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A hazardous material is any article or substance designated by the U.S. Department of Transportation as being capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property during transportation. In international commerce, hazardous materials are known as “dangerous goods.” For definitions of other terms that relate to hazardous materials, see Appendix D.
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Thoughts on shipping knives?
 
Don't ask, don't tell. As long as it's not a "switchblade", etc, you should be ok to ship a knife.
 
Feel free to move this, just noticed there was a "knive law" forum.
My apologizes..........
 
I take that as being related to toxic chemicals, gun powder and other things of that nature not tools which is what a knife is.
 
Almost 3:00 am here (Arkansas) and there is NO WAY you have more beer than me, so I am curious, what are you guys doing up this late?
I was expeting to post this and read the responses tomorrow?
 
I have a 10 month old that doesn't like to go to bed until around 12 to 1 am so this is the only me time I get anymore! lol I stayed up till 4 am last night looking at damn knives and playing xbox because monday through friday i have to be to bed around midnight or work is going to be rough and hard to focus.
 
I pack my knives well enough that they are not harmful or hazardous.

Usually in a sheath, and then wrapped and taped up, then padded and cushioned.


The Post Office guy always asks me what kind of knife I am shipping or receiving.
 
jkulysses said:
I have a 10 month old that doesn't like to go to bed until around 12 to 1 am so this is the only me time I get anymore! lol I stayed up till 4 am last night looking at damn knives and playing xbox because monday through friday i have to be to bed around midnight or work is going to be rough and hard to focus.
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Thats cool man, I can understand that!
Bigfattyt, that is the way I do it also!
I mean no harm to anyway!
Especially USPS, I worked there 10 years!
 
I live in a small town and every time I show up with s box to send out. I always get the "another knife"? Comment. The funny part is she is usually right! :D I think if there was a problem she would have let me know. There is another woman who works there who writes knife on the package if I tell her that I'm shipping a knife. I don't like it when she does that. It makes my box a target for internal theft. Now if she's there I tell her not to mark it.
 
glockman99 said:
Don't ask, don't tell. As long as it's not a "switchblade", etc, you should be ok to ship a knife.
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then why is it that all of the American switchblade companies are doing just that. they are shipping across state lines?? just look across all of the auction sites and they are using the US post office in the shipping of there switchblades that they are selling. I don’t see or here of anyone being put into jail or being fine over it too. how come if it is a crime??
 
Not a problem to ship knives at all. I have asked. Knives and even more surprising firearms can be mailed and all they ask is that you do so responsibly. That rule descrption you posted is referring to hazardous chemicals. USPS is one of the oldest branches in the federal government and the U.S. Postal Inspectors are the first federal agents ever established. This is probably the reason why they see knives and firearms as merely tools and don't freak out about them like the rest of the ignorant, liberal, public.
 
Precisely. The USPS has never asked what I'm shipping beyond the typical "does your package contain anything hazardous" types of questions. If they were to ask me what I'm shipping, my answer would be "tools".
 
nickortizzle1035 said:
There is another woman who works there who writes knife on the package if I tell her that I'm shipping a knife. I don't like it when she does that. It makes my box a target for internal theft. Now if she's there I tell her not to mark it.
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She has no business marking the package. Don't tell her what's in it, either. As others have said, all you have to answer is that the contents are not hazardous.
 
I hear stories about shipping any knife to Canada and that is why I refuse to ship there. first of all I mainly sell switchblades. I found out that they are not legal in there country. any knife that can be open with one hand is not legal in there country. I sell a bunch of smith and Wesson knifes that are not switchblade and are not spring assisted in opening but you can twist your wrist and get it to open just as fast as a switchblade. I don’t want to screw any one over and I am not going to refund there money back because of there customs import laws. So to solve this problem where nobody get hurt or lose money I will not ship out side of the USA and I am probably losing money over it too.
 
Mind you don't go shipping some Old School celluloid handled knives, that stuff is toxicity itself:D:D:D:cool:
 
What you are quoting comes from 49 CFR (Not sure what part) and the IMDG Code (International shipments) and it's applicability pertains to hazardous materials being offered for shipment and has nothing to do with knives.

The 49 CFR (Code of federal Regulations) 101 table has a list of all these substances.

It's referring mainly to chemicals and other hazardous materials and substances that if you are exposed to will cause a degree of harm. When you see a container on a ship or truck and it has a placard with specific color and number denoting the hazard class, that's what this is referring to.

Like I said, it has nothing to do with shipping knives or guns. However, ammunition would fall under this as its an explosive. But there are exemptions for limited quantities and consumer commodities. An example would be a truck load of household bleach. It's a hazardous material (Corrosive) but when packaged for retail sale there are less restrictions as far as shipping methods and approved containers. If it were in bulk as in a tank other restrictions would apply.

Hope this helps.
 
if you wanna ship an auto I believe your supposed to us ups or fedex, as far as usps I ship knives all the time, don't even pack them up until i enter the post office and no one has ever said a word to me about it. The reason I know about the auto knife shipping method is asa a newbie I screwed the edge up on a benchmade auto and was gonna ship it back , they said it was fine sincce autos were legal in my state, just ship it ups or fed ex, and they would haft to ship it back to the retail store or any gun dealer forget the license name they have, maybe any dealer with a FFL I believe is what it was.
 
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