"...knives...will continue to be barred."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/12/22/holiday.travel.ap/index.html

I knew it was too good to be true. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

-- Craig

Huh ... I took my Squirt as carry-on last Saturday out of LaGuardia and back on the plane yesterday out of Bush Intercontinental, and neither time did the TSA even pause in letting me & my bags through the X-ray machine/security check. Granted, it's a shorter blade than a standard SAK, but it's still a blade....

That is good news, but I still don't know what the new rules are. One article says one thing and another article says something else.

Color me confused. <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

-- Craig

Lots of people are annoyed at the TSA, but they do have a quite clear statement of Permitted/Prohibited carry-ons:

http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1012.xml

Which one? P4 or S4? If it's the one with the scissors, maybe They saw the scissor blade silouette and decided it was a pair of travel scissors or something. Or could have just plain missed it, that time.

Craig, here are some tips:

Your cigar cutter, corkscrew, eyelash curler, toy transformer robots& prosthetic device tools and appliances are all allowed.

But you're SOOL for your knife collection, ice axe, meat cleavers, sabres & swords. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Safety razors are okay. Aren't those the razors that contain a very sharp, double-bladed razor? Sure it INCLUDES disposables, but..... but.....

And don't forget: the TSA people are still the same dweebs that were working there pre-9/11. Lots of them were stupid then, and they haven't changed. One might pass everything you've got, the next could confiscate everything you've got.

Sue

The truly scary part for me is that toy weapons are allowed. Yeesh. When I was a kid playing with capguns, you KNEW they were toys. It was obvious. Now they look bloody realistic. That's a bit frightening.

-- Craig

Thanks for the news.

Wow, another woman on this forum. That's cool. It's nice to have ladies around. WIth Susan, that makes two, provided I can still count. Welcome to Equipped!

-- Craig

You are SO right.

-- Craig

Thanks for the link!

-- Craig

A few months ago my wife, by total forgetfullness on both our parts, made two flights with her Cold Steel Mini-Pal on her keyring in her purse. "They" never batten an eye at it (must have missed it), while they went nuts over her underwire bra. Had they noticed the Mini-Pal I am sure that they would have snatched it right up, and now four (4) inch scissors are OK??? What's up with that??? I could cut a guys head off with four inch scissors!!!

Umm... perks of the job? *ducks* <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

eeph

Could be I guess...

It's a P4 (with pliers, not scissors), which keeps company with a Fox 40 whistle and a CMG Infinity flashlight ... not to mention the 4 keys and keyfob that also hang out on my keyring.

I wasn't sure what the TSA folks would do, so I was also carrying a self-addressed stamped padded envelope -- just in case they insisted that I couldn't carry it on the plane.

Thanks ... I've been posting on the forum for a couple of years but my profile has been eaten a few times, so the # of posts figure is inaccurate.

This forum has experienced a few crashes over the years. I've been a member since the 1990s.

The forum has returned from each crash better and stronger than before, with more robust software. Onward and upward.

-- Craig

what is a fob?

Here's what I got after hitting Google: "A short chain with a decorative seal or other device attached to the end. ie: The fob and chain hung outside watch pocket, and could be used to pull the watch out of the pocket"

Yeah, but read the tiny print way at the bottom - that ugly little word DISCRETION is in there, which means, as always, that the TSA can do whatever it wants, to whoever it wants, whenever it wants.

But of course. I'd expect that legal CYA lingo from the Feds.