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I thought I'd share how I fly with my knife, and a recent experience that makes me glad I do this. Had I put the Sunset Sebenza in my checked bag, I'm pretty sure it would be gone. I wrapped it's travel blade ( stonewashed plain blade), a plain Ti J2H backspacer with lanyard, screws, and wrench in a small baggie that was tucked firmly in the toe of a shoe with a sock holding it in place. That pair of shoes was placed at the bottom of the suitcase, with 6 days worth of clothes on top. When I opened it after I got to New Orleans, I found the one shoe had been pulled out and was now laying on top of the clothes, the baggie with the parts was pulled out and tossed back loosely into the shoe. It looks like someone wanted to pilfer a knife, but found only a blade and parts, so tossed it back.
Here's what I do;
First I downgrade from a damascus blade to the least expensive variant, a stonewashed. Then I put the blade, lanyard, all hardware that the tool to reassemble it in my checked bag. In many cases I might also put the lockside of the knife in. But since the lockside of the Sunset Sebenza has my husband's name on it, it rides in my carry-on along with the front handle. Both pieces are tossed into different places, and the beautiful front piece rides in a leather slip. By having one or two random slabs of Ti in the bag, with no way to make them even resemble a knife, TSA hasn't batted an eye.
Here's what I do;
First I downgrade from a damascus blade to the least expensive variant, a stonewashed. Then I put the blade, lanyard, all hardware that the tool to reassemble it in my checked bag. In many cases I might also put the lockside of the knife in. But since the lockside of the Sunset Sebenza has my husband's name on it, it rides in my carry-on along with the front handle. Both pieces are tossed into different places, and the beautiful front piece rides in a leather slip. By having one or two random slabs of Ti in the bag, with no way to make them even resemble a knife, TSA hasn't batted an eye.
