http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA90xGFyXDw
So I guess every folding knife I've ever owned including a box cutter would be illegal? I don't even understand why being able to open a knife one handed is an issue. You are allowed to have a fixed blade so the speed of deployment really doesn't matter if someone is determined to use a knife for harm.
Interesting video anyway.
So only the small jackknives will be allowed? I usually need 3 hands to open one of them with my sausage fingers.
My understanding is that the restrictions only apply to self-opening (open full at the touch of a release mechanism) or assisted-opening knives (they only open part way at the touch of a release mechanism).Quote:
Originally Posted by cantgetright
The regs were changed to also ban knives that can be opened by centrifugal force. CBSA is now interpreting this to include any folder that from a partially open position can be opened the rest of the way by flicking of the hand/wrist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marker
The result is essentially no folders are being let across the border. The only way around right now is to have the knife shipped in separate pieces and assembled here
I'm just curious, what would prompt the change? You can't bring knives into prison, yet people still get stabbed all the time. They can't really call it a public safety issue in my opinion.
No - the new definition is broader than that. Anything that can be opened by centrifugal force.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marker
Amazon stopped selling folding knives about a year ago.
Canadian Tire still sells them.
Id better go get another one before I can't, I just lost mine I carry in my back pocket every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Crazy stuff .
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If this trend continues, they will propose to cut of fists from babies soon ..
Just in case, if they punch someone when they grow up [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
If it even looks like a switchblade in any aspect,they're prohibited weapons under the criminal code. It's always been that way,so,this is nothing new. I don't get what all the sudden angst is about.
seen them for sale on Amazon Canada a few times and someone will leave a review comment "These are illegal in Canada" and then it disappears. Seen them about 5 times. Now there are no lock blades or folding knives of any kind.
Canadian Tire does still have some, but for how long?
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/cat/t...DC0002384.html
Even the good ole Buck is still available maybe I go get another one. Lot more expensive now 90 bucks
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/b...1.html?loc=plp
QUOTE=trimmer21;1214282]If it even looks like a switchblade in any aspect,they're prohibited weapons under the criminal code. It's always been that way,so,this is nothing new. I don't get what all the sudden angst is about.[/QUOTE]
You are correct the law has been around for many years prohibiting centrifugal knives (and to be clear we not talking about switchblades or other mechanically assisted opening knives which are also prohibited). The sudden angst is because very recently and because of a precedent set in a recent court case the CBSA has changed their interpretation as to what constitutes a centrifugal knife. In the past and up to very recently unassisted folders were allowed to be imported into Canada and you could buy them just about anywhere. Now importation of essentially all folders (unassisted plain jane folders) has been stopped because CBSA considers them centrifugal knives. Any you see for sale are just old stock. No new ones coming in. This includes old faithfuls like the Buck 110 not being permitted into Canada anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
CBSA interpretation of "Centrifugal Knife" - Updated in 2022 and now used to essentially stop all folders at the border.
(b) Centrifugal knife (folding knife, butterfly knife, balisong knife) – A centrifugal knife is one that has a blade that opens automatically by centrifugal force when the blade is released from thehandle into the fully ejected and locked position with a simple and brisk outwardly flick of the wrist; and it includes knives that require some preliminary or simultaneous minimal manipulation of either a flipper, thumb stud or other non-edged parts of the blade. Centrifugal force may be defined as a force, arising from the body's inertia, which appears to act on a body moving in a circular path and is directed away from the centre around which the body is moving. That is,centrifugal force is established when the blade of the knife may be opened with a flick of the wrist
Source:
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publicat...9-13-2-eng.pdf - page 17.
Does anyone know if this will include replaceable blades for havalon and outdoor edge folding knives? I've got a few of those havalon piranta knives around that Federal was including in an ammunition promotion. They are small knives but razor sharp and handy for turkey and small game.
Please note that those described still operate with minimal exertion either by "flicking" or with a thumb tab assisted by gravity,although,they fall into that "gray area" where something is deemed as only illegal "a little bit". They always were and will always continue to be classified as a "switch blade" to use a generic term. Go into almost any corner store and many flea market sales outlets and you can find them for sale to anyone. It's what has resulted in a general clamp down on importing those items.Quote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
Getting replacement blades should still be okay. Parts by themselves don't constitute a knife.Quote:
Originally Posted by cantgetright
What an unfortunate joke….there’s a whole bin full of $5 folding knives at BassPro……
Based on the definition of centrifugal knife, the folding exacto-knives available at Lowes, Home Depot and Canadian tire are illegal to. That's what I like about these knives - you can open them with one hand....
what would be the difference of using a switch exacto knife too then?Quote:
Originally Posted by werner.reiche
these guys trying to say i need to go get new drywall tools too now? LOL
While you can open them with one hand, they are not "centrifugal knives", nor are they spring loaded - so you might be okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob
There is a large Canadian retailer that currently has over 1k of folding knives in stock and imports them every day. TC
Best to order from a Canadian retailer if you want anything that opens with one hand. I spoke to one of the guys at Bass Pro, and it seems our Government likes the revenue they receive with the large Canadian stores, they don’t seem to want individuals to order on their own. That said, I recently ordered a Case Folding Hunter in carbon steel from a US website and the package arrived at the post office and had been opened by our Border Police based on the cheap yellow tape all over the decimated cardboard box. The Folding Hunter is a slip joint, traditional style knife, impossible to open from any position centrifugally, but they are checking…
A couple of years ago I tried to order a red dot sight but was denied because of some ridiculous protocol of not sending from the US to Canada because it's a a firearm accessory. So just for the heck of it I ordered a knife with a 4" fixed blade, and that was no problem.
Makes no sense.
If you order a Red Dot from a Canadian retailer,you'll have it in your hands within a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by fieldtrip
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So the knife on the right is illegal and the knife on the left is legal?! I can open the folding knife using centrical force and without touching the blade so it must be illegal, right?