there are legal ways to carry these knives in public.

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