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Airplane Legal?

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I'm looking for ideas for airplane legal tools. Something for nail cleaning, opening blister packs, etc.
Does anyone have any ideas on a legal "knife substitute"?
 
Ask the flight attendant for a plastic serrated knife they hand out to cut the salisbury steak.

My question is why you be needing to open blister packs while a passenger on a flight.

Brownie
 
Get a nice medium sized nail clipper. It can open anything that you might need to handle when in the airport or on the airplane. For instance, I used one to get rid of loose threads and to open my duaghters formula bottle's aluminum seal. Generally, i just accept that i can do that much in terms of fixing and opening things while I'm flying. Those are the rules, I can't change them, so why worry?
 
I carry a steel pen (made my Rotring). All parts of the pen are steel (except the ink of course) and I wear it clipped on to my shirt around my neck. You can poke holes in things with the the pen and then rip or tear things open from there.
 
I thought nail clippers were being confiscated at the gates, none allowed on the planes and thats why he was asking for alternatives.

Brownie
 
Hello,

A quick update. I was in Ireland for the last week, flying from Toronto Canada, to Belfast, N.Ireland.

Canadian security is relatively unobtrusive compared to American security at this time. However, things you are not allowed on the flight include tweezers, nail clippers, sewing kits, and I believe even eye-glass repair kits are now verboten due to the pointy nature of the tiny screwdrivers.

I carried a Fisher Space Pen with no incident, and asked the checkin people before I boarded the flight.

Returning from Belfast, I was told to keep articles on me while I walked through the metal detector. No incident.

Airplane security is more lax this year, then last year when I flew to London, England.

Just my experiences. Get a Space Pen for poking holes in plastic. As far as cutting chores, sorry, there are no legal alternatives. Though I think you can carry a Bic and a can of hairspray... the safety measures are astouding. I wouldn't attempt to "bypass" security at this time if you value your free time.

Regards,

Shaun.
 
Originally posted by DarkReazon
I believe even eye-glass repair kits are now verboten due to the pointy nature of the tiny screwdrivers.
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I sincerely hope that isn't true. Such kits are necessary for those of us who wear glasses and are blind without them.
 
Originally posted by ar15man
I carry a steel pen (made my Rotring). All parts of the pen are steel (except the ink of course) and I wear it clipped on to my shirt around my neck. You can poke holes in things with the the pen and then rip or tear things open from there.
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What model/version do you have?
 
Originally posted by brownie0486

My question is why you be needing to open blister packs while a passenger on a flight.

Brownie
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Who cares? If he wants to open blister packs on the airplane he has every right to. It's this kind of thinking that propagates ridiculous policies.
 
Nail clippers are allowed as long as any file portion doesn't have a pointed end. I used my trusty, and not rusty, Dremel tool to round over the tip on mine.
 
Originally posted by Gollnick
Nail clippers are allowed as long as any file portion doesn't have a pointed end. I used my trusty, and not rusty, Dremel tool to round over the tip on mine.
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So it is not the clipper itself, but the pointed end of any attached file that security is looking to screen out? If so, I gotta get me a Dremel.
 
BTW, on my last trip, they confiscated my screwdriver. One of those give-away things with a slotted on one end and a Philips on the other with a pocket clip in the middle. It was in one of the pen slots in my briefcase. It's been there for years and has proven a convenient tool. I've even flown with it many times, I'm sure.

Oh well.
 
If so, I gotta get me a Dremel.
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Alternately, you can just break the file off completely. But, I find a nail file is also a convenient thing to have handy.


But, on the other hand, this is a convenient excuse to buy that Dremel you've always wanted. And you'll need all the cool accessories for this task, of course.
 
Have you actually ever seen someone attempting to open packages on a flight? I haven't, thats why the question.

I would think if you knew you were going to open blister packs on the plane [ for whatever reason ], and that you could not take a knife on board the plane, the forethought MIGHT be to take care of opening the packages beforehand to avoid the issue of what to use or even what one may use to do so on the plane.

I didn't say or suggest he didn't have the right to, just that they probably are not going to be happy about using a nail clipper to do so while onboard.

"Sir, you can't confiscate the nail clipper, I need it to open blister packs while on the flight". Somehow, I don't think thats going to be a valid reason for allowing him on the plane with a pair.

This kind of thinking? I was asking why he would attempt to do something needing an edge on a plane, is not everyone aware they take sharp objects away from you before you board? Consequently the question to the poster.

The thinking [ why he might want to open blister packs on the plane ] doesn't create policy, actual events in the past and possible misuse of items in the future create policy whether they be valid or not.

Brownie
 
And safety razors are also allowed.

So, my #1 travel rule is now possible again: never be separated from your shaving kit.
 
One thing I have opened in flight are CDs. You get a new one at the airport store to give you something new to listen to on the flight, and you've gotta open it. And that shrink-wrap they use is just horrible.

And, of course, certain magazines -- the ones with the Vollyball scores that we all find so interesting -- are often wrapped.
 
Contrary to the belief that Federalizing the screeners would make things uniform, it was the complete opposite when I flew to the Blade Show this year.

Example - From Columbus on the day we left, everyone who had on shoes with a sole 1" thich had to take them off for inspection. If you were wearing athletic style shoes with a 1" sole, you DIDN'T need to remove them. On the way back from Atlanta on the day we left, only women had to remove their shoes! Consistency! Through what I saw at both airports, I got the impression the screeners were only working to the level of supervision they had. Which, in Atlanta, didn't seem like much.
 
That non-uniformity is deliberate and is an important part of security. Keep 'em guessing.
 
I have a Rotring (made by Sanford) roller ball series 600 pen in a titanium type finish. The pen cost me about $40, but it not only writes well, it can be carried where other items can't. Aiport or court room security don't even turn their heads, it's just a pen. I picked it up at office max on sale.
 
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