Buying non-prohibited cutlery articles in establishments that sell cutlery articles and transport them to your home by different means of transport is allowed. For this, it is necessary to take into account the different regulations in force at the time of carrying them. Currently, Royal Decree 137/1993, January 29, 1993, the Weapons Regulation, regulates the possession, use, purchase and sale, advertising, circulation, importation and manufacture of what are considered bladed weapons.
Royal Decree 137/1993, January 29, 1993, Weapons Regulations.
· Article 2
Bladed weapon: Weapon consisting of a metallic blade or other material of similar physical characteristics, cutting or piercing.
• Article 3
5.th category:
1. Bladed weapons and, in general, those with sharp or pointed blades that are not prohibited.
2. The knives or machetes used by military units or that are imitation of the same ones.The manufacture, importation, circulation, advertising, sale and purchase, possession and use of the following weapons or their imitations is prohibited:
• Article 4 (Prohibited Weapons)
4.1. Los bastones-estoque, los puñales de cualquier clase y las navajas llamadas automáticas. Se considerarán puñales a estos efectos las armas blancas de hoja menor de 11 centímetros, de dos filos y puntiaguda.
· Article 5:
t is prohibited the commercialization, advertising, sale and purchase, possession and use of non-automatic knives whose blade exceeds 11 centimetres, measured from the edge or top of the handle to the end.
Here it is necessary to clarify that it is allowed the manufacture and commercialization with
*Control of the Civil Guard, the purchase-sale and the possession exclusively in the own domicile, with purposes of ornament and collectionism, of the non-automatic knives whose leaf exceeds 11 centimetres.That is to say, from the time this product is acquired to its arrival to the habitual residence it is allowed to take it perfectly packed and with its purchase ticket.
* Control of the Civil Guard. All manufacturing and commercialization of cutlery products must go through the Control Department in order to certify that the pocketknives and knives sold are legal. According to article 106.
- Article 106. The manufacture, importation and commercialization of weapons of the 5th category will be intercepted by the Civil Guard in order to prevent the prohibited ones. For this purposes, manufacturers, importers and merchants will have to communicate to the Civil Guard the types and characteristics of the weapons they manufacture or import, as well as the operations carried out annually. The Civil Guard will be able to inspect, as many times as it considers appropriate, the different premises where operation that are part of the manufacturing, import or commercialization process are carried out. The acquisition and possession of weapons of category 5.ª, 1, is free for persons on the legal age.
• Article 12.2 : For the factories of the remaining regulated weapons, it will only be necessary the communication, before its opening, modification or transfer, to the General Directorate of the Civil Guard.
ARMS REGLAMENT
· Article 146.
The manufacture, importation and commercialization of weapons of the 5th category will be intercepted by the Civil Guard in order to prevent the prohibited ones. For this purposes, manufacturers, importers and merchants will have to communicate to the Civil Guard the types and characteristics of the weapons they manufacture or import, as well as the operations carried out annually. The Civil Guard will be able to inspect, as many times as it considers appropriate, the different premises where operation that are part of the manufacturing, import or commercialization process are carried out. The acquisition and possession of weapons of category 5.ª, 1, is free for persons on the legal age.
1. It is prohibited to carry, exhibit and use outside the domicile, the place of work, on it’s case, or the corresponding sporting activities, any kind of short firearms and bladed weapons, especially those with pointed blades, as well as, in general, weapons of categories 5, 6 and 7. It is left to the PRUDENT CRITERIA OF THE AUTHORITIES AND THEIR AGENTS to assess whether or not the carrier of the weapons has the need to carry them, depending on the occasion, moment or circumstance, especially if they are weapons covered by B licenses, for security reasons.
2. In general, the fact of carrying or using weapons shall be considered unlawful for those attending public establishments and places of reunion, concentration, recreation or entertainment, as well as in any case those who have been convicted of a crime or offense against people or property or for improper use of weapons or sanctioned for infringement of these Regulations.