Air Travel Carry on items

I got stopped in security boarding the plane to SHOT because of my space blankets. :rolleyes: Guess they looked weird to the x-ray operator.
 
"Someone I know" travels regularly with an AG Russell funny folder. It looks like a flash drive in a carry-on bag, and has passed through security at more than a dozen airports big and small. For its expected uses, there's no real difference betw AUS 8 and ATS 34. The AUS 8 version goes for as much as a Farmer SAK; not enough to "hurt" if this "letter opener" is ever discovered and confiscated.
 
way back in the day my mom was stopped when the x-ray op saw a "metalic object" in her carry on. it was a film can full of quarters. She know exactly what they were looking for, but despite 30 min of searching they couldn't find it, even though she asked them if she could help. finally my lil sis and I were whining so bad (I'm told I was 4) they let us though. My dad figures we would have been through a lot faster if we had been less well behaved. things have changed in twenty years
 
I carry a Leatherman Knifeless Fuse on in my Maxpedition bag when I fly so I have a full size set of tools (without the knife) with me and no one has even looked at it. I just switch out my Wave for the Fuse when I fly.
 
dougo83 said:
Last time I checked a blade under 3" was allowed again? I assume that changed...again :rolleyes:
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Nope. no "blades" at all. I think I'm going to get a LM Squirt S4 and take the blade out. Round the tips of the scissors and have something that will at least go through a seat belt. If not that, I'll get some of the medical scissors that are legal.

What gets me is, my mother has been a hairdesser for years. I've seen some darn nice and expensive scissors over the years. Steel snobbery isn't just for knives.

I could get a set of professional shears like these:
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Round the tips on the bench sander and probably get 'em on a flight without a problem. Notice the screw holding thm together? remove that and you've got two small Wharncliffe blades. Make sense to you? Me either. :rolleyes:
 
I usually travel with much of the stuff already listed. I did have three zip ties confiscated though, going through Edmonton airport. When I asked why, I was told they are a "restraint device".:rolleyes:
 
No blades is a US TSA rule right? Are there any countries where you can still fly with pocket knives? Or do other countries pretty much fall in line with US regulations?
 
Quirt said:
I have a mission specific Airplane BOB I use for commercial air travel. . . . The bag has a sleep & shelter system for sleeping in an airport or wilderness setting, it has the ability to clean water, make fire, carry self defense tools, and has a basic med kit. . . . a three day supply of food.
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If you don't mind, I'd like specifics please - the sleep kit, water purification, self defense tool, contents of med kit, food specifics, etc. Thanks.
 
cmdionne said:
No blades is a US TSA rule right? Are there any countries where you can still fly with pocket knives? Or do other countries pretty much fall in line with US regulations?
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I fly all over S.E.Asia and the small islands of the western Pacific, and so far haven't found any airports that let them on. Even little 12-seat island hoppers in western Micronesia will 'wand' me before I board. Taking off from a cow pasture on the Yulo-King ranch on Busuanga Island in the most remote province of the Philippians we STILL got searched! The 'terminal' was a small tin shack the size of an average men's room....

Stitchawl
 
TSA allows scissors up to 4" blades. I took two in my carry on when I flew out of San Francisco last month. On my return flight out of Manila, I found out that they don't even allow scissors in carry on there (one pair was 3" blade, the other pair was folding, with about a half inch blade). But they still let me take my Swiss Tech pliers, BSA hotspark, and P-38.

As an aside, the security in Manila makes TSA look like complete slackers. As soon as you enter the doors of the terminal, you go through screening and your checked baggage gets x-rayed. Sniffing dogs are walking around. Then you go through screening again when you go to the gates. And at the gate, when your flight is about to board, they roll up the x-ray and metal detector machines to screen you again as you line up to board.
 
I remember a trip to Ft Meyers Florida in 1999. I carried on a 2 fishing poles (broken down and rubber banded together) with hook and my large soft sided tackle bag. In the bag were 3 reels, two large pliers, several small to meduim fishing type knives, box of hooks/lead/flies/lures. Security went thru all the contents but didn't find anything dangerous.
They did swipe the zippers to check for bomb making material residue (what they told me) and detected something and questioned me. I told them the truth that the bag doubles as a bag for trips to the shooting range.
I was allowed to board the plane.
 
lambertiana said:
TSA allows scissors up to 4" blades. I took two in my carry on when I flew out of San Francisco last month. On my return flight out of Manila, I found out that they don't even allow scissors in carry on there (one pair was 3" blade, the other pair was folding, with about a half inch blade). But they still let me take my Swiss Tech pliers, BSA hotspark, and P-38.

As an aside, the security in Manila makes TSA look like complete slackers. As soon as you enter the doors of the terminal, you go through screening and your checked baggage gets x-rayed. Sniffing dogs are walking around. Then you go through screening again when you go to the gates. And at the gate, when your flight is about to board, they roll up the x-ray and metal detector machines to screen you again as you line up to board.
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Wow! Sounds as if they have lightened up a LOT since my last trip out of Manila! We had x-rays, metal detectors, hand wanding, and PAT DOWNS at least three times before we ever reached the boarding gate. :eek: There, besides another x-ray and metal detector, they physically inspected every pocket in all clothing and carry-on bags. They were taking away anything sharper than a tennis ball! Oddly enough, they let my flint and steel into the cabin!

Stitchawl
 
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