New four day experiment.

I don't fly much, but I when I do I put a SAK or multitool in my checked bag and I generally "forget" to take the Utili-key off my key ring. Better than nothing, and I wouldn't lose sleep over having it taken.
 
Here's my solution... I found a lockable clear lid box made by Plano. I locked the box and then threaded a cable gun lock through the lock hasp and secured it to the internal frame of my suitcase. Go to www.planomolding.com and check under "Plano Fall products" and "Guide series field box" The model I have is 1430, and now they have a couple of bigger ones. It would take a very determined TSA goblin to foil this set-up.
 
rnr said:
Don't bother hiding your knives. They x-ray your bags and if they see somthing they think looks suspicious, they'll open your bag and find it. They know where to look, all the hiding places.

I travel 50K + miles a year and take a BM mini presidio, McCusta, Leek every time. Haven't lost one yet. TSA did loose my Norelco razor tho on this last trip. I'm betting they just forgot to put it back in my bag. Dips--ts. :mad: Oh well, it needed replaced anyway. :(

If you're worried about theft, do the zip tie thing explained by Slide13.
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Zip Tie thingy? explained where? in this thread? maybe i missed it. sounds interesting.

To the OP - theft is all you have to worry about, not legitimate confiscation. TSA clearly allows edged weapons (in checked baggage) on their website.

oddly enough (off subject) there is one item that says "NO" on checked baggage, but "YES" on carry on - a butane lighter, weird.

NVMD - i found the zip tie post. good idea :-) i'm gonna use that next time
 
So, jackknife, how did it go with your experiment? Did you get together with El Cuchillo?
 
oddly enough (off subject) there is one item that says "NO" on checked baggage, but "YES" on carry on - a butane lighter, weird.


Most baggage areas are not pressurized. A butane lighter would be likely to rupture mid flight. The passenger cabin is pressurized.
 
You can check your baggage with a TSA padlock.
You need to stand in an extra line, and it takes time.
But the baggage goes thru as security checked.
 
Got back and had a great time visiting with my old Aunt Esther. I thought about the choice of knife so much, that in the end I made a radical decission. I heard so many tales of lugage being ransaked by bagage people, I packed nothing I couldn't loose without regret. I flew down with just a vic classic. I figured it fit in the small first aid kit in my shaving kit, was cheap enough I could buy another one at the first Walmart or Target store I ran across for 8.99, and it does most things I have to cut. After all, I was going to visit an aged family member that may not be around much longer, not going on a deep sea fishing trip or exploring the Everglades.

The funny thing was, that I found many things around the house that needed a bit of fixing. Her husband (my uncle charlie) died 5 years ago, and things have got a little loose around. I used the small screwdriver tip on the classic nailfile blade to fix a loose door knob assembly on one of the bedroom doors. The tip of the nailfile fit the small phillips screws in the door knob flange very well. It also did well to fix her ancient G.E. toaster over. I was toasting a bagel the morning after we got there and it was not working. My aunt told me it does that sometimes, and to wiggle the cord where it goes into the toaster. Taking out the bagel and turning over the machine, the small screwdriver tip undid the phillips screws so I could lift out the bottom and see the guts of the thing. A loose wire. Scrounging around in the garage I found some old electric tape that was not too far gone, and cut some narrow strips with the little sissors on the classic, then teased and worked the tape around the bad conection with the tweezers. One toaster over fixed.

Next up was the toilet in the guest bedroom. When flushed, it would leak water around the top of the tank lid. Ends up the plastic tube that sprays water down the tall tube inside had cracked, so the knife blade of the classic cut off the cracked end, and the tube was shoved back down in the little clip thing that keeps it aimed down the right place.

Time and time again, the classic did what needed to be done. I don't thing I'd carry just a classic for my edc without a larger knife like my Wenger SI or Buck cadet, but it handles 99% of what I really need to cut in the real world. I guess I don't run into many zombies or Chinese paratroopers in my travels. but then I get by sometimes with a Case peanut very well too.
 
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