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Is there any way in the US that you could package an item, take it to a post office, have it weighed and postage paid, then take it away again? In the Uk you cannot do this. Once you have paid the postage they take the parcel.


To the best of my knowledge the post office won't return an item that been processed.

Another point:
Due to the wide availibility of information with the advent of the Internet many more people including postal employees are aware of the hight values of daggers such as these.
I think you said the daggers were replaced with two metal bars. Why don't you get them dusted for fingerprints? I know it's a long shot.
Jim