Fake M9 Ontario?

[Blackmantis]

Australia, (If I were in China, I'm sure I could find a Taiwan M9 for sale somewhere ;)). Our customs is really strict here (they restrict even plastic or wooden model/display/practice knives coming in through customs here. It took me a month to get an entirely wooden Rubber-band-gun in through customs because it had to be checked to make sure it wasn't able to be used in a deadly manner.

Thanks for the help though. M9's seldom show up on Ebay Australia, but they're often used and battleworn, and I'm keeping my eye out for new stuff. The Collectors Armoury war museum, and Military Surplus stores only sell cheap Taiwan clones (despite being $50 more than the Ontario one I got), and the knife stores sell most M9s for about $300.

[Mister Moon]

Yea ... I'd see your customs to the french TV some days ago , and i see they're very very strict ! It's horrible for the Australian collectors ..... Change country !

BlackMoon

[Blackmantis]

I'd love to hit the USA, and I don't know about French gun/knife laws. France sounds like a nice place though! It's so hard for Aussies to migrate to other parts of the world these days though. The only way I can get out is a green-card lottery.

[lee cousens]

Hi and welcome to the site, i often post bayonets from the UK to Australia with no problems what so ever, the last m9s were opened by customs and cleared ok, perhaps it depends on were the items are arriving from?
Sorry your having so much hassle, it would be nice to live in the states as we both miss out on some great bayonets

[Blackmantis]

I wouldn't think it'd be lawful to own a bayonet in England with the whole knife amnesty thing?

[lee cousens]

There is no law against owning as long as you dont walk the streets with it, you could just as easily kill with a kitchen knife!
Stupid idots try to spoil things for normal collectors ,were will it all end?

[Blackmantis]

I don't get it.

England is so much more restrictive.

In Australia, you can't walk the streets with knives either, however, if you have a knife with a good use or purpose, such as a utility knife, pocket/folding knife or stanley boxcutter, then you're pretty much ok provided you use it for work. It's the nutjob bogans who carry 11" rambo knives around in their car gloveboxes that get arrested. Things seem a little more relaxed down here since there's not as many stabbings.

I hear a guy in the UK had his knife and (deactivated) gun collection seized by police "just in case" not long ago because his neighbours were worried that someone might "use them against him", the guy lost about GPB 4500 worth of collected stuff, including some very rare bayonets, and some lovely WWII guns he used to own before the Dunblane massacre and had to have made inoperable. Winston Churchill would be rolling in his grave!