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S W France. I am a Brit retired here.

No prob with French police here in the sticks. Terrible in UK.
Just take care where ever you are. We dont need bad press anywhere !
 
Malaysia. Penang Island, pearl of the orient :)

Would love to be in a country where the people in charge or people in power are not ignoramus. Glad to be part of the Bladeforums community :)
 
slayergut said:
Singapore,

almost NOBODY besides the police arms and explosive branch knows the law. Not even the police or the customs. More often than not the customs will stop a package and call us down to examine the package.
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My Becker BK-9 was inspected by customs (little note inside package saying that) but they let it through with no hassles. I was sure it was fine anyway, though it does look pretty 'weapon' like. Probably over half the people here would expect customs to not let such a knife in, thinking it would probably be illegal. I'm glad customs here in New Zealand seem to know their job fairly well.

Cotherion said:
Would love to be in a country where the people in charge or people in power are not ignoramus.
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If you find a county like that then let us know, a lot of us would be keen to move there and keep you company.
 
In Calgary, Canada.
When moved from Russia brought with me my collection of 200 or so knives. No problems. Of course I have checked first what is legal and what is not, sold 2 or 3 before shipping the rest to Canada...
Russian knife laws are quite reasonable. But I like Canadian ones even better!
 
Athens, Greece here.

Somehow relaxed laws here. Autos, daggers, bayonets are forbidden.
Its all in the context. If you are in the city of Athens, shopping or going out for a cup of coffee, you cant carry a hunting knife on your belt. Same goes if you draw a sebenza to open a pack for example. If you are on your way to camp with some other gear, any kind of blade is justifiable.
SAKs are common, you might not even get looks if you open one.
But nobody is interested in quality knives in my country...such a pity.
 
Canada - Other than Balisongs, Switchblades, Knuckle Dusters and Push Knives, we can carry whatever we damn please, of any length. The only mandate is that it not be used as a weapon, or be brandished by an idiot.
 
slayergut said:
Singapore,
The country that bans chewing gum.

It's legal to carry a knife for a good reason. Good reasons are hard to find and justify.
It's legal to collect knives as long as they're not balisong/auto/assisted/gravity/daggers and the usual banned stuff, but the irritating is almost NOBODY besides the police arms and explosive branch knows the law. Not even the police or the customs. More often than not the customs will stop a package and call us down to examine the package. After examining the package, if they think the knife is illegal, they'll send it to the AEB. Then we have to go down to AEB to collect it again. Talk about a waste of time.
Our culture is generally very 'weapon-phobic'. My friends consider my victorinox classic a weapon.
I heard someone got into trouble with the law for carrying a multitool.
I carry my spyderco dragonfly usually, but sometimes switch to a rough rider slip joint if i'm going to busy places.

The laws aren't that bad here. It's just the culture and the sheeple :(
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Pretty much what he said, carrying any sort of knife without a valid reason is asking for trouble, this is a country where the LEO are entitled to do body-search on anybody, as long as they find you suspicious, and their definition of suspicion may not be the same as yours.

The inspection system between the police and custom can only be described as a complete waste of time, simply because the custom have no idea what is legal and what is not. well, at least they are transparent about how they do it, and generally would not want to take anything from you unless it is really illegal.

Oh, and it is illegal to own Kukris here, because the Gurkhas have them, make any sense?
 
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