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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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sorry to hijack, but still falls into the same lines.
does this no carry-law also apply to no ownership? I don't have a place in the states to leave my stuff, and i'd rather not sell my more expensive/hard to find knives. thanks for any information  |
Unless you plan to become a smuggler... (it is illegal for you to import them to Korea)... there IS a line item on the customs declaration form specifically asking about knives in your possession and if you answer yes they will confiscate them.
Or you can just LIE on the form, keep a straight face and walk through the "nothing to declare line" and probably get away with it; after all, you are a foreigner and Korean laws shouldn't apply to you anyway.
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Unless you plan to become a smuggler... (it is illegal for you to import them to Korea)... there IS a line item on the customs declaration form specifically asking about knives in your possession and if you answer yes they will confiscate them.
Or you can just LIE on the form, keep a straight face and walk through the "nothing to declare line" and probably get away with it; after all, you are a foreigner and Korean laws shouldn't apply to you anyway.
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Dude, you should try chilling out.
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sorry to hijack, but still falls into the same lines.
does this no carry-law also apply to no ownership? I don't have a place in the states to leave my stuff, and i'd rather not sell my more expensive/hard to find knives. thanks for any information |
You'll have to buy new knives in Korea. I "smuggled" a few knives from the US. Didn't even try to hide them because I didn't know. Maybe they didn't care, didn't find them, or the same laws didn't apply to me since I'm a citizen.
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| And here's where I think you might get yourself in trouble. |
Not only will you be legally liable, knives make terrible self-defense weapons in general. |
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ejyanaika
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:46 am Post subject: |
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I feel like it's luck of the draw with which customs officers you have. Anyone here have their collection?
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:57 am Post subject: |
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Smuggling if you don't declare.
NOT smuggling if you do declare.
Be prepared to lose it / them if you do; you don't have a permit to import them and you don't have a right to import or carry them.
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| just saw there was a reply while i was typing. as much as i'd like buy new knives. i don't see korea carrying chris reeve, hinderer, etc type knives |
You can buy them online here, including swords. But you'll need a license for every weapon you own though. |
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ejyanaika
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Smuggling if you don't declare.
NOT smuggling if you do declare.
Be prepared to lose it / them if you do; you don't have a permit to import them and you don't have a right to import or carry them.
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i don't know if you're completely on edge, since this is the internet. But from my assumptions you seem to be taking offense at the fact that i am a knife user/collector, and i'm doing something incredibly illegal.
I'm not asking how i can smuggle over illegal contraband. All i'm asking is am i allowed to have a collection. And with my recent experiences as far as "bringing" and "declaring" my knives i've come across with 2 different scenarios.
Since you just brought up some kind of permit to import, maybe you could have just suggested that i get a permit. And it seems i do have some kind of right to "import" them, because there is a law that says under 15cm is fine, But can be judged dangerous even if under 15cm. So if there were some kind of proper paperwork to bring in such under 15cm knives with the intent of collection, it would be nice to know or pointed in the general direction as i've yet to find anything.
this is only my third post, but it seems this forum isn't the friendliest |
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ejyanaika
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:07 am Post subject: |
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| just saw there was a reply while i was typing. as much as i'd like buy new knives. i don't see korea carrying chris reeve, hinderer, etc type knives |
You can buy them online here, including swords. But you'll need a license for every weapon you own though. |
is this license the same as what the other person was talking about an importing permit? would you happen to be able to point me in the right direction as far as information on acquiring this license? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Since you want to do it... ignore the forum (and me cause I only talk shite) and go direct to the horse.
http://www.customs.go.kr/
Contact them directly and ask your specific questions and skip the conjecture on here.
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ejyanaika
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Since you want to do it... ignore the forum (and me cause I only talk shite) and go direct to the horse.
http://www.customs.go.kr/
Contact them directly and ask your specific questions and skip the conjecture on here.
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just re-read this thread, and seems i'll get nothing but useless ness from you. So you can keep replying, but it'll just prove how bored you are since your opinion is as you'd put it is "shit".
I haven't been ignoring the forum, since someone did bring up a license, and you brought up an import permit. But rather than be helpful, this seems to be some kind of past time for you.
I could contact them, but rather than dealing with the same blanket responses i got one time from a custom officer, personal experience and helpful information is always better. Again, just to re-emphasize i have checked the declaration box and had no problems. So apparently it wasnt illegal or smuggling.
