Help! Knives at the Airport?

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myung-gwan

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I'll be flying soon to Arizona via LA. I was told that knife regulation laws are quite strict at the airports in US... I just don't want to part with my Para and a Micarta Jester that was a gift from my girl friend.
Will carrying them in a check-in baggage have no problem? It will be horrible to see my precious being thrown into a garbage can right before my eyes. :mad: Any comments will be greatly appreciated. thanks.
 
Checked baggage is ok for most knives of that price range anything more expensive I'd mail it to my destination, when I went to CO this spring I mailed my custom Crawford and Dozier, there and back, everything else was carried in checked baggage with no problems, BTW I carried the knives wrapped in my dirty clothes.

The above run on sentence is dedicated to Brother Regis.
 
I just got back from an Overseas trip and all three of my knives (Victorinox Delux Tinker, 2" auto that I had converted to a money clip, and my MT SOCOM) survived just fine. I packed them in my checked baggage stored in various pockets of the pants that I had packed .

OT, it is a good idea to plan on taking one days clothes , your shaving kit and all your medicines in a carry on bag. I have had my bags misplaced more than once and it was always a good feeling to know that I had what I needed to survive for a couple of days.
 
extra kit is ALWAYS a good thing!
and like others have mentioned before check in is fine even for US airport security.
i went to brazil and brought 2 katanas and an 8inch hunting blade back through check in and security didn't bother me once. i was asked to declare any "weapon like objects" so i told him mater-of-factly about the steel i was carrying and he replied: "katana....coooool" :D
so i guess its okay
 
As kamkazmoto said, knives are fine in checked baggage. Entering the US, no switchblades or balisongs, though.

Small pocket knives are just that, small. They can fall out of the bag unnoticed if the bag has to be opened for inspection. So, it's a good idea to put them into something else. If nothing else, put them into the pocket of a pair of pants which you then fold up around the knife. If the pocket has a zipper, that's the best.

Mr. kamkazmoto is also right on about carrying a few basics with you. Number one travel rule: never be separated from your shaving kit. Plan to be able to be without your main bag for upto 48 hours.
 
I've had a lot of customers complain about the knives being stollen out of their checked bags by security. In the toiletries bag is a good idea. So are zip ties. attach the knife to as many things as you can so it won't get lifted.
-KC
 
I don't think so, not unless you bought them to bring back. .

Put your knives in your socks, and knot them so they don't fall out. .
 
You do not have to declare knives as such. You do have to declare any item worth over some amount. And there are other reasons you many have to declare things. But you do not have to declare a knife just because it's a knife.

When entering the US, one is permitted two liters of spirits for "personal consumption" duty-free. When returning from Russia recently, I brought six. So, I dutifully got into the declare line.

Agent: Arriving from Russia, eh? What are you declaring?

Me: I have six liters of Vodka.

Agent: Is that all?

Me: Yes.

Agent: Get outta here.

Apparently, they realize that collecting duty on four liters of Vodka would be a net loss.
 
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