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**Bill Harsey** · 06-09-2009, 09:59

At Blade Show in Atlanta I attended a meeting with the owners and CEO's of all the major knife companies.

We face a significant problem of the United States Customs broadening the definition of auto opening knives to include any folding knife that can be opened with one hand.

Any knife that can be opened with one hand would be banned from import into the United States. The result, as I'm told, could also ban the sale of said knife types from one state to another within the United States.

A link:http://www.kniferights.org/index.php...iew&id=81&Item

Edited to add: US Customs and Border Protection do a critical, important and very difficult job. I'm in no way banging on US Customs in general, however I have a disagreement with the current proposed rule change.

06-09-2009, 09:59	#1
Bill Harsey Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oregon, Land of the Silver Grey Sunsets Posts: 3,886	US Customs Proposed Law Banning Folders At Blade Show in Atlanta I attended a meeting with the owners and CEO's of all the major knife companies. We face a significant problem of the United States Customs broadening the definition of auto opening knives to include any folding knife that can be opened with one hand. Any knife that can be opened with one hand would be banned from import into the United States. The result, as I'm told, could also ban the sale of said knife types from one state to another within the United States. A link:http://www.kniferights.org/index.php...iew&id=81&Item Edited to add: US Customs and Border Protection do a critical, important and very difficult job. I'm in no way banging on US Customs in general, however I have a disagreement with the current proposed rule change. Last edited by Bill Harsey; 06-17-2009 at 22:20.
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