I just got back from a trip to asia. I went through airport security five times total in four different countries. Every single one asked me to open my bag to check out the 'sissors'. In the US at SFO they let me keep the EMT shears, but took some sharper sissors in my little sewing kit because they were pointy. At three other checks the screeners looked at the shears and said 'don't use them on the plane'. On the way into the US in Seol, S. Korea, they told me that I couldn't board with the shears and took them. I wasn't so botherd because I was headed home, and they were very professional about the process, much better than I've experienced with the TSA folks here.

Sometimes it's a roll of the dice if it's questionable, even if it's technicaly within the rules.

And no one asked about the permenant match either. I guess it's not really recognizable as a lighter.

As always, YMMV

-Jeff