Can someone clear this up for me?.....

Error 404 said:
Commerce

From my annual Export Refresher class handbook...

"The government separates its export controls into two principal categories, one for
defense items and one for primarily commercial (nondefense) items. Most commercial
items and some less sensitive military items are covered by the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR), administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the
U.S. Department of Commerce. The EAR is the focus of this handbook. Most defense
items are covered by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The ITAR
is administered by the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
(DTC)."
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I don't know what you're talkin about, but the info I'm talkin about, ie: handle materials, can be researched at this website; http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/
I know of at least one major knife dealer who was threatened with very severe fines if he was caught shipping stag handled knives to China a second time. It's called the "Cites Treaty" and has to do with endangered species of Flora and Fauna. The import and export of which, in the USA, is controlled by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Dept. of the Interior.
 
Mike157 said:
I find it much easier and more convenient to go to the USPS online and fill out, pay for, and print a label at home. You can add the tracking number (as they are now called) for free and any amount of insurance you care to pay for. Then you can pack your knife and tape the label to the box and be on your way. I always keep a small supply of the various box sizes at home (no charge from the post office). With a properly packed and labeled box you can walk right in a drop the box at the counter without waiting in line (several post office employees have confirmed this). The only thing to be aware of is making sure you choose the proper date of shipment for the label you're printing (defaults to the present day).

I guess this was a bit off topic but the reason I chimed in was because I'm rarely asked about what's in the box since I'm just handing it over. The few times I have been asked, it was just the hazardous materials/liquids question. And you may already know all of this. Mike
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I do my packing and labeling at the shop as well to avoid run in's with misinformed civil servants like you met up with.

Once I even has a supervisor tell me i couldn't ship a knife to Germany because it was going by air? I know? Go figure? I explained that there wasn't anyone in the box and the people on the plane would be fine and could she please go get her boss!
The Big cheese said, no problem of course. The lady supervisor would glare at me for being right after that. I would just smile and be polite.

I had another lady at the same post office tell me not to come to her window when I was shipping knives because she didn't want to get in trouble. I explained to her that she works for me and everything I was doing was perfectly legal and she will please do her job or I may need to make a complaint.

Be polite, but firm with misguided civil servants like this souls that think they are making the world safe for democracy!
 
I am lucky by living in a very small Country Town where everybody knows everybody and when I go to the Post Office I
wait to box my Knives there because between the Lady and the Gentleman that work the counter both like to see the
Knives I am sending and I have donated each of them a Knife ( him a Buck 110 and her a LNIB Delica ) and they both
really appreciated there knives. Try to do this in NY or LA and see what happens.!! lol
When I moved from the big City to the Country it was like night and day as far as the people and businesses here.*
No ~~~ I would not be anywhere else if you paid me.! Can't beat Country.
 
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