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Hey everyone, do any of you know if my benchmade bonecollecter small knife would be allowed? It is one of my favorite knives and would hate to have it be confiscated. Thanks!
Some Aussie Customs inspectors are dills, and some are tin gods. I guess it depends on the one on duty on the day. I've had 1" to 1.5" bladed folders seized for destruction, and had Assisted Open ( AO ) let pass within the same manually eyeballed/opened inspection. So who knows what they know; and their training. I've had 7 separate shipments come through with 1 CRKT Anubis inside. Financially risky at over $100ea landed in Australia? Yes! Been stopped? No! Financial loss to date on these Anubis = Zilch! Can they be converted [to full auto] after sales? Just ask YouTube!!!!!!! (therefore you can infer mine are higher risk of seizure than your Bone Collector™). I once asked Aussie Customs for approval recommendation for a shipment of Kukris. No Probs dealing with `em via email. Was recommended to have approval mentioned on outside of package ---- USA supplier failed to do this, yet Aussie Customs let these Kukri Machetes pass without bothering to eyeball/open.
All my imports have been this year and last year only ( 2012 / 2013 )::: well after Victoria's harsher [new] laws [post December 2011].
Bone Collector™ ----- write an email to Customs requesting approval ---- get their OK ---- get it to be quoted with shipment when you order {special instructions}.
My experience says that they just really hate anything being concealed blade etc. and hate ballysongs {butterfly}.
Don't worry none about definitions like "one-handed-opening" and all that rot ---- they only inspect what seems weapon like! ---- Tool like = no-big-deal!!!!