# switchblade knife - manufacturer or dealer to authorized recipients — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For switchblade knife - manufacturer or dealer to authorized recipients, carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is domestic mail - from authorized manufacturers or dealers to authorized recipients; conditions is Authorized manufacturers or bona fide dealers may mail switchblade knives to government procurement officials or authorized recipients in connection with official procurement or resale, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** switchblade knife - manufacturer or dealer to authorized recipients
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail - from authorized manufacturers or dealers to authorized recipients _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Authorized manufacturers or bona fide dealers may mail switchblade knives to government procurement officials or authorized recipients in connection with official procurement or resale _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Authorized manufacturers or bona fide dealers may mail switchblade knives to addresses within one of the categories listed above in connection with official procurement or resale.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_015.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).