Restricted for shipping in France?

[lapince]

Hi guys,

My name is Arnaud, I am french, yeah I know but nobody's perfect :-) I got the pair of C42 Viele about 20 years ago in a Paris shop, for the time they were quite expensive knives, at least for me, talking about the original models, not the updated shorter one they did later, I got both the straight blade and the saw like one, sorry those are probably not the correct terms but I think you get my drift.

I would like to get 1 or 2 new Spyders, was thinking maybe one of the 2 could be a fast opening one, but I see it is restricted, do any of you know if they are ok to send them to France?

Thanks for your replies.

Cheers

[Johnnie1801]

You can buy most Spyderco knives in France, you just need to be careful what you carry in public. You can find most of the new Spyderco's on this site:-

http://www.coutellerie-tourangelle.com/

[lapince]

Thanks Johnnie

[M2P]

Hi lapince !

I'm from France too, not perfect too so and like you, I begun to become fan of Spyderco with the beautiful Viele. Perhaps the most beautiful Spyderco (even if I'm a big fan of the Native) But I was not able to buy it, too expensive for a student. I found it 2 years ago in a shop, a second hand but as new !

About the shipping to France, I don't really know, I used to buy many knives from USA and Canada, I received one (not a fast opening) this month from USA. But another one was not able to enter in EU, from Bielorussia ... I think it was not a problem in France, but from Bielorussia custom who was not able to let it export in EU.

Math

[lapince]

Thanks Math,

Well I found one in France but it's not very nice, it's the Autonomy, not really great, so I am going for a Benchmade either the Adamas Sibert Auto, or the Bedlam Axis Auto, I would like one soon, but if the quality stands up to what I heard and read I will probably get the other one after, which one would you guys recommend? Knowing I have the Viele, the Matriarch 2, the Delica and a Fox Karambit, I wanted the SPyderco Karambit but it was just too expensive and the Fox looks really cool, it's the Fox 599 Karambit as they have other models, I received the Matriarch 2 today and the Delica and Karambit should arrive later, I am starting individual lessons of knife combat next week, 2 times a week 1,5 hours, which should make me progress much faster than with other people, and for 7 dollars the lesson, yeah I live in Ukraine, it's really worth it, I would imagine that in 1 year I should already have a serious level in combat knife.

Thanks for your replies guys

[SpyderEdgeForever]

What are the rules in France about carrying a Spyderco balisong like the Janisong?
What are the rules in France about carrying knives like the Endura and fixed blades with 3-5 inch blades?

And is it true that almost everyone there carries and/or owns an Opinel?

[Midnightrider]

I like the looks of the Adamas also. .160 blade thickness is just what the doctor ordered. It's on my list.