Given that even nail clippers are being confiscated at airport, I was thinking that we could use a new kind of cutting tool. One that doesn't look like a knife and one that isn't made of metal. An idea popped into my head. I'm no engineer, so I don't know if this is even possible.<br><br>I was thinking of a round, smallish piece of ceramic that would fit on a keyring. The ceramic would not give metal detectors any grief and the medallion shape wouldn't scream "knife" to security. The entire thing could be sharpened and would function much like a pizza slicer, but with a modified grip. Then if you really needed a knife, you could "pretend" to make use of a handy object for that purpose.<br><br>What do you folks think?<br><br>

You would have to acquire firing clay without any elements of metal in it, which many have. When treespiking was in favor, bridge nails were easily detected and removed. The more creative activists created ceramic dowels of specific clay, fired at high temps.Of course, you could get a length of bamboo. these make wickedly sharp knives among native peoples in the tropics. See the bizaar , perverse and esoteric stuff we know here? I have a survival suggestion. Buy a pizza and rethink this on a full stomach. I can never get those cutting wheels to work. Im just tossing my BOB in cargo and hoping our security remains at the present level.<br><br>

Oh well, another idea down the drain. Grin. I like your pizza suggestion, though. Time for dinner. Yum.<br><br>

Craig, better to bounce ideas, gas masksand MRE's ( meals rarily edible) here than off a Grizzly Bear in the real world.<br><br>

SwissTech UtilKey is on my key ring. I've flown twice since the sharps rule started and no one has said anything. <br><br>It's tiny. I wouldn't want it for a weapon, but [censored] it's sharp. Also has the hardest eyeglass screwdriver tip I've ever used.<br><br><br>

Here are the closest things I could come up with?<br><br>http://www.clicshop.com/magasin/solumark/c46206p9504973.2.html<br><br>http://members.tripod.com/~Newt_Livesay/SPECIALS (check executive ice scraper)<br><br>GATOR<br><br>

Great ideas.<br><br>Regarding this, http://www.clicshop.com/magasin/solumark/c46206p9504973.2.html. What IS it, anyway? <br><br>I like the executive ice scraper, but if it were found on your person, what could you honestly claim it was? What all could it be used for? I stink at being evasive unless I can base an evasion on the truth.

I also keep my Utilikey on my keyring. I guess I'll keep it there and forget I have it. Where did you put your keys for the screening, in your jacket pocket and put the jacket on the conveyer belt?<br><br>What's up with the "[censored]" business? First time I've seen that on this forum.

The sale of ceramic knives should go up. What will stop these from getting through the detector except maybe a body search? Works good, lasts a long time.

I hope this thread isn't becoming a place to encourage law-breaking relative to the "no knives on airplanes" regulation. We may not agree with the law, but we are obligated to obey it, and I would not want to participate in a forum that discusses ways to smuggle contraband through security checkpoints.<br><br>Let's keep in mind that we are communicating in a public fourm visible to the world. That includes minors, law-enforcement agents, terrorists, foreign neighbors, employers, etc. What is posted here reflects on all members of the forum. I would encourage those interested in pursuing this topic further to use e-mail.<br><br>Thanks.