"MM" wrote in message
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I am occasionally nicked by one or other of the door latches in my
house as I walk over the threshold carrying something if my hand or
arm is at the same height as the latch.

All the internal latches in my house have very sharp edges on the
brass protruding bit that engages with the striker plate. (See example
latch here
http://www.screwfix.com/p/tubular-la...el-63mm/22822#)

Are all such latches sharp like this? I have started (belatedly, it is
true) to blunt the edges with a file or honing stone.

MM

I tore my shirt on an especially sharp one at a holiday cottage I stayed at
once. Considering it was at head height for a young child, it could be very
dangerous. I did point this out to the cottage owner who didn't seem very
interested in either that danger or my torn shirt!