Angst.

This is why the make Rough Riders. I have a CASE peanut that belonged to my Dad, and I don't let it out of my sight. I wouldn't want someone to lift it while I was traveling whether it was packed, out on the table at a restaurant, or removed from me for my own good by a third world constabulary.

Get the RR, do as advised above, don't tell the CASE (tell him he's actually the one on vacation!) and give the RR away when you get back. After all, some peanut is better than no peanut.

Sometimes stuff just gets away when you travel. I was completely happy with my Remington medium stockman being in my pocket on my last long trip as I knew my children were safe at home in the second drawer of the dresser.

Robert
 
I hope that you have a safe trip and that you and your yellow peanut make it home safely .
Jim
 
Yep, take the yellow. I don't think anyone would steal a peanut. Think about who's dealing with your bags. A Benchmade, maybe. My bro in law used to work at the airport and had access to confiscated knives. You'd be amazed. No one cared about the traditional knives. The auto's and tactical knives got taken and old knives like ours were ignored.
 
When I can't get out of it, I fly on business. I always check my bags and I always have a pocket knife in the bag. Usually, I put it in a sock or in my shave kit. Done a dozen or so trips since 9/11 and haven't lost anything.
 
I always have a knife or two in my checked bags. In fact I took a Case damascus peanut along to Europe a few years back. It got there and back just fine, and did everything I needed it to do while I was there.

Have fun with the family Carl!
 
Have wanted to visit the keys for a long time. Always wondered what it was like in the place Hemingway called home. Hope you have a good time when you're down there and who knows, this might be a good excuse to visit a knife shop or two to pick up something to tide you over.

Will
 
DrPenguin said:
Have wanted to visit the keys for a long time. Always wondered what it was like in the place Hemingway called home. Hope you have a good time when you're down there and who knows, this might be a good excuse to visit a knife shop or two to pick up something to tide you over.

Will
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Do it Will! Don't wait, because we never know what will happen in the future. I've come to know that life is not a given thing, and if there's something you want to do, someplace you want to go, then do it!

We love the Keys because you have a sense that your someplace really different and tropical, but not have to leave the U.S. soil and mess with pass ports. Key West calls itself The Conch Republik, and jokes all the time about not being part of the U.S. Key West s also a place with two faces. Theres the main tourist joints on Duval street and up at Mallory Square, then theres the darker seedier Whitehead street. There's highs and lows, depending on what your looking for. There's the snorkeling and fishing with is great. Nothing quite like having what you caught that afternoon on the charcoal that night. Then theres just sitting on a lounger on the beach in the shade of a palm tree, dragging on a light beautifully made cigar with a cold beer stuck in the ice bucket next to your lounger, and closing your eyes and just listening to the waves and letting everything slip away while the mental batteries recharge.

Knife content; I want to see if that big island guy is still there at Mallory Square at night when the street performers put on their shows. He's a big African Island guy that has a bucket of 12 inch machete's and coconuts. He does the flip them in the air and whacking off the husk as he flips it again and again, then slices off the top and presents it to you. Fresh coconut that you can either drink of let the guy with the next spot over with e cart who has the liquor license make a drink with it involving a goodly helping of rum. The machete guys machetes are razor sharp, but he still had all his fingers last I saw him, so he must be good. Didn't seem to have a favorite, some Tramontina's, a few Condor's, some others. Last I saw him I told him we were friends, right? I sure don't want some guy well over 6 foot who wields a razor edge machete like he does, as an enemy.:D

Okay, I'm taking my yella peanut, or maybe my stag bone stainless peanut. Hide well in baggage and hope for the best.

Carl.
 
I do fly alot too...and I never carried a knife in my hand luggage. Cause it's illegal to carry it (no matter if it's a peanut), so any officer has every right to confiscate it.
I just check my bag, and that's it. And, to be sure that no one takes my knife from my checked bag, I lay it very close to any metal part of the bag (the frame or the zippers). That way, a small knife is very difficult to see, even to greedy thieves using X-rays :D

Fausto
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Use this as an opportunity to spend time with a knife you don't normally carry. It's like a reunion with a good friend you haven't seen in a while.

I always throw a SAK in the little bag with my toothbrush and contact solution. No one's going to dig through that stuff, and if the bag gets lost by the airline it's not an expensive loss. Not to mention that the SAK is perfect for vacation use.
 
I get the same feeling when I report for jury duty; no knives allowed in the courthouse. I hide my knife under the seat
of my car and retrieve it as soon as I'm done. Haven't flown since 1999, having survived a plane crash in Dallas. Doubt
I'll get that lucky twice.
 
i second the posting it to monas ahead of time.
but most of all buying a new knife on hols.
I'm angling for one in England when I ghet there in August.
Anyone know of knife shops in London or Devon?
 
meako said:
i second the posting it to monas ahead of time.
but most of all buying a new knife on hols.
I'm angling for one in England when I ghet there in August.
Anyone know of knife shops in London or Devon?
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I don't, but you might post such a query on British blades.
There are still some lovely English Traditionals being made.
 
Nothing wrong with multiples right? Lots of hardware stores in the Keys? Couldn't hurt to get another one...

My peanut is a big worry stone for me.
 
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