Canadian here, and I've never had problems when ordering gear from the U.S. and shipped via U.S.Postal Service. The U.S. postal service handles the shipment as far as the Canadian border, then Canada Post takes over. It's been a while, but I recall paying $5.00 brokerage fees to Canada Post, and that was it,,, no duties. As for taxes, it really doesn't matter,,,, you're going to pay the same rate regardless of whether you're buying the item in the U.S. or Canada.
Give the U.S. Postal Service a call, and tell them you want to buy an item from Canada, and they'll tell you what (if anything) is involved.
I'd contact U.S. Customs also to see what they have to say. If you're buying a knife for kitchen duty, ask your vendor to label it as such (Kitchen Cutlery,,,Chef's Knife,,, made in xxxx, value (whatever the bill says), private/personal home use (not for re-sale)
This is all pretty solid. Only thing is he’s not subject to GST/PST/HST coming into the US. Duties are outlined in my link.
Tried to get a Robert Herder knife from
Old faithful in Canada they said ship to USA.
Would not accept my Hawaii address. I bought a RH knife from Germany a 1910 model. Best grind ever seen on a German knife even counting old carbons. Was looking for a 1922
Everywhere sold out, no luck BST. They have Herder's Japanese Gyuto style 230mm with no finger guard. Same type handle as my 1910.
Letting it get a full unforced patina just using it
Only sharpened it once light pressure progression on gesshin 4K. Gets a really sharp edge, easy with thin grind & just falls through ripe tomatoes. View attachment 157260View attachment 157261
So nice to know that some nice knives coming out of Germany. Thought would get another one while still can. Benuser said going into less
labor intensive methods.
Keith, if they only ship to the lower 48 states, do you have a relative on the mainland that you could have it shipped to, and they in turn, forward it to you?
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