&&The SCHOTF3 Viper Out-the-Front Assisted Opening knife from Schrade features a double-edge 4034 steel blade with a dead blast finish. The handle is black aluminum with a safety, pocket clip and glass breaker. To deploy the blade, the safety lock push on the slider near the base of the handle is released to get the blade moving and the spring assist mechanism continues the deployment of the blade. To retract the blade, the safety lock and pull down on the slider is released to lock it back in place. It is an assisted automatic deployment and manual retraction.

&&CBSA Memorandum D19-13-2 outlines how Tariff Item 9898.00.00 of the Customs Tariff, the Criminal Code, the Firearms Act, and the Export and Import Permits Act relate to the importing and exporting of firearms, firearm parts, weapons, devices, and certain types of ammunition.&&&&Paragraph 18 of D 19-13-2 states:&&&&18. Weapons that fall under paragraph (a) include the following:&&&&(a) Automatic knife (switchblade) – An automatic knife that houses a blade that will open automatically by hand pressure applied to a lever or button in or attached to the handle (but not on the blade) of the knife. The blade is released by pressure on the lever or button, and opens with the assistance of an internal spring or mechanism.&&&&The Criminal Code defines a prohibited weapon as:&&&&(a) a knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife, or&&(b) any weapon, other than a firearm, that is prescribed to be a prohibited weapon.&&&&Note that there is a button, spring or other device "in" or attached to the handle. The slider that is pushed may be attached to the blade, but it is not attached to the exposed part of the blade, it remains at all times within the handle and so is "in" the handle matching the definition found in paragraphs (a) above. When this knife is open there is no thumb stud or other protrusion on the blade; the blade is smooth on both sides. It requires no manual pressure applied directly to the blade, therefore it does not meet the criteria laid out above in order to qualify as an exception.&&