How to ship a Benchmade Knife

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I have a benchmade mini grip that I just sold on ebay. And I used the ebay postage to print a label, I have a 9x7 legal envelope that I am planning to ship it in. Willl the postal office reject the package since it is in a legal envelope not a box. I should also probably say that its not just the knife floating in there, it is in the original blue benchmade box inside the bag. Thanks
 
Put it in a padded envelope you can buy at the Post Office and you'll be fine. They are cheap too, $1.50 or so is all.
 
If I was your buyer, I'd be much more impressed with your professionalism if you were to use a small flat-rate box instead of the envelope. It's only like $6 shipped priority with $50 insurance included.
 
USPS?
Small Flat Rate Priority Mail boxes are free and are less than $6 to ship before options.
 
I would put it into a small box and fill the empty void with newspaper or bubble wrap. There is a chance of something being damaged in an envelope. You can buy the box(or use your own) and ship it within 2 days for about $10.00
 
Yeah next time I will use a box. I just want to know if you guys think that the mail will take the package since it is in a envelope. I do not know know the standards they have for shipping knives, so I do not know if you absolutely have to ship it in a padded envelope or a box.
 
You know, they are right. Most of the knives I've received have come in those boxes. I stand corrected!
 
Yalius said:
If I was your buyer, I'd be much more impressed with your professionalism if you were to use a small flat-rate box instead of the envelope. It's only like $6 shipped priority with $50 insurance included.
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they are stronger than a flimsy envelope .
 
I shipped off a benchmade I sold off of eBay today. We're brothers!

It was a 530, very thin and light (and pretty well used). I wrapped the knife in bubble wrap then put it in a brown envelope. It looked pretty good, in my opinion. I sharpened the knife at the buyer's request so I felt confident I was providing good service.

My more expensive auctions I'll likely put into a box though.
 
Do not use an envelope. Knives should be shipped in boxes.

Take it from the guy that lost his $325 Strider in the mail due to an envelope being used. Flat Rate Boxes are free, USPS will ship them to your house in about a week. Don't screw your buyers.
 
I don't know if this would be an issue since it's a private sale within the continental USA but would tightening down the pivot screw to make it "non-flickable" to deploy be a good idea to prevent possible seizure by postal inspectors? I know I requested this from online sellers of my 3 Mini Grips in the USA shipping to me in Canada, but again, it was to prevent possible seizure at customs. Anyways, just a thought!
 
NaturalMystic said:
I don't know if this would be an issue since it's a private sale within the continental USA but would tightening down the pivot screw to make it "non-flickable" to deploy be a good idea to prevent possible seizure by postal inspectors? I know I requested this from online sellers of my 3 Mini Grips in the USA shipping to me in Canada, but again, it was to prevent possible seizure at customs. Anyways, just a thought!
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No, there is no customs inspection for packages in, or coming into the US. However, USPS' policy on knives states that they much be packaged well enough to not open during transit. There is no way for them to know for sure, as they can't open packages, but it's a good rule of thumb to seal up blades anyway.
 
Ship it in a free USPS small flat rate box as others have suggested. If it's worth doing, do it right. It's only $5.80 for priority shipping. If something happens to the envelope you'll be sorry you didn't do this.
 
USPS Priority. A small box or small flat rate box. Depending on the weight, going with a small box, if you have one, might save you a few cents over the flat rate. Either way, it includes insurance (which is for YOU, not the buyer), which is never bad to have.

If the knife is without a box, an envelope should be OK as long as you wrap it with enough bubble wrap/foam, and tape the hell out of the outside. If it's in a box, the knife will be fine, but the box might be not (and if I were the buyer, I'd be pissed if the box was damaged from shoddy shipping).

In the end, if you're the sender, think like the buyer. Think of how you'd feel if your expensive purchase was sent in the way you were thinking of sending it.
 
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