Passaround knives and the Post

[Tiffers]

I dont know what everyone else thinks but in my opinion a fixed blade knife being sent through the post needs to be in some form of solid packaging. The reason I have raised this is because today I took receipt of the Neilson Pink Ivory passaround knife and the blade was through the jiffy bag. The post office were somewhat unhappy with me and have requested that future packages containing knives are packed with respect for the postman.

Its packaging consists of a soft cotton and fleece wrap with a seperate segment for the knife and one for the sheath. In transit the wrap had shifted enough for the tip of the blade to find its way out of the wrap (it hadnt cut through the wrap) and through the jiffy bag. Had a postman been carrying this and fallen over, it could have been disasterous.

Now I have received several other fixed blades through the post but they have at least had the minimum of a cardboard blade protector plus copious amounts of bubblewrap, neither of which would give too much protection admittedly, it just feels much more secure.

When I had a fixed blade to return to someone I had made a sheath for I used one of the transport tubes to send it, these are perfect for a fixed blade knife and sheath and dont actually cost any more to send than a jiffybag.

I was advised that if this happened again then I might be requested to collect each and every package which MIGHT contain a knife from the Post Office instead of it being delivered to my door.

I dont know how everyone else feels about this but I do think we have to be sensible and careful when sending items through the post.

Tiffers

[Danzo]

Why wasn't the knife in it's sheath for postage?

:huh:

Danzo

[Tiffers]

Why wasn't the knife in it's sheath for postage?

:huh:

Danzo

Because people here are so used to having a sheath but not actually using it unless you need to actually carry the knife with you as a user!

Tiffers

[Danzo]

Because people here are so used to having a sheath but not actually using it unless you need to actually carry the knife with you as a user!

Tiffers

Then there is an initial failure by someone who perhaps should have known better. I have posted off two scandis today. They are in their sheaths, swathed in bubble wrap and then in a padded envelope. I have done this dozens of times without a problem.

I understand where you are coming from Tiffers, but I wouldn't want to force people into even more expensive packaging because one member had a simpleton moment which I bet they now regret really rather a lot.

And I don't know who it is, before any one asks me. And if it was me I was drunk.

;)

Danzo

[Tiffers]

I wouldn't want to force anyone at all to buy extra packaging if it wasn't needed.

I guess what I was really trying to say was that people do need to be aware that the person carrying the package may not realise its got a knife inside it which needs treating with respect. As a result of that, care does need to be applied when packaging it up. If you are going to send a fine, pointy little sharpie through the post then it needs to be packaged accordingly, either in its sheath or in something which will protect it (and others from it).

Postal tubes can be used over and over again much easier than a jiffy can which means that in the long run, they are more economical than jiffies. They only cost about a quid each and you can fit a reasonably sized knife and sheath into one.

I know its my choice but I do already use tubes for sending knives if it calls for one. A few pence more than the cost of a jiffy envelope really doesnt worry me.

Tiffers

[dtalbot]

Twas in the fleece in a box in with loads of polystyreen snails then in a jiffy when it left me, that was how it made it's way safely across the atlantic, guess someone ditched the box to cut down on post costs.
David

[mloc]

today i posted the grimm knives on to jon but only after rebuilding the boxes. i'm not sure when/how/who these boxes were damaged but the knives were in the sheaths in there respective box with a layer of foam and in two jiffy bags. i think it's only right to protect someone else's property (and the postie's fingers). if we dont protect these passaround knives the dealers and makers who supply them could stop being so generous and we may not get any more :C

[Colin KC]

I've got a problem with posting knives in their sheaths (read, rust:mad: )

Sooo, I've found that a knife within a covering, & a sheath within a covering, taped together works fine (haven't had a dead postie yet;))

[mojofilter]

Perhaps thid could be a good strategy to get our own back on parcel farce! :lol:

[MotorbikeMan]

I must be lucky as I've never had a knife rust in a sheath. However, I think if you are going to send a knife through the post out of it's sheath, it is only sensible to ensure that the tip will not make it's way through the envelope. This is as simple as floding a piece of thickish card up into a makeshift sheath and wrapping some tape round it, as simple as that.

I have to say, I always thought this was common sense :huh:

[Rogue]

haven't had a dead postie yet


Maybe they didn't survive long enough to complain :O

I think it's one of the common sense points that are so obvious you just don't always think of them like... err... taking the handbrake off before trying to pull away from a junction...