Defeat dishonest baggae handlers (video)

[harleyguy02]

I just went on a week long trip..

I checked a Rat 2 and Delica 4 in my luggage.. separated them in my luggage.. I would never check on of my more expensive knives..

 

[Bob W]

I am amazed how little security there seems to be at luggage carousels. It's been many years since I have had to show anyone my receipt to bring my bag out of the airport. It always struck me that this would be a really easy place to steal, maybe it doesn't happen all the time because people heed this advice and the thieves wind up mostly with dirty laundry?

There are cameras. So a habitual bag-grabber might get caught eventually, after a thousand bags or so.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-11-04-phoenix-luggage-theft_N.htm?csp=34

Two people are in custody, accused of stealing about 1,000 bags from Sky Harbor International Airport.
Neighbors said they weren't surprised by the arrest. They said that King would leave at night with a horse trailer and return with it full of merchandise.

More recent story from the same airport:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/2...edly-stealing-luggage-from-sky-harbor-airport

On average, one or two bags are stolen from Sky Harbor Airport each month, according to police. But the number of bag stolen in September and October jumped to approximately 10 bags.

Same airport in 2010:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Police-arrest-man-for-allegedly--102114894.html

Detectives were able to recover a large quantity of stolen property from Hegstad home and a storage unit. When totaled up, it's estimated that the stolen property is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The moral of the story,

Don't put valuables in your checked luggage.

So simple. And yet...

 

[Mugen]

From what I have heard/read, TSA is not supposed to cut the lock off of your case when traveling with firearms, as it is illegal to do so. Proper procedure is to call you over if they need your luggage to be opened and are never supposed to have your key at any time. However many TSA monkeys could care less about knowing what they can and cannot do and will try anyways and beg ignorance. This is why security experts put Abloy locks on their cases as the shackle is made of a material which is incredibly difficult to be defeated by bolt cutters.

People always tell you to not put valuables in checked luggage. Wouldn't most of you consider your knife to be the valuable? You cannot bring your edc blade onto a plane, so you check it. You guys don't bring your favorite blade with you on vacation or when you travel? Am I wrong to guess that the time when you are out of town would be when you might use it the most or need to rely on it most as it has been tried and trusted at home? Same goes with a firearm.

 

[Bob W]

People always tell you to not put valuables in checked luggage. Wouldn't most of you consider your knife to be the valuable?

Some are more valuable than others. Love my Victorinox Recruit, it's 'value' as a tool is tremendous. But losing it won't cause a financial hardship. And it's identical to millions of other Victorinox Recruit knives so any emotional loss can be fixed at Lowe's for $13.

You cannot bring your edc blade onto a plane, so you check it. You guys don't bring your favorite blade with you on vacation or when you travel?

Of course not. Nor would I leave a favorite knife on the dashboard of my car while parked in a bad neighborhood. Nor would I pass it around to a bunch of drunk guys at a party. Nor would I leave it on a park picnic table overnight and expect it to still be there the next day...

And putting a valuable knife in checked luggage is akin to leaving it on a city park picnic table overnight.

Am I wrong to guess that the time when you are out of town would be when you might use it the most or need to rely on it most as it has been tried and trusted at home?

Well I rarely need a knife when traveling, but admittedly it can come in handy from time to time. Regardless, a good, inexpensive, easily-replaced knife cuts just as good as an expensive production knife, a family heirloom, or a one-of-a-kind custom. :thumbup:

 

[Bob W]

From what I have heard/read, TSA is not supposed to cut the lock off of your case when traveling with firearms, as it is illegal to do so.

That's irrelevant, since thieves often steal entire pieces of luggage.
It's also irrelevant if someone wants what's in the bag badly enough. It's already illegal to steal things; cutting a lock off is minor by comparison. You would never even know where or when the lock was cut off, much less who did it.

 

[SpookStrickland]

TSA = Walmart quality employees with the power to look up your a**hole if they see fit! You can can't on years and years of stories like these and worse until Americans demand to be treated once again....well like Americans and see to that only highly qualified people are doing these jobs.

 

[Clinto.]

Thanks Very Much For Sharing That With Us!!

 

[richard thurman]

I thought they were going to allow carry on for knives if they were under a certain size, not assisted and not molded handle, then they went and changed their mind and it faded away

what do you need a knife for on the plane??? the give you plastic knifes so you can cut up your food with.

 

[Cougar Allen]

I am amazed how little security there seems to be at luggage carousels. It's been many years since I have had to show anyone my receipt to bring my bag out of the airport. It always struck me that this would be a really easy place to steal, maybe it doesn't happen all the time because people heed this advice and the thieves wind up mostly with dirty laundry?

It does happen all the time.