Sorry Wes ;D
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Oz - I dont know if you have any idea Wes was a CDN Sgt before he headed Down under...
Canada does not (nor any country I know of) have a curio and relic concept when it comes to knives - by calling it an antique the idea is to point to the collectiblity of the knife.
Canada Custom does consider themselves somewhat above the law when it comes to that however they will follow the rules of the Criminal Code (you might have to pester them a bit)
From the Cdn Criminal Code (as it pertains to knives)
"prohibited weapon" means
(a) a knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife.
(and thats it for knives - with the exception of the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted
SCHEDULE (Sections 2 to 6)
PART 3 PROHIBITED WEAPONS
Former Prohibited Weapons Order, No. 4
8. The device known as the "Constant Companion", being a belt containing a blade capable of being withdrawn from the belt, with the buckle of the belt forming a handle for the blade, and any similar device.
9. Any knife commonly known as a "push-dagger" that is designed in such a fashion that the handle is placed perpendicular to the main cutting edge of the blade and any other similar device other than the aboriginal "ulu" knife.
10. Any device having a length of less than 30 cm and resembling an innocuous object but designed to conceal a knife or blade, including the device commonly known as the "knife-comb", being a comb with the handle of the comb forming a handle for the knife, and any similar device.
(and for those who feel it may be a knife :
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Former Prohibited Weapons Order, No. 2
5. Any finger ring that has one or more blades or sharp objects that are capable of being projected from the surface of the ring.
Thats it thats all. Everything else is legal.
Comb thru the Cdn Gazette is you really want to check out what was done.