I WOULD CHECK WITH THE AGENTS AT THE AIRPORTS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TAIWAN TO MAKE SURE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO BRING ANYTHING IN JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.
YEARS AGO I WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND BOUGHT SEVERAL EDGED WEAPONS AND I HAD NO TROUBLE. WHEN I ARRIVED IN TAIWAN WITH A SUITCASE WITH LOTS OF EDGED WEAPONS THE TROUBLE BEGAN. I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BRING ANY OF THEM INTO THE COUNTRY AND HAD TO LEAVE THEM AT THE AIRPORT. WHEN I LEFT TAIWAN I WAS ALLOWED TO GET MY ITEMS BUT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BRING THEM PAST CUSTOMS TO PUT THEM IN MY CHECKED LUGGAGE. SO THERE I WAS WITH MY LUGGAGE CHECKED AND A SACK FULL OF EDGED WEAPONS IN HAND AND STILL HAD TO CLEAR SECURITY BEFORE BOARDING. I SAW OUR PILOT AND CO PILOT AND TOLD THEM MY PROBLEM AND THEY TOOK MY ITEMS WITH THEM INTO THE COCKPIT AND GAVE THEM TO ME WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION. TAIWAN WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE I EVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM. TO THEM A KNIFE WAS A KNIFE EVEN IF IT DIDN'T HAVE AN EDGE SO I DOUBT THAT WOULD HELP GET ANYTHING PAST CUSTOMS.
I WAS LUCKY . SO I WOULD CHECK VERY CAREFULLY AND SEE IF THERE IS A PROPER WAY TO DO IT AND GET ANY PERMITS IN WRITING AS THEY WERE VERY STRICT BACK THEN AND TODAYS WORLD IS MUCH DIFFERENT SO LAWS MAY BE EVEN MORE STRICT TODAY. GOOD LUCK
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