Right, but there is no definition of concealable, or the difference between a dagger and a sword. Both can be double-edged and very pointy. At what length blade does it turn from a dagger (banned) to a sword (acceptable)? Is it a 12" blade? a 16" blade? According to other forums it seems it is undefined and up to Customs' discretion. It probably varies from customs officer to customs officer. So I could have it confiscated or it could come through no problem with no way of telling which. Dammit.
From what I've heard from Aussies makers, 16" or greater blade length seems to be the magic number to be a sword with out too many issues.
Personally I think how the maker markets the item plays a greater part and is possibly more important than the specs, provided it's around that 16" blade length, if you have to argue with customs.
If the maker is producing and marketing a blade that is of a reasonable length that one could call it a short sword, then its a sword as that's what it was intended to be.
With the FMV14 being only 14" its still a bit grey area but I think you could successfully argue that the blade length and profile more closely resembles the style of a short gladius sword than a dagger which is usually much shorter in length with a tapered blade profile.
It would be a risk and its a decent amount of cash to gamble. That said I went through the effort of getting the paperwork to import a dagger into NSW this year when I bought my Shirogorov Dr Death CF (folding dagger).
It came straight through customs with out any questions, I didn't need the paperwork in the end as customs didn't pick it up.
So I bought a Hinderer Maximus (folding dagger) since I had the paper work ready to go, it too came straight through, no questions. So did a second Hinderer Maximus
So I still have this valid paperwork to import a dagger, thinking I'll probably pick up a Spyderco EuroEdge before the paperwork expires in August.