Question on shipping a knife to Canada

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Shipping a knife to Canada

Are there any restrictions or special conditions shipping to Canada. I notice that many people selling won’t ship there why?
 
If you want to send you HI items, you will have no problem at all.

Yes, it costs a little more, but if the customer is ready to pay the fees, so what.

Fixed blades:
No problem EXCEPT for push daggers and knuckle-like handles.

Folders:
No balisongs or autos.
If possible, no flickable knives, or tighten the pivot as much as you can without damaging the blade.

If it's a fixed blade, mention it on the package.

Good luck.
 
do you have to declare whats in the package? Do they open the packages? I was thinking of using priority mail from the post office
 
Priority mail is ok.

They sometimes open. But never on fixed blades. That's why you whould mention it.

Declare? Yes.

Simply write "knife". "knife - fixed blade" if it's the case.

I also recommend you pay the 2$ extra to insure the package.
 
Using Global Express I've never had a problem shipping out of the country. You get a tracking number and it generally takes 3 or 4 days to get almost anywhere. Global Priority, you don't get a tracking number and it's hit or miss. It's supposed to take 5-6 days, but I sent a Sebenza to Canada and it took about two weeks.
 
No gravity knives like anything that can be opened by flicking your wrist. If it is a folder tighten the heck outta the pivot pin so its really hard to open and you'll have no problem.
 
I have a person asking about one of the HI karmabits I have for sale here and he lives in Canada...so it looks like it will be ok since its a fixed blade
 
No it's not OK.

For the kerambits, you have to wait until I have the money, then sell it to me ;)

Seriously, no problem at all.
 
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I agree with everything cybrok has said.
Fixed blades / double edged - no problem.
Be espescially cautious with folders. If it can be opened with centrifugal force you are done. The problem is there is nothing written in bill c 68 about how much force is to be applied to the knife. My advice - no folders.

Canada is such a joke. Peut etre c'est une bonne idee de demenager a Quebec ou de rester en Floride.

Good luck.
 
I wouldn't ship a double-edge blade to Australia or Canada. It's a hassle for the buyer, and as a seller you wonder whether the credit card payment will get reversed while Customs plays with the knife for months. Also, I'd stick with insured Global Express Mail, reglardless what the buyer may request. Just pass on the sale if the buyer balks at your shipping requirements.

whitie
 
whitie said:
I wouldn't ship a double-edge blade to Australia or Canada. It's a hassle for the buyer, and as a seller you wonder whether the credit card payment will get reversed while Customs plays with the knife for months. Also, I'd stick with insured Global Express Mail, reglardless what the buyer may request. Just pass on the sale if the buyer balks at your shipping requirements.

whitie
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Double edge blades are NOT illegal in Canada. I have purchased 3 from the U.S no problem. The criminal code of Canada does NOT restrict double edge knives from import. Personally I have never had any customs problems with knives coming from the states. 90% of my collection was purchased from US sellers.

As was stating above you CANNOT import Bali's, automatic knives and push daggers, knives with brass knuckle type D-guards, but lately customs has been getting prickish with Spyderco's or anything easily "flick-openable".
As long as you have the above info doing business with Canadian customers shouldn't really be that much more complicated than regular U.S customers.
Don't decide arbitarily to avoid doing business with Canada. 30 million people right on your doorstep, green is green after all!
We are friendly and we are by far the U.S's biggest trading partner.

Regarding shipping costs actually its usually as cheap and very often CHEAPER for me to buy from a U.S seller. Its not really a matter of country but of region. Easten seaboard, midwest, pacific coast etc. I'm in atlantic Canada the shipping costs of a knife shipped to me from N.Y state costs the same or less as one shipped from Ontario. I know i received 2 last week, one from NY one from Ont. The only thing to avoid is UPS who tend to charge outrageous brokering fees i got dinged for 50$ once . the first and last time i used UPS. I always make sure knives i order from the U.S come via USPS. At worst when you receive it you will pay a 5 dollar handling fee. The last two packages i got from the U.S i paid no handling fee, no taxes, no customs. It really varies.
 
It is the person importing the knife that has to pay all the extra charges, so it really doesn't cost the shipper any more to send something to Canada.

Declaring a knife as a fixed blade will not stop Customs from opening the package. It will be opened if the Customs Inspector has any suspicions. If they do inspect the package and the knife is determined to be a weapon, it will be confiscated. This has never happened to me, and I have imported a dozen or so knives from the States. Chances are that it will get through with no problems, but there is no guaranty of that.
 
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