A german guy wants to order a diver knife from the US...

richmenstoys

Hey guys,

has someone purchase a Knife from the US?

Do not want trouble with the US or German customs.

Many thanks
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MikeG77

richmenstoys wrote:

Hey guys,

has someone purchase a Knife from the US?

Do not want trouble with the US or German customs.

Many thanks
-{

You may wanna take a look at the knife laws in Germany to make sure the knife you're buying complies with them. The biggest issue will be the length of the blade and if it's a fixed or folding knife with a locking blade.

Chriscoop

MikeG77 wrote:

richmenstoys wrote:

Hey guys,

has someone purchase a Knife from the US?

Do not want trouble with the US or German customs.

Many thanks
-{

You may wanna take a look at the knife laws in Germany to make sure the knife you're buying complies with them. The biggest issue will be the length of the blade and if it's a fixed or folding knife with a locking blade.

Best bet is this ^
But as always with shipments it's a pure lottery, if your shipment gets checked and the knife is a prohibited item in Germany then it will get confiscated. That being said as much as you'll have lost your money I doubt you'll be in trouble, at the moment the authorities are more concerned with other legal items.
If however you manage to get the knife delivered please don't carry it around if it is prohibited.

MikeG77

Chriscoop wrote:

MikeG77 wrote:

richmenstoys wrote:

Hey guys,

has someone purchase a Knife from the US?

Do not want trouble with the US or German customs.

Many thanks
-{

You may wanna take a look at the knife laws in Germany to make sure the knife you're buying complies with them. The biggest issue will be the length of the blade and if it's a fixed or folding knife with a locking blade.

Best bet is this ^
But as always with shipments it's a pure lottery, if your shipment gets checked and the knife is a prohibited item in Germany then it will get confiscated. That being said as much as you'll have lost your money I doubt you'll be in trouble, at the moment the authorities are more concerned with other legal items.
If however you manage to get the knife delivered please don't carry it around if it is prohibited.

I took a look at the law and "apparently" you can carry a fixed blade knife as long as the blade itself is no longer than 4.72 inches or 11.99 cm's, folding blade knifes are legal but they cannot be opened by one hand (switchblade or Out the Front like Slates knife in QOS and assisted blades like my SOG Flash II are definitely illegal) or locking blades. I found this link that talks about German knife laws so hopefully it helps you out a bit....

http://knife-blog.com/2016/12/german-knife-law/

richmenstoys

Thanks a lot, appreciate!

I looking for a Voit Dive Knife...and how it looks, I can buy and own it but don't carry it around.
I think the blade is longer than 12cm...?!

Cheers -{

danjaq_0ff

richmenstoys wrote:

Thanks a lot, appreciate!

I looking for a Voit Dive Knife...and how it looks, I can buy and own it but don't carry it around.
I think the blade is longer than 12cm...?!

Cheers -{

I imported one a few years back and didnt have a problem, Ed helped me out with it, our laws seem to be stricter I would imagine.

MikeG77

richmenstoys wrote:

Thanks a lot, appreciate!

I looking for a Voit Dive Knife...and how it looks, I can buy and own it but don't carry it around.
I think the blade is longer than 12cm...?!

Cheers -{

Yeah it looks like you could buy/own it but could not carry it around with you! Online it says the blade is 17.78 cm so definitely not for walking around )

Asp9mm

danjaq_0ff wrote:

richmenstoys wrote:

Thanks a lot, appreciate!

I looking for a Voit Dive Knife...and how it looks, I can buy and own it but don't carry it around.
I think the blade is longer than 12cm...?!

Cheers -{

I imported one a few years back and didnt have a problem, Ed helped me out with it, our laws seem to be stricter I would imagine.

Not really, the only banned items you can’t import into the UK are assisted, butterfly and gravity knives. Everything else is legal here.

Nico, you can buy the divers knife and import it. You just can’t carry it.

richmenstoys

Thanks for your help guys! -{