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Would anyone have a bale for an Imperial RI 2 blade?, similar to the ones on a KampKing?
A few bucks for your trouble!
Thanks

The problem you run into is $2.60 is the minimum shipping for a package. You can't ship a bail in an envelope. It will get caught in the sorting machine. Try a local flea market. You can pick one up cheap. You also might post a picture so it will be certain which one you need.

TonySal wrote: Would anyone have a bale for an Imperial RI 2 blade?, similar to the ones on a KampKing?
A few bucks for your trouble!
Thanks

If you have a picture of what you are looking for, maybe I can help you.

Glenn

just bob wrote:You can't ship a bail in an envelope. It will get caught in the sorting machine.

Sure you can. Sandwich it between a couple of index cards, tape it to one of them and seal the edges together with tape. I've sent small items in a standard envelope that way several times with no problem. Piece of cheese.

Sure you can. Sandwich it between a couple of index cards, tape it to one of them and seal the edges together with tape. I've sent small items in a standard envelope that way several times with no problem. Piece of cheese.


NO! I sent bail to Dimitri inside a Christmas card and it got caught in a sorting machine and shredded to pcs. He got the shreds.
Maybe sometimes one might slide through but it isn't a good practice and shouldn't be recommended at all. Contact your local post office for additional information on the subject. If someone is paying for something it should include tracking anyway.

Years ago when I was buying tokens on ebay it wasn't unusual for the seller to try and save a buck and ship them in an envelope. More than once the envelope with the tokens got caught in the sorting machine and was damaged. That is very common. Shipping rigid items in an envelope is not a good practice. Here is the postal policy and while it doesn't mention knife bail's specifically it does mention keys and coins. There are also links on Google showing envelopes are being returned to the sender for being too rigid.

Letters that can be sorted on automated equipment get better postage prices than those which can't. Such pieces are called "machinable" letters. A piece that meets the size requirements above is considered a machinable letter if it also:
Weighs no more than 3.3 ounces; AND,

Is rectangular (except that letter-sized cards may have rounded corners with a radius of no more than 1/8 inch); AND,

Does NOT have any of the following characteristics:

Its length divided by its height is less than 1.3 or more than 2.5 (a square piece would have a length divided by height of 1, meaning that square pieces are not machinable); OR,

It is polybagged, polywrapped, or enclosed in any plastic material; OR,

It has clasps, strings, buttons, or similar closure devices; OR,

It contains items such as pens, pencils, or loose keys or coins that cause the thickness of the mail piece to be uneven; OR,

It is too rigid to bend around an 11" diameter turn in the sorting machines; OR,

It has a thickness under 0.009 inch, (only applies for pieces at least 4-1/4 inches high or 6 inches long); OR,

It has the address running in the same direction as the shorter sides instead of the longer sides; OR,

It is a folded self-mailer and has a fold that is perpendicular to the address, unless it meets special USPS folding and sealing requirement for pieces with perpendicular folds; OR

It is a booklet and does not meet USPS binding and sealing requirements for booklets.
A letter that is not "machinable" is called "nonmachinable".

As I said, my opinion and recommendation is based on my experience. I've done it a number of times over the years and never had a problem so we will just have to agree to disagree.

I have several bails I could give you. Just need to see the knife to see if the ones I have match.

This is what happens when you send a spring(packaged as described above and very well)through an automated sorting machine.

You can buy nickel-silver rods at a hobby store, like Hobby Lobby and make your own. I'm assuming the bail just fits into holes on the bolsters and are not pinned through the bolsters.

Charlie Noyes