Limitations on Purchasing Knives

OLD DOMINION ARMORY will not be responsible for any items seized or confiscated. Our privacy policy notwithstanding, OLD DOMINION ARMORY will cooperate with law enforcement officials by providing buyer information should a knife, sword, or similar item bought from us be used in the comission of a crime.

*Knives, Swords, and similar items cannot be sold to minors

Legal Notice
OLD DOMINION ARMORY does not warrant that a person may legally purchase, possess, or carry specific items offered for sale on the website according to federal, state or local laws. These items include, but are not limited to, machetes, knives, swords, stun guns, and certain non-lethal and chemical spray devices.
A buyer purchasing any knife, sword, or similar item from OLD DOMINION ARMORY whether by phone, mail, electronic mail (e-mail), or in person, grants that he/she is in compliance with local and state laws, and legally able to purchase these items. In addition, the buyer grants that he/she is under no legal restrictions which would prohibit such person from ordering, owning, possessing, or transferring these items under applicable federal, state, or local law.
[red]Certain items may only be sold to authorized members of law enforcement and U.S. Military organizations.[/red]

Release, assumption of risk, and waiver of liability and indemnity agreement
KNIVES AND SWORDS ARE SHARP! The knife or sword you purchased is not designed or intended for use as a weapon. OLD DOMINION ARMORY makes no representation or warranty, espressed or implied, as to any matter not expressley provided herin, including without limitation, the condition, quality, design, or fitness of the knife, sword, or similar for use on any particular purpose. The buyer, by making a purchase, is indicating acceptance of this legal notice and agrees that OLD DOMINION ARMORY shall have no liability to purchaser or any person whatsoever for any claim, loss, damage, or expense arising from handling, use, display, or storage of the knife, sword, or similar item.

§ 18.2-308. Personal protection; carrying concealed weapons; when lawful to carry.

A. If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind by action of an explosion of any combustible material; (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, or blackjack; (iii) any flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nun chuck, nunchaku, shuriken, or fighting chain; (iv) any disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart; or (v) any weapon of like kind as those enumerated in this subsection, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A second violation of this section or a conviction under this section subsequent to any conviction under any substantially similar ordinance of any county, city, or town shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony, and a third or subsequent such violation shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony. Any weapon used in the commission of a violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and may be seized by an officer as forfeited, and such as may be needed for police officers, conservators of the peace, and the Division of Forensic Science shall be devoted to that purpose, subject to any registration requirements of federal law, and the remainder shall be disposed of as provided in § 18.2-310. For the purpose of this section, a weapon shall be deemed to be hidden from common observation when it is observable but is of such deceptive appearance as to disguise the weapon's true nature.

B. This section shall not apply to any person while in his own place of abode or the curtilage thereof.

Except as provided in subsection J1, this section shall not apply to:

1. Any person while in his own place of business;

2. Any police officers, including Capitol Police officers, sergeants, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs or regular game wardens appointed pursuant to Chapter 2 (§ 29.1-200 et seq.) of Title 29.1;

3. Any regularly enrolled member of a target shooting organization who is at, or going to or from, an established shooting range, provided that the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;

4. Any regularly enrolled member of a weapons collecting organization who is at, or going to or from, a bona fide weapons exhibition, provided that the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;

5. Any person carrying such weapons between his place of abode and a place of purchase or repair, provided the weapons are unloaded and securely wrapped while being transported;

§ 18.2-311. Prohibiting the selling or having in possession blackjacks, etc.

If any person sells or barters, or exhibits for sale or for barter, or gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished, or has in his possession, or under his control, with the intent of selling, bartering, giving or furnishing, any blackjack, brass or metal knucks, any disc of whatever configuration having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, or like weapons, such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The having in one's possession of any such weapon shall be prima facie evidence, except in the case of a conservator of the peace, of his intent to sell, barter, give or furnish the same.