Are you allowed to bring back flick knives into the UK from france in checked luggage?
‘Flick’ knives are illegal to import into the country, but it depends what your definition of a ‘flick’ knife is; I’ve seen all sorts of knives described as ‘flick’ knives that aren’t. A true ‘flick’ knife (also called a switchblade or automatic knife) is a knife which includes a button or switch on the handle which, when pressed, opens the blade via a spring. These were made illegal to manufacture or transfer in any way in the 50’s; the only way you can legally own one is if you had it in your possession before the law was introduced. I would suggest instead that you bring back another pocketknife of French manufacture; there are a lot of very nice looking, good quality French pocketknives and some can be had at a very reasonable price.
