YOU need to go to school to learn life skills but you still need to use your skill to learn how to handle a knife safely.

We all know knives have many purposes and uses, but all have sharp edges so we can cut, slice and peel, which always reminds us not to get a nick.

We would be lost without them, however, because that is what they are really made for.

So remember what can happen in a moment without thought – it can turn into a deadly weapon in the wrong hands. It takes no skill to take a life.

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