International travel with your Busse?

TrailWolf

TrailWolf

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Hey guys, silly question here but just want to get your opinions on this.

I'm leaving the country tomorrow and very much want to take along my Game Warden or Active Duty as they are my standard EDC here and I think it would be great to use them abroad. However, I would be heartbroken if these knives got "lost" while in my baggage. When I've flown with them domestically, I have included a note that the knives are legal under state law to carry and have been photographed (got the idea from another thread here!) but, I still worry about international travel.

I know its not the end of the world to leave em but... :yawn: So... while I battle with a simple choice, just wondering:

Do you guys bring your Busses with you on international travel?
 
Sometimes, depends on where i'm traveling. I don't worry as much about losing them on the way as i do about losing them on location...
 
I used to travel internationally a fair bit for kayaking and canoeing, including Chile, Antarctica, Greenland, Northwest Territories etc.
I wouldn't go without my knives (not on purpose, that is), especially my trusty Busses.

I always worry that my knives won't make it. That only happened once, when they got stranded in Iqaluit with my bag and other gear. But to my relief, when I got back my Steelheart and other gear were still there.

Travel with your favourite user, because that's what it's for. I usually have a locking bag (mine is coated steel mesh) or box, but that will not stop a determined thief, or the loss of the whole bag, of course.
But although i've been lucky, every ytime there is a chance of theft or just plain loss. That's life. And that's why Jerry makes more than one of most models ;)
 
You might also want to think about the various laws of different countries. For instance, if for some bizarre reason you decide to bring a dagger to Oz and Customs decide to search your bags and they find it, goodbye dagger.
 
I've travelled to Asia, Ghana, South Africa, Venezuela with my Ratmandu :foot:.
take your fav. user.
I was more concerned loosing my flyreels than my knife...:p
next time I'll bring my Skinny...
 
gajinoz said:
You might also want to think about the various laws of different countries. For instance, if for some bizarre reason you decide to bring a dagger to Oz and Customs decide to search your bags and they find it, goodbye dagger.
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Very good advice. It's surprising what can be illegal. I sometimes use a double edged blade, and that might be called a dagger in some jurisdictions.
 
Do NOT take anything bigger than a GW into Russia if you want to keep it.

It takes a lot of work to bring a bigger knife there from my experiences.
 
gajinoz said:
You might also want to think about the various laws of different countries. For instance, if for some bizarre reason you decide to bring a dagger to Oz and Customs decide to search your bags and they find it, goodbye dagger.
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HJK said:
Very good advice. It's surprising what can be illegal. I sometimes use a double edged blade, and that might be called a dagger in some jurisdictions.
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It is very good advice - one of the first things I did was to check the local carry laws and my EDCs are good to go :thumbup:

Thanks for the responses so far guys - I think I'm going to pack my AD :D
 
Came by this thread randomly. Not a regular in the Busse forum, but I thought I would chime in. Doesn't most Busse knives have some sort of hole in them somewhere? Pad/wire-lock it to a secure point in your suitcase, usually too much hassle for petty thieves to get it out then. Customs may be another matter.

Definitely DO worry about local knife laws. In most of Europe you cannot carry a fixed blade and will be fined heavily and/or put in jail.
 
anything more then 6" , double edged are not allow into Singapore , and you must tell the custom you are using it to slice vegitable ......
 
This is a very interesting thread!

My Wife and I are about to move to Idaho in the USA and I was worried about exactly the same thing. I have a number of Busse knives that I am terrified will go missing in transit! I am only taking 2 in my check in luggage because if I am worried customs will go nuts if i take any more than that? The rest are going via DHL International courier.

Any suggestions or help would be great.:thumbup:
 
Take em with you bud they are dying to see the bush:D (Just use a hard case)
Have a great time.........:):thumbup:
 
It may be just my impression, but it seems like there's less questioning or hassle traveling overseas when I pack my BAD with a couple of other cooking or eating utensils. Seems to blend in with the other kitchen gear and not stand out as a "weapon." Good luck and have a safe/uneventful journey.
 
Italian law doesn't allow double edge knives and auto folders. Fixed blades and manual folder are allowed whenever you have a good reason for it (in the countryside, in the mountains, hunting, fishing, camping...)

Unfortunately italian customs doesn't know law very well and they tend to stop everything that looks like a knife when they find it.
 
Venomblade said:
This is a very interesting thread!

My Wife and I are about to move to Idaho in the USA and I was worried about exactly the same thing. I have a number of Busse knives that I am terrified will go missing in transit! I am only taking 2 in my check in luggage because if I am worried customs will go nuts if i take any more than that? The rest are going via DHL International courier.

Any suggestions or help would be great.:thumbup:
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Sorry to side track the thread but ....

Can I ask why you're moving there? I'm interested because my wife is American and we have occasionally discussed the option of living in the US but decided, for many reasons, that we'd rather stay in Oz.
What is it about Idaho that particularly attracts you?

Feel free to PM if you wish or simply tell me it's none of my business. :)


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Take into account laws ect, but whats the point of having a sruvival/utility knife that you would bet your life on, if your not going to have it with you.. Take them I say.
 
What about having it shipped to yourself? Wouldn't some companies allow you to file a claim, if the knife were to be lost during shipping?

_____Rat Pack #106_____
 
coming back from iraq, my FBM almost did not make it back through customs because of a sticky fingered, (*&^%#)! that wanted to confiscate my knife for himself. this was after being assured over and over by both the army AND navy customs people that having my knife and bringing it back would not be a problem.
ended up stashing it in the arms room milvan and not seeing it for 4 months while it shipped.
just be careful, it may come down to surrender the blade or do time over it.
 
I don't exactly know the customs behaviour in France... But it's wise to consider them as vicious and stupid peoples. If you're moving in my country, you will have to be carefull of cops first. There is normally no danger if you look "normal", but we never know how stupid these peoples can be. Avoid to show it: peoples are affraid of knives, especially in the big towns. My brother, who's "metal" looking, got searched many times. They even confiscated a corkscrew! I would say the best way to avoid any problem with your luggages at the custom would be to send your knives to yourself, with insurance etc...

About customs, i never understood why american ones stop our cheese. Does really a nice "bleu" look like a biological WMD?
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(this is fourme d'Ambert, but anyway)
 
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