Mexican knife law?

[fisherman]

Hi,



In the next week or so I will be going to the yucatan on a fishing trip. I was planning on taking my millitary model, endura, and native. Does anyone the Mexican knife laws and what I should do at the airport. Just carry them in my tackle box or on me, or some other way?

Thanks fisherman

[The Stare]

My experience is so old it may not be relevant any longer. Nevertheless, I would strongly suggest you take only knives you can bear losing. I say that along with a stronger suggestion that you keep any knives you take from the eyes of any police officers. Believe it likely they'd steal anything that looked any good from you.

Lest anyone think this is evidence of some bias, or whatever, I know that I read within the past year that the police in Mexico City are regarded as being perhaps the worst criminal element there.

For more than 30 years, from an assortment of people, have only heard that many, if not most of the police in Mexico are corrupt.

I'd buy Frost's Mora knives for my Mexican adventures at under $10 a pop, if I were going.

Guess what I'm trying to say is that the laws are what each individual officer says they are.

Stare

[patogordo]

Well I have being living the last 4 years here and I think it should be less than 2 inches no kidding, if the police see tnat you have one it will be confiscated and you thrown in to jail so be careful, but being in a tourist beach y think is cancun they will not bother you if you keep them in a low profile, its bad for tourism is the police pick on fisherman in a contest.

I want all of them

[ftkinney]

hey fisherman before leaving texas i used to go to mexico fequently. and i always had my s.a.k. and a few times a gerber gator folder i've never few, always walked or drove, once coming back a mexican policeman on the border of the rio grande advized me not to bring the gerber gator back but the s.a.k. was o.k., he did not confiscate it but i followed his advice. i have a friend who is a hunting guide and he aways carried a large, 6 inch,fixed blade for work and i don't think he has a problem but he is so rural i think knives are more excepted as a part of daly life i gave him wegner recently and he really loves it. hate to have that get confiscated.

good luck on the fishing contest.

FTK

[mnblade]

fisherman:
Just curious, why would you want to take a Military, an Endura, AND a Native? I could maybe see taking one of the larger knives (Military or Endura) and the smaller Native. But all three? What's the point?
As for what to bring, I'd recommend taking the Endura and stowing it in your checked luggage for the flight. Then, once you're there, carry it as inconspicuously as possible, perhaps in waistband or even in your pocket. Out on the boat, of course, it won't matter.
Let us know what you decide and how the fishing is! Have fun.

[fisherman]

On second thought, I think I will just take my native and fillet knife. (MORE PRACTICAL)
Thanks for the advice everyone.
fisherman

[ftkinney]

i think that is a good choice, catch a big one.

FTK