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Is SAK or another multi tool legal in Cape Verde?
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Do you know anyone there you can trust to give you an honest answer if you ask?
Ask the US Embassy, the local law enforcement, a tourist agency located there? Perhaps their US Embassy or the US State Department would know?
Only other thing I can think of is to ask Victorinox if they sell the 91 and 111mm models in that country. If they do, that still won't tell you what restrictions there may be for residents and tourists to legally carry one.
Since the 111mm all have a locking blade, I wouldn't get my hopes up on being able to carry one of them.
Seems a lot of otherwise civilized countries don't allow locking blades, or have very strict regulations concerning who can have one, require licensing, dictate the circumstances (if any) it can legally be carried and how, and so on.
Ask the US Embassy, the local law enforcement, a tourist agency located there? Perhaps their US Embassy or the US State Department would know?
Only other thing I can think of is to ask Victorinox if they sell the 91 and 111mm models in that country. If they do, that still won't tell you what restrictions there may be for residents and tourists to legally carry one.
Since the 111mm all have a locking blade, I wouldn't get my hopes up on being able to carry one of them.
Seems a lot of otherwise civilized countries don't allow locking blades, or have very strict regulations concerning who can have one, require licensing, dictate the circumstances (if any) it can legally be carried and how, and so on.
I should ask polish embassy probablyDo you know anyone there you can trust to give you an honest answer if you ask?
Ask the US Embassy, the local law enforcement, a tourist agency located there? Perhaps their US Embassy or the US State Department would know?
Only other thing I can think of is to ask Victorinox if they sell the 91 and 111mm models in that country. If they do, that still won't tell you what restrictions there may be for residents and tourists to legally carry one.
Since the 111mm all have a locking blade, I wouldn't get my hopes up on being able to carry one of them.
Seems a lot of otherwise civilized countries don't allow locking blades, or have very strict regulations concerning who can have one, require licensing, dictate the circumstances (if any) it can legally be carried and how, and so on.
I'll not bother.
In my country the law is quite liberal for knives owners.
You can have everything besides knives that have hidden blades (in umbrella for example)
Been to Cape Verde twice in the last 4 years. I don't know about the law but the people are very relaxed. No one cares. Futhermore, it's mostly a rural society apart from the two larger towns of Mindelo and Praia. No one cares and I really doubt if they have any knive laws at all. Crime is very uncommon in Cape Verde. It's a society based on trust and respect and basically, with this small population, everyone knows everyone to some degree, even among the islands. Lots of social control. As long as you're not going to wave around with knives and yell, you'll have no problem. Enjoy your stay, it's a lovely group of islands with good people.
To which island(s) will you be travelling? I visited Santo Antão and Sao Vicente a few times in the last couple of years. In fact, I stayed in Mindelo in May of this year. As you probably know, Mindelo is the former capital and 2nd largest town of all of the islands. In the center of town, there's and old market hall from the colonial era when Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony. Just outside, every day, there are guys selling fresh fish in buckets. Guess what I've seen them having in their hands on numerous occasions; large knives with fixed blades to kill and clean the fish they sell. Really, in Cape Verde, no-one cares about a SAK.