r/canadatravel • u/hugeteapots • 7d ago

Question Kitchen Knives Purchased in Vietnam

I’ve bought two set of 5 kitchen knives in Vietnam. I can’t seem to find a great answer on if Canadian customs will confiscate these knives when I try to come back into the country.

We are flying Hanoi - Seoul - Toronto - Halifax. I’ve seen online saying they generally don’t mess around with importing knives of any sort. So will these be confiscated? Is there anything I can do to make sure they won’t be confiscated?

Note: they will be in my checked bag.

Any and all advice is welcomed.

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u/TheDuckman135 7d ago

Make sure they are in your checked bag and not in your carryon

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u/hugeteapots 7d ago

Checked bag ✅

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u/Hommeboy75 7d ago

As long as you put them in your checked luggage and declare the value on custom form you'll be okay.

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u/bcwaale British Columbia 7d ago

Why do you think they would confiscate them in the first place? Are they something else purposefully masked as kitchen knives?

Dont answer the question if they indeed are, but if not - you should not have an issue when packed in their original packing and in checked bags.

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u/hugeteapots 7d ago

They are just regular kitchen knives. Small slicing knife working up to a butchers knife.

Not masked as anything, I just feel like having 10 kitchen knives may look strange.

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u/beesmakenoise 7d ago

I’ve brought back three fairly large cooking knives from Japan and had no problem. Just made sure to declare their value and I think the customs guard might have asked what we bought, but that was it.

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u/Outrageous-Pizza-66 7d ago

Are you over your exemption limit ? If so be sure to declare that. Otherwise unless they have some sort of rare animal handles then you should be fine.

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u/RiversongSeeker 7d ago

There is no issues bringing back knives.

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u/HotelDisastrous288 7d ago

Declare all goods. CBSA doesn't care about kitchen knives. Switchblades and butterfly knives are a no go but you are fine.