I am going to order a barrage 580 off the benchmade website to be delivered to the uk and was just wondering if it would get here through the customs

Its only illegal if the find it

Anycase I responded to you post in open topic but I did want to add in some more advice b/c I have a cousin who goes to school in London and I did ship a couple knives to him successfully.

If I am correct, its illegal to own any knife that locks up. I think you are supposed to have something like a "Slip Joint lock" like the Spyderco UK Pen knife (i don't recommend that knife at all). A Slip Joint lock is basically a knife that barely locks up and with a slight push it can close, extremely unsafe and a big waste of time in my opinion. I do not recommend buying a knife from a company that may mark the package as "so and so knife company, knife*****, or anything like that b/c it will have a greater chance of being opened by customs.

Like I suggested in the open forum (I didn't see this post until after) I would buy from another forum member or any kind of private sale only because you will get a good deal and the package can be a little more "below the radar" and not marked with anything that says knife.

I hope I didn't offend anyone by posting my advice and I do respect the forum but I just don't think its fair to outlaw tools just because they are designed to be safer and easier for the user.

Any question just PM me.