"Well, my son made it through an airport with a SE Endura. The security person looked at it and then gave it back saying not to display it."
Not caling anyone a liar, but I find that really, reallly difficult to believe. If a guard missed it on the scan that's one thing, but to handle it and give it back? A serrted Endura? Doesn't add up. You sure this was boarding a plane...and in the last year?