Hullo everybody!
Actually, at this stage, the edged-weapons ownership laws are not as bad as they first seem. Just needs more thought to work within them. Bottom line is, one has to be philosophical and be prepared to 'lose a shipment' if it has been deemed 'unlawful'. No pain, no gain!
I think 1D is fine. I just feel that his original market is not as 'brisk'.
The sword displayed in this post reminds me of climber/trekker S, from central java, who sells his stuff on E-prey and also via Germany.
Best,