It might entirely depend on the person reviewing the items. It does appear that pocket knives are on the Prohibited List.

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Partial list of items for sale and services the advertisement of which is not permitted on [URL removed]

Fake, imitation, or knock off items.
Wholesale and distributor lists.
Adult content of any kind/obscene material/child pornography/adult ‘toys’. If you wouldn’t want an eight year old looking at it, it is best to sell it elsewhere.
All lingerie pictures must be on mannequins (it’s too difficult for us to enforce what is and isn’t too racy otherwise)
Nude photos of any sort.
Offer or solicitation of illegal prostitution.
Weapons and related items, including but not limited to firearms, disguised, undetectable or switchblade knives, pocket knives, martial arts weapons, scopes, silencers, crossbows, spear guns, ammunition, ammunition magazines, BB guns, tear gas, pepper spray or stun guns.
Items issued to United States Armed Forces that have not been disposed of in accordance with Department of Defense demilitarization policies.
Fireworks, including but not limited to “safe and sane” fireworks or any destructive devices or explosives.
Controlled substances or illegal drugs, substances and items used to manufacture controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.
Alcohol or tobacco products.
Kratom or any variation.
Prescription drugs and medical devices, including but not limited to prescription or contact lenses, defibrillators, hypodermic needles or hearing aids.
Nonprescription drugs that make false or misleading treatment claims or treatment claims that require FDA approval.
Expired products
Blood, bodily fluids or body parts.
Household pets of any kind including but not limited to dogs, cats, primates, cage birds, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fish. Re-homing with small adoption fee OK
Pet animal parts, blood, or fluids – including but not limited to stud/breeding service
Restricted or regulated plants and insects, including but not limited to noxious weeds, endangered plant species, or live insects or pests.
Pesticides or hazardous substances, or items containing hazardous substances including but not limited to contaminated toys, or art or craft material containing toxic substances without a warning label. All pesticides sold and distributed in the United States MUST be registered with the EPA.
Illegal telecommunications equipment, including but not limited to access cards, password sniffers, access card programmers and unloopers, or cable descramblers
Stolen property, or property with serial number removed or altered.
Burglary tools, including but not limited to lock-picks or motor vehicle master keys
False identification cards, items with police insignia, citizenship documents, or birth certificates.
Counterfeit currency, coins and stamps, tickets, as well as equipment designed to make them.
Items that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance, or promote organizations with such views. We’ll also remove listings that graphically portray graphic violence or victims of violence, unless they have substantial social, artistic, or political value.
Material that infringes Copyright and Intellectual Property, including but not limited to software or other digital goods you are not authorized to sell, warez, bootlegs (without consent of the brand).
Airline tickets that restrict transfer, and tickets of any kind which you are not authorized to sell.
Coupons or gift cards that restrict transfer, and coupons or gift cards which you are not authorized to sell.
Gambling items, including but not limited to lottery tickets, sports trading card ‘grab bags’, raffle tickets, sweepstakes entries or slot machines.
Used or rebuilt batteries, or batteries containing mercury.
Used bedding and clothing, unless sanitized in accordance with law.
Non-packaged food items or adulterated food.
Bulk email or mailing lists that contain names, addresses, phone numbers, or other personal identifying information
Pre-orders of any kind

Folks could help flag prohibited items that are already on the site and Bonanza could review them for removal.

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Go to an item, scroll down to the bottom and select Report Violation. Fill in the form and click submit violation.

no, guess those are fine, out of 300 though, all are on ebay with no problems, funny how even ebay allows them but supposedly bonanza doesnt, i would think it would be the other way around. but then seems they allow them for certain sellers possibly as they can easily do ma search in 2 seconds and i said this much to the bonanza rep, but apparently they dont care, even let them know of others by booth name and they are still selling same thing i was after 4 days and no removal.

Same thing happened to me. I use to sell swords, knives, and airsoft and after 6 years of selling these items, they all of a sudden suspended my booth until I removed these items. I brought this to their attention that 1,000’s of swords and knives were still being sold on Bonanza and they told me they were working on removing all such items. That was about a year to a year and 1/2 ago. I haven’t made a sale here since I had to remove them. Swords were my top sellers.

I think a lot of this probably started when, under the Obama administration in 2009, the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 was dusted off and amended.

“Whoever knowingly introduces, or manufactures for introduction, into interstate commerce, or transports or distributes in interstate commerce, any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

“Whoever in or affecting interstate commerce, within any Territory or possession of the United States, within Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18), or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 7 of title 18), knowingly possesses, manufactures, sells, or imports a ballistic knife shall be fined as provided in title 18, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”

- 15 U.S.C. §1244

From there, there are individual state laws to look up and know. My guess is, it was getting too risky legally to allow any knife sales, thereby avoiding any blow back from any of these crazy laws and regulations enacted in the past 8 years.

You can pretty much guarantee that when politicians are talking about blaming inanimate objects for crime, honest citizens and small businesses are negatively impacted by their so-called solution. This is precisely what those kind of politicians want.