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Originally Posted by spurly
Just GST, and handling fee if they open it.
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They will charge you the handling or admin fee, whatever they call it, regardless if they open the box or not. That would be true for any package where duties and/or taxes are to be assessed, doesn’t have to be a knife.
What Pathfinder and obsessed said about the Canadian makers. Most also don’t do themselves any favours by not maintaining their websites, make themselves known, etc. If anyone follows bladeforums, how many makers from Canada do you see participating? Far and between (especially among a much bigger crowed from the US and elsewhere). There is actually a Canadian makers forum (
https://canadianknifemaker.ca/index.php), but hardly anyone ever heard of it and you can go see what the participation is like. Another thing I have noticed prior is that steel selection is very limited limited among the Canadian makers. Not all, of course, but many may offer s35vn, 154cm/cpm-154, for the most part, and then the “regular” selection of 440c, 80crv2, etc. Again, this is not true for all, but for many. Or so it was some years ago.
Having said that, there are knife makers in Canada that are renowned worldwide, with products priced accordingly.