I think @freedompoint is going to send it as garden implement so should be ok. I've bought blades from the States before and they got through so will have to hope this one does. A cool looking blade huh? I'm looking forward to the complete reveal.

For auto-votes...I use SteemAuto and that's the only one I know of so I don't think I can be of any help. Have you followed any voting trails that you have forgotten about? It happens I guess. I've been having trouble with Busy and SteemPeak lately so I wonder if there's some shenanigans in the background? I don't know enough about it really so am probably not the right person to ask. Maybe send my brother a message or ask on one of his posts?