Shipping from Italy

Philip · 29th July 2019, 11:12 PM

DHL just delivered an Indian dagger sent by a customer in Europe for blade polish. Described "Art metalwork, jammadar kattari, Indian >100 years old". Package not opened en route, no stickers or tape from CITES inspection. Took less than a week including a Sat./Sun. to get here.

My colleague in the Netherlands still uses UPS as well as Netherlands Post to send swords to the US. So that leaves FedEx as the absolute no-go for all weapons, antique or otherwise, between countries. (TNT has been bought out by them so it doesn't operate on its own anymore.)

silberschatzimsee · 31st July 2019, 09:59 PM

i received a dagger by fedex today

but i had to wait for 4 weeks so i also cant recommend them.

kai · 1st August 2019, 06:27 AM

Hello Udo,

Quote:

Originally Posted by silberschatzimsee

i had to wait for 4 weeks so i also cant recommend them.

I’m not sure who you mean by “them” - if the Italian government decides to actually enforce standards on culturally important artifacts that are pretty much agreed on globally, I suppose we can’t really blame the government much less any company operating there.

As collectors we also have to bear with idiosyncratic national regulations that surpass global standards like Italy on “weapons” even if antique/obsolete, the US and UK on antique ivory, and the list goes on and on...

BTW, Czerny’s mentions the imposed regulatory processes and timeframe on the website if I remember correctly.

Regards,
Kai

29th July 2019, 11:12 PM	#1
Philip Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,036	FYI --deliveryby DHL DHL just delivered an Indian dagger sent by a customer in Europe for blade polish. Described "Art metalwork, jammadar kattari, Indian >100 years old". Package not opened en route, no stickers or tape from CITES inspection. Took less than a week including a Sat./Sun. to get here. My colleague in the Netherlands still uses UPS as well as Netherlands Post to send swords to the US. So that leaves FedEx as the absolute no-go for all weapons, antique or otherwise, between countries. (TNT has been bought out by them so it doesn't operate on its own anymore.)

31st July 2019, 09:59 PM	#2
silberschatzimsee Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 90	i received a dagger by fedex today but i had to wait for 4 weeks so i also cant recommend them.