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For the briefest of moments I wanted one of these, but then I remembered what happened to my last pocket knife. - Sent from seat 26D

by jsolson 15y ago

ohyes 15y ago
"The device will come equipped with two knife bodies, between which the drive can easily be interchanged with one that is flight-friendly and the other includes traditional Swiss Army Knife implements of a blade, scissors, and screw driver."
- wisty 15y ago
  Yeah, but you could still have pirated movies, or unlocked software on the drive, which would make you a pirate and a thought-criminal. And you wouldn't let a pirate on a plane, would you?
- kcima 15y ago
  Yes, and the flight-friendly knife body comes with ear plugs and special container for Xanax pills.
- kabdib 15y ago
  And TSA goons can be depended on to realize it's not an actual knife. "But it says 'Swiss Army' on it." "It's not a knife." "Surrreee. Step this way, please."
SageRaven 15y ago
Isn't it a shame? I once regularly toted my Swiss Army knife on plane trips. I'd toss it into the basket with my keys and wallet and be waved through the metal detector (with shoes still on, mind you), and it was never given a second glance. I've carried that same poor, battered knife daily for almost 25 years now. In fact, I was denied entrance to a New Year's venue this year because I admitted to having a pocket knife on my person and refused to part with it. $60 wasted. WTF? Have we become a society of emasculated pansies that fears little pocket knives?
- cglace 15y ago
  And worse toenail clippers.
  - rdtsc 15y ago
    "Direct the plane to fly into the building or I'll cut your nails a little too close to the skin"
    - goodweeds 15y ago
      I had a pair of nail clippers confiscated entering IAD a few years ago. Just inside the security terminal was the convenience store where i had purchased that set of nail clippers, so I purchased a new set and took them on the plane.
      - rdtsc 15y ago
        This can be taken one more notch up ridiculousness scale, if the confiscated nail clippers were just taken in the back, re-packed and then sold as you exit out of the security area. "Sir, if you wait half an hour you can come back and purchase your old clippers back"
  - cdr 15y ago
    The TSA removed the restriction on toenail clippers years ago. I've had a pair in my carryon since, never a problem. They will apparently still on occasion confiscate fingernail clippers that have an attached file/nailcleaner, for whatever reason.
  - kristopolous 15y ago
    For a while their was a "no tools" restriction. That one really struck me as odd. Some high-school dropout is given broad powers to play mr. security guy at the airport. I didn't fly for about 2 years after someone made me miss my flight because I had to check a jewelers torx security bit screw driver I had accidentally left in my bag (this was some custom, "let's charge you bucketloads for this bit" style screw driver); as if I'm going to disassemble the plane with that thing. so I decided, fuck them; I was not going to give them my money.
sschueller 15y ago
Before 9/11 it was possible to purchase a swiss army knife from the duty free catalog on Swiss Flights. It would be given to you during the flight.
- ja27 15y ago
  Before 9/11 it was legal (per the FAA) to fly with a knife with up to a 4" blade. Some airlines limited blade length to 3". I regularly flew with a 3" folding knife. I could often walk through the metal detectors without even taking the knife out of my pocket if I just put my hand over it and walked slowly. Other times I'd drop it in the basket with my keys and wallet and half the time nobody would even look at it. I used to regularly fly through Portland, Maine (where some of the 9/11 hijackers boarded) and the security screening staff there were some of the few that always looked at my knife. I felt really horrible to see them on the security videos as the hijackers passed through. It wasn't their failure because boxcutters were allowed at the time.

For the briefest of moments I wanted one of these, but then I remembered what happened to my last pocket knife. - Sent from seat 26D

by jsolson 15y ago

For the briefest of moments I wanted one of these, but then I remembered what happened to my last pocket knife. - Sent from seat 26D

ohyes 15y ago

"The device will come equipped with two knife bodies, between which the drive can easily be interchanged with one that is flight-friendly and the other includes traditional Swiss Army Knife implements of a blade, scissors, and screw driver."

wisty 15y ago
Yeah, but you could still have pirated movies, or unlocked software on the drive, which would make you a pirate and a thought-criminal. And you wouldn't let a pirate on a plane, would you?
kcima 15y ago
Yes, and the flight-friendly knife body comes with ear plugs and special container for Xanax pills.
kabdib 15y ago
And TSA goons can be depended on to realize it's not an actual knife. "But it says 'Swiss Army' on it." "It's not a knife." "Surrreee. Step this way, please."

SageRaven 15y ago

Isn't it a shame? I once regularly toted my Swiss Army knife on plane trips. I'd toss it into the basket with my keys and wallet and be waved through the metal detector (with shoes still on, mind you), and it was never given a second glance. I've carried that same poor, battered knife daily for almost 25 years now. In fact, I was denied entrance to a New Year's venue this year because I admitted to having a pocket knife on my person and refused to part with it. $60 wasted. WTF? Have we become a society of emasculated pansies that fears little pocket knives?

cglace 15y ago
And worse toenail clippers.
- rdtsc 15y ago
  "Direct the plane to fly into the building or I'll cut your nails a little too close to the skin"
  - goodweeds 15y ago
    I had a pair of nail clippers confiscated entering IAD a few years ago. Just inside the security terminal was the convenience store where i had purchased that set of nail clippers, so I purchased a new set and took them on the plane.
    - rdtsc 15y ago
      This can be taken one more notch up ridiculousness scale, if the confiscated nail clippers were just taken in the back, re-packed and then sold as you exit out of the security area. "Sir, if you wait half an hour you can come back and purchase your old clippers back"
- cdr 15y ago
  The TSA removed the restriction on toenail clippers years ago. I've had a pair in my carryon since, never a problem. They will apparently still on occasion confiscate fingernail clippers that have an attached file/nailcleaner, for whatever reason.
- kristopolous 15y ago
  For a while their was a "no tools" restriction. That one really struck me as odd. Some high-school dropout is given broad powers to play mr. security guy at the airport. I didn't fly for about 2 years after someone made me miss my flight because I had to check a jewelers torx security bit screw driver I had accidentally left in my bag (this was some custom, "let's charge you bucketloads for this bit" style screw driver); as if I'm going to disassemble the plane with that thing. so I decided, fuck them; I was not going to give them my money.

sschueller 15y ago

Before 9/11 it was possible to purchase a swiss army knife from the duty free catalog on Swiss Flights. It would be given to you during the flight.

ja27 15y ago
Before 9/11 it was legal (per the FAA) to fly with a knife with up to a 4" blade. Some airlines limited blade length to 3". I regularly flew with a 3" folding knife. I could often walk through the metal detectors without even taking the knife out of my pocket if I just put my hand over it and walked slowly. Other times I'd drop it in the basket with my keys and wallet and half the time nobody would even look at it. I used to regularly fly through Portland, Maine (where some of the 9/11 hijackers boarded) and the security screening staff there were some of the few that always looked at my knife. I felt really horrible to see them on the security videos as the hijackers passed through. It wasn't their failure because boxcutters were allowed at the time.