And no they don't use insurance so that wouldn't affect the shipping cost.
Well, they randomly use insurance. I used their "sign up for emails and get a 10% discount code" this past Fall. Knife was discounted 10%, shipping was charged as was insurance, to me, I got charged for insurance and it could not be deleted, it was mandatory. In the end the final cost for the knife, and shipping, and me paying for insurance was the same as any other dealer all who offered free shipping and no discount. They are off my list of vendors