Question: Will the USPS stop it?

riderV3 said:
And not to diverge the thread but kido, your 18 why would you need a 9" blade...?

If you use it for anything other than camping/outdoor purpose you know it's not going to end pretty.

Geez if I have an 18 yr old buying a 9" blade for no apparent reason I'd totally whoop his @ss.
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TIMB3RW01F said:
I collect knives. Its my hobby. They're fun to collect.
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Yes. You answered that nicer than I would have.

Camping / outdoor purposes / hanging on the wall / playing around practicing Roman Army drills -- thrust, thrust, chop! :p

Enjoy the knife. Don't worry about the mail until it doesn't get there. USPS delivery record is good. (I'm retired USPS management, I should know. :) )
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Yes. You answered that nicer than I would have.

Camping / outdoor purposes / hanging on the wall / playing around practicing Roman Army drills -- thrust, thrust, chop! :p

Enjoy the knife. Don't worry about the mail until it doesn't get there. USPS delivery record is good. (I'm retired USPS management, I should know. :) )
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Thanks. I'm 18 now and I plan on using all the privileges I'm given as an American adult: the right to bear arms, the right to vote, etc... Who gives a crap about what I "need" a 9" blade for. The fact is, I don't NEED a 9" blade; I WANT one. That's what most of the people on this forum do--- collect knives they probably don't need. ^_^
 
bladerique said:
YouTube user giutoniolo from Brazil said he could not ship knives via USPS to the USA. He was told it's a US law.
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I ship knives to lots of places in the USA by USPS. Also overseas.
If he's shipping from Brazil, though, how would he access USPS? :)
 
Timberwolf, if you want (not need), want the knife and you can pay for it then you darn sure should have it.

Sometimes mail takes longer than at other times. That is a fact of life. (thread subject content, the rest is derail)

Age 18 is not too young to start learning anger and temper control, and when someone says something that pisses you off it's time to practice that control. ( I'm referring to your reply to "gramps"). Conversely, having attained the age of a "gramps" is no excuse to talk down to, or degrade a younger person.

I hope your knife arrives soon, and I further hope you are thrilled with it.
I also hope you have a long and happy life to at least the age of 99!

Oh yeah, I forgot, I am a "gramps".:D

Good luck always,

Paul
 
alex said:
Finally, and this one is the best advice I am going to give you today, if that is really your date of birth then I suggest you remove it immediately and ask anyone else who copied it into their posts to do the same. It wouldn't take too much effort for a scammer to find out your real name and possibly make you a victim of identity theft at some point in the future.
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Ackkkkkkk! Someone might find out both his name and his date of birth????
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No - they won't - they deliver items - not hold or scutinize them - you'll get the knife - just be patient
 
Patience is a virtue! I absolutely love getting packages in the mail, and even more so if they hold new blades :D I can honestly say that waiting for the mailman has changed my whole sleeping routine dramatically. My classes start late and I usually sleep in until noon or so, being the night owl that I am. But ever since I started having packages to look forward to, I started getting up early even without an alarm to wake me, lol. I can understand the impatience to get your hands on the box though. My latest package was expected yesterday as per USPS tracking, but it took an apparent detour and will arrive tomorrow. Hang in there!
 
i received it today. All I can say is.... daaaaaaaaaaaaamn, man. There's more cons than pros to this knife.

I'll post a review in BUDK knife section.



CONS:
* The handle is freaking SMALL... and made of plastic. That's ridiculous. For $3.99, I guess its nothing to bitch about; just kinda sad.

* The sheath feels like it belongs to a TOY knife. I'm definitely replacing this sheath.

*The box came CRUSHED. Not really a con as much as an annoyance. C'mon, USPS.


PROS:
* The blade itself is nice and big and stainless steel; amen.

* The included matches and striking strip do their job.


I'd give it a 5/10. Time to start buying quality knives, I suppose.
 
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sheathmaker said:
Timberwolf, if you want (not need), want the knife and you can pay for it then you darn sure should have it.

Sometimes mail takes longer than at other times. That is a fact of life. (thread subject content, the rest is derail)

Age 18 is not too young to start learning anger and temper control, and when someone says something that pisses you off it's time to practice that control. ( I'm referring to your reply to "gramps"). Conversely, having attained the age of a "gramps" is no excuse to talk down to, or degrade a younger person.

I hope your knife arrives soon, and I further hope you are thrilled with it.
I also hope you have a long and happy life to at least the age of 99!

Oh yeah, I forgot, I am a "gramps".:D

Good luck always,

Paul
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To be honest, I was using "gramps" as a joke, not an insult. I don't like being talked down to and I'm sure he doesn't either. "Treat others like you would like to be treated." Since he said he'd "whoop his @ss" if his kid did something like buying a 9" blade at my age, I retorted. If you can dish it but can't take it, you'd better NOT dish it at all. ^_^ People rag on me for being young all the time and I come here so I can talk to people about my hobby and actually be respected not according to my age but the extent of my dedication to that hobby. Age plays no factor in collecting, no matter what the blade length.

And thanks for the wishes, Paul. Believe me, I'm living to 100 and maybe even past there.
 
Tom Hudson said:
In 30 years of shipping knives i have only lost one knife & it was a dandy - $1,200.00 folder i built for a doctor in Ft. Worth - I did have it insured - so the Doc got his money back so i was the only loser on the deal. It was lost by USPS. One knife stole in all these years isn't a bad percentage i guess. - tom
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Not to point out the obvious, but you didn't lose anything. The Doctor sent you $1200 which you refunded. The insurance paid you $1200 which is apparently what you sold the knife for, so you were made whole as well. The only thing lost was having a knife in the hands of an appreciative customer.
 
If I were handling thousands of packages every day there would be a pretty short checklist of suspicious signs that would actually make me stop what I was doing and deal with it:

Is it leaking?

Does it tick?

Does it have a noticeably strong smell?

Does it make animal noises or move under its own power?

Is it on fire?

Are there Mimes drawn on it?

Does it say Snuggie on the box? (grounds for immediate destruction)

Are there human eyes looking through the handle holes? (http://www.thatsweird.net/news6.shtml)

Is it bleeding?

Is there any remote possibility an accordion could be inside?

Does it fart?

Does it glow?

Does it tell you to kill your co-workers because they make fun of you for driving a Ford Fiesta even though you're a 350 pound man with a leather vest and full sleeve tattoos?

Is it "The Precious"?

Does it roll down stairs, over in pairs, over your neighbor's dog?

Is it log?

Its log.

Its log.

Its log.
 
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