Shipping a knife to a deployed ship

[Mercula]

My bro in law deploys tomorrow. Navy. Can I mail him a knife and expect him to get it ? We looked online and it says "privately owned weapons addressed to an individual are prohibited in any class of mail.) Wtf ?

[asmo]

You answered your own question.

[Great-Kazoo]

Just so you know. Once he's underway, and hits a port. There's plenty of places he will be able to buy knives, some of them really nice. . Unless he's on a bird cage, then they only get to see land, from a few miles out.

[JohnnyEgo]

It's been many years since I was last deployed on a ship, but I don't imagine a pocket knife would be a problem. A fixed blade knife or a folder over 3.25" might be more of an issue, as it may be seen as a personal weapon. But my parents sent me a Leatherman back in the day with any problems. Just don't send chocolate. It doesn't fair well in the heat and humidity and becomes all chalky white after spending two months trying to catch up with them.

[Aloha_Shooter]

It just kills me when a Buck 110 or similar size TOOL is considered a "weapon" ...

[Bailey Guns]

It just kills me when a Buck 110 or similar size TOOL is considered a "weapon" ...

You obviously haven't seen enough Steven Seagal movies.

[SideShow Bob]

It just kills me when a Buck 110 or similar size TOOL is considered a "weapon" ...

Hell, my Boy Scout knife was confiscated at the beginning of Basic Training as an unauthorized weapon...... Then two days later they issued me a bayonet..... The Military, go figure.....