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[English assassin]

EA, did you have any problem getting your knife past customs? I really wanted one of those locking folders from the coldsteel site, but I thought they were illegal in this country and that it would be seized.

No problem at all, they are perfectly legal to own, but you mustn't carry it in a public place without "good reason." In my case so long as I am camping/sailing or clearly on my way to or from I am confident it is lawful.

Push knives of any sort and those weird plastic knives they advertise are illegal but there is no legit reason to have those that I can see.

The only annoying thing that happened was, after feeling rather pleased that I didn't have to pay sales tax in the states, Customs clobbered me for VAT on importation. So you'll have to add 17.5% to the price you pay the firm. Still, when I got mine the dollar was in the toilet so it still came to what I thought was pretty good value for a very good piece of kit.

Man, you guys are running out of ideas of threads, this is just one of the signs!

If you aren't careful I'll start a portable stove thread (personally I think you can't beat a trangia, though I have got some alluringly dangerous ex army ones that run on pressurised petrol, or, rather more safely, parafin)