Weapons and Knives Policy
Policy overview
Most weapons can't be sold on eBay due to national and international laws, so our policies reflect this. Bear in mind that, to safeguard the community, we may ban other related items that are legal to sell outside to sell outside of eBay.
Please check the list below to get an idea of what is and isn't allowed.
Make sure your listing follows our guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and your buying and selling priviledges could be restricted.
What are the guidelines?
Some hand-to-hand combat weapons and martial arts weapons can't be listed. See the list below, as well as the knives section, for more details.
Allowed |
Instruction or training manual on how to use hand weapons
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Restricted |
Training or practice batons, night sticks, nunchakus, or tonfas that are made of rubber foam, dense foam, or foam with plastic interior tubes - you have to specify this detail in your listing. However, weapons that are foam padded with a metal interior aren't allowed.
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Not allowed |
Items that are not allowed included, but are not limited to:
Handclaws, footclaws, throwing stars, shurikens, sandclubs, sandbags, slingshots, saps and blackjacks "Kusari gama", "kyoketsu shoge", "manrikigusari" or "kusari" (lengths of rope, cord, wire or chain fastned at one end to either a sickle, hooked knife, hard weight or hand grip) Leaded canes, staffs, crutches or sticks Nightsticks, billy clubs, truncheons, tonfas, batons and similar items Nunchaku, coshes, shurikens, naruto and hollow kubutans Plastic, brass or other metal knuckledusters Weapons which discharge noxious liquids or gases such as tear gas or pepper spray dispenser
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Knives
Knives are not permitted for sale on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie with limited exceptions outlined below.
Allowed |
Dining cutlery sets that include knives used for eating Razor blades and surgical blades Tools such as chisels, axes, saws and hoof trimming tools
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Not allowed |
Items that are not allowed included, but are not limited to:
Camping, survival, diving and hunting knives Disguised knives such as belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, air gauge knives and writing pen knives. Martial arts blunt training knives Multi-tool knives and craft knives Sharp kitchen knives (as in pair blocks), cake knives, cheese knives, grapefruit knives, pairing knives, oyster knives and electric knives. Stealth, throwing, ballistic, grivory and rubber knives, Swiss Army knives, Stanley knives and Leathermans Switchblade, spring-balde knives, snap-blade knives, gravity knives, stiletto knives and butterfly knives
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Additional information
Members should be aware when listing knives on eBay that it is an offence to market a knife in a way which indicates or suggests that it is suitable for combat, or is likely to encourage violent behaviour involving the use of the knife as a weapon. It is also an offence to sell knives to a person who is under the age of 18.
Firearms
eBay prohibits members from listing firearms, including antique, collectable and sport and hunting firearms as well as ammunition. Please see our separate firearms policy.
Why does eBay have this policy?
For safety concerns and in order to follow laws and regulations, we restrict the kinds of weapons and accessoies that can be sold on eBay. Be sure to follow all laws and regulations - as well as eBay policies - before buying and selling these items.
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