USPS no longer shipping knives

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My wife tried to ship the khuks to Daniel Koster today and was told at the Post Office that according to new Federal regulations the USPS no longer allows knives to be shipped through tthem. Anyone have any news on this?

Jack
 
i justed recieved a knife via usps today without any problems......

and i sent one last week also without any problems...

what has happened to the world :grumpy:
 
According to their website, the only knife restrictions are for switchblades. All other blades or "sharp objects" are fine.
 
Sometimes people make up rules for the hell of it, or to satisfy their personal agendas. I was once told by a UPS shipper that in order to ship a handgun to a gunsmith,"the firing pin had to be removed." I doubt if this doofus would have known a firing pin from a puddle of pi$$.
 
That is crap I just wouldn't take lying down - go armed with a printoff of the usps regs & ask for a supervisor if you have a problem. And then insist that a formal complaint be lodged against the ignorant sheep who was messing with you :thumbup:
 
I sent a knife to a frend in the UK and he had to go to the post office to sign for it!
LOL
Like he couldnt have just gone and bought some peice of crud in country, or used a kitchen knife if he was planning bad stuff....
Its just an 'anti' thing, permiating into english culture until they look at you funny for having a slipjoint- then borrow it!
 
I shipped 4 large knives this past week, sometimes they ask and sometimes they dont , I just say "camping tool" I'm not lying am I. Also when I say hunting knife they dont care either. I think your USPS person is making up his or her own rules or just misinformed.
Also they mostly ask if theres anything flammable or perishable. answer NO just Say Camping tool .
hope this helps

anthony
 
I had a local schmuck try the same thing...the Post Master came out and cleared it up for him.

No problems since...and only then because *he* was afraid of knives.
 
That can't be true. I just got three in the mail today and mailed out two repairs. All of them knives. All of them shipped USPS priority mail.

STR
 
Reminds me of the time a Ranger told me I couldn't carry my Ruger Bisley in a Federal wilderness area. He said he would cite me. I had to go to the top, and to the San Bernardino National Forest's supervisor at the time's credit, he told his Ranger in no uncertain terms that I would and could carry the weapon.


munk
 
Yes - your postmaster is a nincompoop. :p


I had one question me one time...so I pointed at the poster they have hanging in the office that shows what's not allowed in the mail and asked "where's the part about knives?" Of course, they could find nothing...and let me by with a "warning" that the knife should always be in a sheath/scabbard (which it was).

I understand that the USPS doesn't want its employees hurt...but a well packed and sheathed knife is no different (and probably safer) than mailing a screwdriver, scoop, or any other pointy tool.

Go back to the PO and if they ask what the contents are, tell them they are gardening tools.

Be sure to send it Priority Mail, Insured.

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I believe USPS is the primary shipping method Yangdu uses...and nearly every day.
 
In the last 2 weeks I have received 1 Protech Damascus Godfather, 1 Protech Godson, one Damascus Tanto and all were shipped Priority Mail...

Damascus Godfather was delivered on a Sunday and the Tanto was delievered today by the Postmaster himself as it should have been here yesterday.

Karsten
 
I bought a knife on ebay and it arrived on my doorstep with several inches of the blade sticking out through the packaging. It could easily have injured someone.
 
o1Alex said:
I sent a knife to a frend in the UK and he had to go to the post office to sign for it!
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i get knives, swords etc. in the normal mail, and via the royal mail's parcelforce without any problem. if it has been sent recorded (special) delivery you'll need to sign for it and if you are not home when it is delivered they leave a note when you can come to the local PO to pick it up, or call them to re-arrange delivery. if you have import duties payable, you also need to pick it up & sign, but all this is true no matter what is inside. no restrictions as yet on sending, recieving anything if properly packed.

royal mail site is down, but from a more local PO site:

Sharp implements
Scissors, knives, chisels, etc., may be sent by post only if sharp edges and points are adequately covered with a suitable protective material (strongly attached) so that they cannot cause injury or damage to other packages.
 
Daniel Koster said:
Yes - your postmaster is a nincompoop. :p
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Go back to the PO and if they ask what the contents are, tell them they are gardening tools.

Be sure to send it Priority Mail, Insured.
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agree on 1

disagree on 2. they should not ask, in fact, i believe, cannot ask beyond "liquid perisable dangerous..." and the answer is "no" (if properly packed/etc)... thus, it's none of their biz. at all. really. even if they are gardening tools :) if they do ask, i'd take note of their name and question their authority. note: ianal, and they might in fact have the right to ask. note2: ups and fedex state very clearly they have a RIGHT to open your package, at any time, for any reason, and report the contents to whomever they want. use anti-temper tape on expensive packages.

agree on 3 but add: delivery confirmation

pack as if your life depended on it; nobody ever hated overpacking.

bladite
 
o1Alex said:
I sent a knife to a frend in the UK and he had to go to the post office to sign for it!
LOL
Like he couldnt have just gone and bought some peice of crud in country, or used a kitchen knife if he was planning bad stuff....
Its just an 'anti' thing, permiating into english culture until they look at you funny for having a slipjoint- then borrow it!
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He didnt have to go to the PO to sign for it for anything other than to say he received it safely. If you're not in when the postman comes to deliver your parcel, he/she will leave a 'callback card' at your address asking you to contact the PO to arrange a time to uplift the parcel. Some postmen will deliver the parcel to the Post Office local to the address and ask the person to uplift it there. The person then signs for it to prove they have uplifted it.

The UK isnt that bad!
 
Bladite said:
pack as if your life depended on it; nobody ever hated overpacking.

bladite
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Whenever I mail a package, the last thing I do before I tape it up is shake it every which way to be sure NOTHING MOVES INSIDE.

I put in a career in the US Postal Service. I am still amazed at how many packages burst, have small, hard items rattling loose in a big box, or are addressed in what may have been Sanskrit ...

Help us out, guys. All our employees did not graduate at the top of the class. If you don't like what you hear from them, ask for a supervisor. Don't let an incompetent clerk hassle you.
 
Wow, that just sucks. I have never had that problem. I have shipped lots of knives this way.

I did, however, have problems with a self righteous employee when flying with my shotgun. She told me that I couldn't take my gun because of the type of ticket that I had. It took 45 minutes to clear up, she was furious because I had involved her supervisor. To make matters worse, the handlers jimmied open one of the locks on the case before it made it onto the plane. Then they managed to lose the gun; I was told they would get it to my house by 8 pm. I stayed awake in my front room until 1 am, and they never came. When I got up at 6 am they had left it on my front porch with a neon orange bumper size sticker that screamed "firearm". :mad: Thank god noones took it and shot someone.
 
Moron. Just needs to be in a scabbard / sheath supposedly. I remember when UPS stopped accepting firearms many years ago. Not sure if they have since changed that, or if it was just handguns and not long guns. I would periodically send my revolvers to Mag-na-port. They told me the theft of such stuff out of their own facility was enormous.

I always thought a good way to make money was to repeatedly ship an old POS busted revolver or lump of pipe through UPS, insured for $1000 and let their own employees make me $.

Norm
 
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