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Hardtarget · January 19, 2009, 09:48 PM

I'm trying to find out if I can bring home a bayonet for my K-31 if I get to go to Switzerland. Can it be carried in "checked" luggage? Can it,( would it be better), to send it via UPS? Is it better to not try at all?

just curious.

Thanks in advance for any info on this!

Mark.

B. Lahey · January 19, 2009, 10:06 PM

I flew back with some knives in my checked luggage the last time I was in europe, didn't have any problems. It used to be ok, anyway, and I bet it still is. Check the regulations yourself to make sure.

raimius · January 20, 2009, 05:58 PM

Knives can be checked, according to the TSA. I don't know about Swiss regs. or any place you are going through to get back to the US.

Hardtarget · January 20, 2009, 10:48 PM

Thanks for the responses. I'll dig a bit more. Worth the time to make things go smooth!

Mark.

IZinterrogator · January 20, 2009, 11:40 PM

Make sure you can own a fixed blade knife of that length at your destination. I took my own bayonet to OIF and the MPs pulling Customs duty wouldn't let me take it home because they said it was illegal in TX due to blade length, where I bought it in the first place.

armsmaster270 · January 21, 2009, 12:04 AM

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Make sure you can own a fixed blade knife of that length at your destination. I took my own bayonet to OIF and the MPs pulling Customs duty wouldn't let me take it home because they said it was illegal in TX due to blade length, where I bought it in the first place.
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January 19, 2009, 09:48 PM	#1
Hardtarget Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2001 Location: Nashville, Tn. Posts: 683	restrictions...?... I'm trying to find out if I can bring home a bayonet for my K-31 if I get to go to Switzerland. Can it be carried in "checked" luggage? Can it,( would it be better), to send it via UPS? Is it better to not try at all? just curious. Thanks in advance for any info on this! Mark. __________________ ...even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while.

January 20, 2009, 10:48 PM	#4
Hardtarget Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2001 Location: Nashville, Tn. Posts: 683	Thanks for the responses. I'll dig a bit more. Worth the time to make things go smooth! Mark. __________________ ...even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while.

January 20, 2009, 11:40 PM	#5
IZinterrogator Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2004 Location: Prescott Valley, AZ Posts: 2,457	Make sure you can own a fixed blade knife of that length at your destination. I took my own bayonet to OIF and the MPs pulling Customs duty wouldn't let me take it home because they said it was illegal in TX due to blade length, where I bought it in the first place. __________________ "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” - Samuel Adams

January 21, 2009, 12:04 AM	#6
armsmaster270 Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2008 Location: California Posts: 1,951	Quote Make sure you can own a fixed blade knife of that length at your destination. I took my own bayonet to OIF and the MPs pulling Customs duty wouldn't let me take it home because they said it was illegal in TX due to blade length, where I bought it in the first place. __________________ Remember those are M.P.'s not real customs the real customs agents will let a lot the military customs won't let in. __________________ http://www.armsmaster.net-a.googlepages.com http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/f...aster270/Guns/ Retired LE, M.P., Sr. M.P. Investigator F.B.I. Trained Rangemaster/Firearms Instructor & Armorer, Presently Forensic Document Examiner for D.H.S.

January 19, 2009, 10:06 PM	#2
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,857	I flew back with some knives in my checked luggage the last time I was in europe, didn't have any problems. It used to be ok, anyway, and I bet it still is. Check the regulations yourself to make sure.

January 20, 2009, 05:58 PM	#3
raimius Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2008 Posts: 2,199	Knives can be checked, according to the TSA. I don't know about Swiss regs. or any place you are going through to get back to the US.