AHHH noooo!! I'm in the process of trying to call them but their lines are busy now. Its not LEGAL to seize it from me! Section III of Bill C68 part A states that
"prohibited weapon" means
(a) a knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or
attached to the handle of the knife
This bans switchblades and knives that you can flip open ie. swinging/snapping the knife in a circular motion.
Note one handed opening via holes in the blade, disks, studs etc., are not illegal.
Also, apparently Kershaw says:
There are many features of Speed-Safe knives that make them quite different than knives that are considered switchblades. Unlike a switchblade, Speed-Safe blades DO NOT deploy with the push of a button in the handle or by gravity alone. Instead, the user must manually overcome the torsion bar's resistance - using the thumb stud or Index-Open protrusion on the blade itself - in order to engage the Speed-Safe system. Because the user must manually overcome the torsion bar's resistance, Speed-Safe knives fall fully outside the Fedral definition of a switchblade.
So can I call up Customs and raise hell? You have to manually push the blade out adleast 5% of the way before and auto action takes place, therefore the centrifugal force is applied directly to the blade not through any handle. It's LEGAL isnt it? After I convince them, will they send it over or will i HAVE to pick it up?
"prohibited weapon" means
(a) a knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or
attached to the handle of the knife
This bans switchblades and knives that you can flip open ie. swinging/snapping the knife in a circular motion.
Note one handed opening via holes in the blade, disks, studs etc., are not illegal.
Also, apparently Kershaw says:
There are many features of Speed-Safe knives that make them quite different than knives that are considered switchblades. Unlike a switchblade, Speed-Safe blades DO NOT deploy with the push of a button in the handle or by gravity alone. Instead, the user must manually overcome the torsion bar's resistance - using the thumb stud or Index-Open protrusion on the blade itself - in order to engage the Speed-Safe system. Because the user must manually overcome the torsion bar's resistance, Speed-Safe knives fall fully outside the Fedral definition of a switchblade.
So can I call up Customs and raise hell? You have to manually push the blade out adleast 5% of the way before and auto action takes place, therefore the centrifugal force is applied directly to the blade not through any handle. It's LEGAL isnt it? After I convince them, will they send it over or will i HAVE to pick it up?