What knives did you carry on the plane prior to 911?

Prior to 9/11 my carry on blade was a BM AFCK, I would take it apart and put the scales and liner on my keyring, I carried a small allen driver in my pocket and after takeoff would assemble the knife, I won't say where I carried the blade as I don't want to give anyone ideas.

Always had a Leatherman on my belt.
 
superc said:
NO. We have abandoned our freedoms by not protesting enough when Congress passed laws allowing non elected, faceless, officials to write "regulations" with the impact of laws.
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Yes, this is true, but NOT in regards to weapons aboard flights. Once again, it's easy: NOWHERE in this country, except for your own property, do you have guaranteed access. Nowhere. Unless....you follow the rules. Airports and airlines are no different.

I used the example of allowing people in my home. In yours, certainly you have rules of exclusion.

Again, airlines and ANY other place is the same. You have lost not a single right when it comes to airlines and airplanes. Not a single one. Unless, of course, someone has interpreted their previous ability to do something to be a "right" as opposed to a "priveledge".
 
where and when did you people fly out that you could carry knives / tools? I remember once mid-90's LAX, I was there to pick up someone, couldn't get past security because I had my Leatherman on my belt....this was way back when you didn't need a boarding pass to meet someone at the gate.
 
Spyderco Delica plain edge. Never drew any attention from anyone. It was comforting to have on me and handy at times. Now I have like separation anxiety until I get my checked bags and retrieve my tools. Now a surefire light a solid metal pen and increased awareness are all I have.
 
I don't fly often but I carried a 2-1/2" slipjoint of some kind and the last time I flew to NY prior to 9/11 I carried a Camillus official Boy Scout knife. I had a Gerber MkI in checked baggage and they checked my luggage upon landing. The security jerk grabbed it up and asked, 'What's this for?' and I told him it was a hunting knife. He said, 'What the hell are you hunting?' The head guy told him that it was in checked baggage and I could have any kind of knife I wanted in there.
 
I used to carry a spyderco dragonfly, with a Timberline ( pull the blade out to unlock) on my key chain. Only the timberline caught anybodies eye. It was a mexican security worker who wanted to see how it worked. At the time I thought she was trying to get a free knife and started to bristle, and quoted her the regs. She laughed and assured me she had never seen one before and wanted help closing it. I felt stupid.

Please understand I know people who have been robbed by police in the interior, away from the tourist areas so I was just a suspicious guy. Joe
 
StretchNM said:
...no communist "I hate America" attitudes are allowed.
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helloooooooooo 1959!!! retarded much?
anyway, to answer the original question, SAK until I bought a spydie dragonfly, which was absolutely perfect for flying, and occasionally a spydie goddard jr.
 
StretchNM said:
At my home, no communist "I hate America" attitudes are allowed. If a guy can;t lose that at the door, he doesn;t cross the threshold..
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I enjoy letting these idiots in my home just so i can let the fools contradict themselves over and over again... It's hilarious! They can't argue over a minute without an idiotic contradiction.
 
Old Spydie Rescue. Blade just under 4". No point. Wicked sharp serrated edge. ATS-55, I think. One of the old ones.
 
StretchNM said:
At my home, no communist "I hate America" attitudes are allowed.
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Get with the times; now it's "no Islamic fundamentalist I hate America attitudes allowed.":D
I use to carry a small 2 inch blade of whatever cheap knife brand I had in those days, in the "Before-time.":)
 
StretchNM said:
No, we didn;t lose any "freedom" in regards to flying. Airlines are a private industry. Since the public uses them and planes can in fact be turned into weapons, the Govt. has a say-so regarding security.
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So who is it? Airlines or government? TSA seems to have the final word. I suspect an airline would have problems deciding, without the government's approval, to allow banned items on their flight. Saying the airlines simply decided to exercise their property rights is a deception.

Either way, it doesn't even matter. The public is now forbidden from doing many things it previously could. Not because these freedoms were taken from us. Rather because we voluntarily gave them up in the name of security.
 
Delica and 705. The CE Delica was the subject of occasional comments (negative) by airport personnel but it was never not allowed.
 
Took my Spydie Military in laptop case many many times-even had to ship it home cuz I was in Atlanta 9/11!! Not fun times! Still have it today -my EDC
 
Haven't done a lot of flying, but I used to carry my Wenger SAK or an old Gerber LST back in the 80's.
 
Flying in and out of Israel, there was never a post 9/11.

You could never ever carry any type on knife in hand luggage.
 
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