Canadian knife question

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Gagesw

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I Recently found a bade I like but instead of it having a false edge at the top it has a sharpened secondary blade. Now I am fine with that but customs might not be and that is what worries me because of its price. I am in Ontario Canada and i was wondering if that sort of blade would be allowed. I seen on a review of the knife to check your local laws to see if its allowed in your state or area but i cant find anything anywhere about it, just wondering if anyone here would know?

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I'm not sure what you mean by a secondary blade? Can you not contact Canadian customs office? Do they have a website? I googled "Knives illegal to import to Canada" and got a number of sites. So without knowing exactly what knife you are talking about, no one can give you a positive answer.
 
If you mean it is a dagger, which means on the blade both edges (top and bottom) and sharpened than that knife would most likely illegal. But as others said, without knowing the exact knife it is hard to know. But, as a general rule daggers are illegal.
 
Gideons said:
If you mean it is a dagger, which means on the blade both edges (top and bottom) and sharpened than that knife would most likely illegal. But as others said, without knowing the exact knife it is hard to know. But, as a general rule daggers are illegal.
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No, wrong.

Push daggers are prohibited.

Normal double edged daggers are legal.
 
Just to define, push daggers are those with a t-shaped handle where the blade is intended to protrude between the fingers. has little to do with the blade, and more the handle.
 
FinnSetanta said:
I'm also in Ontario, Canada, and daggers are just fine. So are sword canes. For more information, scroll down to "PART 3 Prohibited Weapons" here : http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-462/FullText.html . In addition, you can't have switchblades or gravity assisted knives, but assisted-opening knives are fine : http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-13-2-eng.html
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Thank you for posting the actual laws. You beat me to it. Nothing grinds my gears more than people offering their opinion up as fact, or using terms like "most likely" when it comes to laws - those things are just not helpful in these discussions.
 
depending on where you are in ontario, you may also have provincial laws or city bylaws to concern yourself with. mostly the larger metro areas, and pretty much just for carry, ownership would be fine, might not want to carry it in down-town Ottawa if you know what I mean.
 
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