Like the OP stated, there are those of us who consider knives tools(not just Americans), which they are. Hostility towards someone bringing a knife to another country is just your ignorant attitude. I've seen the statement from customs saying below 15cm is fine, and now someone has brought up that there is some kind of license. I just don't want to be ignorant to the process.
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Really I need a license for my knife. Swords - maybe.
I have order knives and customs never stopped or seized them.
I forget if I ever declared my folding knives. I think I did. Customs generally looked and passed me on my way (might have been Australia). As to my porno mags well those I did not declare.
Just display some common sense. Yea a collection would raise some eyebrows, so would Barbie dolls, and comic books. Barbie just screams queer, knives scream "sure as hell not visiting his place".
Once again if you want to carry, keep these suggestions in mind.
1) Keep it small. 3- 6 inches - fine. Bowie or Rambo knife - NO.
2) Placement - on belt or in boot, if noticed will be problems. Back pocket, pocket, bag is fine.
3) Looks. Black with serated edge - will have people thinking - psycho. Pink or blue handle with or nice swiss red cross will have people - nothing really.
4) Unless you are going to be crossing the DMZ on foot and showing some NORKS what you can, do for the love of GOD I would never use it as self defense (UNLESS FREAKING SERIOUS). Because you pull it out, you have just ruined your life.
5) Remember anything (diet, opinion, religion) can be used against you here in the court of Korean opinion. So if you have a knife and you pissed of the wrong person, yea you might find yourself being arrested or in trouble.
6) You do not have the same rights as a Korean and your home countries right do not work here. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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just re-read this thread, and seems i'll get nothing but useless ness from you. So you can keep replying, but it'll just prove how bored you are since you're opinion is as you'd put it "shit".
I haven't been ignoring the forum, since someone did bring up a license, and you brought up an import permit. But rather than be helpful, this seems to be some kind of past time for you.
I could contact them, but rather than dealing with the same blanket responses i got one time from a custom officer, personal experience and helpful information is always better. Again, just to re-emphasize i have checked the declaration box and had no problems. So apparently it was illegal or smuggling.
Like the OP stated, there are those of us who consider knives tools(not just Americans), which they are. Hostility towards someone bringing a knife to another country is just your ignorant attitude. I've seen the statement from customs saying below 15cm is fine, and now someone has brought up that there is some kind of license. I just don't want to be ignorant to the process.
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Aside from the tool/weapon issue.... bringing knives is an issue for customs.
If you want to bring a whopping big kitchen cleaver they will let it pass.
If you want to bring a hunting knife or "rambo" style knife they will take it.
You can bring an autoknife, switchblade or stiletto and it is a criminal offense (even though you may be able to buy them in places like Insadong or Namdaemun.)
You are not a citizen of Korea and as a guest in a foreign land (offshore foreign labor) your "rights" are restricted compared to those of a citizen.
If you want anything that comes across as a definitive type of answer on what you can import then you will have to go to the source and not an EFL board.
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RUBRUBBURNER
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runthegauntlet
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Location: the southlands.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| ejyanaika wrote: |
sorry to hijack, but still falls into the same lines.
does this no carry-law also apply to no ownership? I don't have a place in the states to leave my stuff, and i'd rather not sell my more expensive/hard to find knives. thanks for any information |
no way. you can buy knives all over the place. you can buy them at virtually every interstate rest stop. i've even seen stilettos at those places.
just bring them with you. seriously. |
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swinewho
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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I think people are confusing laws with reality.
Tom is right. Bringing knives in is a customs problem. Korea does have laws about carrying.
True - I carry a pocket/folding knife one of two. One is a little long. Yes, I got it sent from China. Customs did not stop them. OR True I can buy knives here in Korea even switch and butterfly. So because I got them does not mean they are legal.
Think of this - just because you can download tv shows/movies via torrent and other file sharing programs does not mean it is legal. The IP are not blocking, you never get a letter to stop mean you are free to do it.
Add in the extra adage of NOT being Korean. Laws and its application will be different for way gooks. If caught and you are pointing out a Korean who has one or that you bought it in Itaewon will mean squat.
OP or whoever you have a collection. Throw it in your baggage. Maybe you will be able to walk through customs. But if you are caught with it, you are the ones who risk fines, deportation, or confiscation. Do not come here complaining if it happens. |
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