How do you ship?

Looks like I follow the same process as most-USPS priority mail well packaged in a flat rate box.
 
Another vote for USPS flat rate boxes well wrapped and tape all seems very well ...

if it won't fit in a flat rate box I use 2 Day Priority ... and anything over $250.00 I use a signiture confirmation for the added tracking ability ...

and last I'll say NEVER ship in an envelope always a box and use twice as much tape on it as you think you need ...

and as someone mentioned in another post ... I put a note with all the shipping information and my contact information inside the box also just in case the box gets damaged and the label is ruined.
 
USPS Priority for knives with insurance matching the full value of the blade; always! I order crates of shipping supplies for free from USPS so I always use their medium bubble mailers as wrap and cushion for whatever I ship. If you walk in to a USPS you can take as many as you want as well. Then when it's snug in it's box or final shipping receptacle I print out my shipping label with my thermal printer and I spend way too long wrapping every little inch of the package in tape. So far I've never had an issue with one of my knives but boy have I had issues in the past with other peoples lol.
 
Astronaut FX said:
USPS Priority. As a seller, I get why some may want to ship signature required. But as a buyer, I prefer it not be used, and typically ask sellers to not use it. Where I live, I don’t have a mail box on my property. There is a common post at the entrance to my street where each resident has a locking mail bin. There are also two large locking parcel bins as well. If my parcel doesn’t fit in my bin, it gets placed in one of the larger lockers, and that key is left in my bin.

If a package is sent signature required, it won’t be left in my locker, and now I have to find time to leave work early to get to the post office to pick it up. Yes, I know, minor inconvenience. But still, since my delivery point is secure, there’s no benefit for the sender to pay for signature required.
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Also, I've had packages sent to me signature required, and the mailman marked down that I signed for it even though I did not.

So, it can be a waste of money too—unless they are more diligent about delivering these packages—they aren't more honest IME.
 
I'm another USPS Priority user. I use their boxes, I wrap the knife box in bubble wrap, then use peanuts from a UPS store to fill in the space in the box. When nothing moves and there's no noise from the package, I tape it shut, put my return address on it, cover the return address with clear tape, then label it at the PO with their printed label.

Nothing's been lost so far in the years I've been doing this. I did have one package mis-directed years ago, but it showed up at the buyer's door a week late.
 
Don't forget to use packing tape! You want to make sure you do a couple wraps both length and width wise to prevent "somebody" from pulling open the side of the box, taking the contents and putting the side back.
 
valknut said:
I use usps priority. I have a roll of bubble wrap i use and wrap the knife up, shove it in the box and your good. With priority you get a tracking number to give to the buyer and it normally only takes 2-3 days
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Agreed in full...USPS Priority Small Flat Rate box...almost entirely. With really expensive knives, I insure to the value and ship "signature required" unless the buyer is not concerned.. With cheap knives...less than $100, I will sometimes ship USPS First Class in a cardboard box, well wrapped, which costs in the three buck range instead of close to eight bucks
 
USPS Flat Rate Priority box. Wrap knife in bubble wrap and tape the bubble wrap. Tape the wrapped knife to the inside of the flat rate box (this ensures the knife stays with the box if the box is crushed, destroyed, or inadvertently opened). Close box and tape addressed box securely closed. Never had an issue.
 
Most post office locations have the 24 hour machine for shipping, which make it super convenient. The downside is the supply of boxes at the machine could be empty. I always recommend grabbing a bunch of small unassembled flat rate boxes so you have them when you need them.
 
I prefer USPS First Class. It provides tracking and is less expensive, although it may take a day longer. I prefer sellers do the same as the knife should be a little cheaper (and the wife tends to ask less questions than a priority box). First Class provides tracking and you can add insurance also. You do have to provide your own box, or purchase one, but with the too many knives I purchase, I have plenty of boxes to reuse.

I usually wrap the knife or box in plastic wrap, then bubble wrap or other packing material. On like-new more expensive knives, I been known to sandwich the COA or Born on Card between cardboard. But please include packing material inside the knife's original box/tube, so it isn't bouncing around while the original box/tube is securely packaged inside the shipping container (if that makes sense)!
 
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