Airport confiscated knives

lazerboy2000

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On eBay, I've been looking through the lots of knives that Harrisburg,PA Airport sells after they confiscate them in airports or elsewhere. They either come in lots of 6 knives or 10lbs worth and I'm wondering if it'd be worth to get some. I realize that many of the knives may be crap, but do you think it'd be worth to get a lot in hopes of striking gold? In the pictures they post I can often ID Kershaws,Spydercos, BM's and other great knives in the lot.

Has anybody ever done this and had luck of getting a great knife stuck in the lot? Also, would I be able to send the knives back to customer service to get repaired/replaced?
 
thecollector, do an ebay search for 'ntsa confiscations' and you'll come across the auctions. To be honest, this kinda cheeses me off. They take the knife away and then SELL it to a reseller who hocks the items on ebay. You would think that they would take your knife and give you a claims tag and only sold the knives if they weren't claimed after say ninety days.
 
Do the search with just "ntsa" and you'll see the auctions.

People are obviously able to buy these lots from NTSA; there are many individuals with these lots. Some Case, Gerber, Victorinox, Schrade - many appear to be in good shape.
 
I don't know about you, but unless they took it from someone that deserved it, wouldn't you think that it is stealing? Or that's just my opinion...

-KL
 
Stealing? No. Poor form for a knife collector or enthusiast? Maybe.

I generally don't walk into airports or try to board planes with knives. I can't help but think that people who try to board planes with knives just aren't paying attention. If you want to take 'em, check 'em.

OTOH, a couple years ago one of those NTSA idiots confiscated a pair of scissors from my travel kit which clearly fit the carry-on standard (pointed but less than four inches). Of course, you can board with a screwdriver under seven inches. Gee, can't do much damage with a sharpened seven inch screw driver, eh? It makes little sense, but your Leatherman or Swiss Army Knife is going to be nicked. We should all know that, by now.
 
I can also imagine them NTSA people each having something on the level of a Sebenza at home...
 
You can rest assured that all of these confiscated items have been exhaustively picked through and any obviously desirable items culled. That said, I suppose it's possible there might be a *very* stray decent item in there, but think about this too - if you had a really nice knife that was facing confiscation, wouldn't you figure out a way to either rent a locker at the airport or run it back to your car?
 
Confiscating a knife under the law is not stealing.

An employee then picking through them and taking the good ones is.

I don't like it either, but I would rather see the knives sold and back into the hands of knife users, instead of destroyed.
 
It sorta amazes me how many SAKs and multitools they've confiscated and how cheap they're selling it for: "85 ASSORTED LARGE LOCKING KNIVES LOT NTSA " for $1.34...
 
I know what I'm buying for the gift exchange at the next office Christmas party.

Ten pounds of crap knives!
 
The state of Kentucky sells a bunch at their surplus auction every month. I am constantly amazed at the variety of amazingly crappy knives in those boxes. They pull the good ones out and sell them separately on eBay. Search for kysurplus as the seller and you'll find all the good stuff.
 
I've spotted a couple of those auctions from time to time, there were some good deals there. I couldn't believe it really was being sold by the state though.
 
After losing another SAK Classic to TSA after I forgot to take it out of my shaving kit, I bought a dozen Classics on an eBay auction for about $20 total. They were all in excellent condition with only the usual carry scratches on the scales.

Now, whenever someone needs a knife, I take a Classic off of my key ring and give it to them to keep! I think its good karma to take what the government confiscated and make a new knifeknut!

Dan
 
elkins45 said:
The state of Kentucky sells a bunch at their surplus auction every month. I am constantly amazed at the variety of amazingly crappy knives in those boxes. They pull the good ones out and sell them separately on eBay. Search for kysurplus as the seller and you'll find all the good stuff.
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Lots of states have these surplus centers. GA has a big DAOS surplus center in Tucker. I'm sure some of what you see on eBay has been confiscated at Hartsfield (ATL) and then purchased from surplus centers.
 
I couldn't in good conscience buy from these thieves.That's what they are. Confiscation is just the government's word for legal theft IMO.

They should be destroyed right in front of you,on the spot,or not taken at all.

This is why I don't fly.

That's all I have to say about this.
 
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