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Not really true since you can't even bring a little pocketknife or other cutting tool with you.
by nradov 1y ago
Not really true since you can't even bring a little pocketknife or other cutting tool with you.
- Scoundreller 1y agoAnd different countries having different rules. Always fun to lose your contact lens solution at a transit airport that doesn’t embrace “one stop security” and find yourself tracking some down on a Sunday. Fuck you Heathrow.
- pavel_lishin 1y agoYes, that's one thing that I really dislike. I'm very used to carrying my Leatherman supertool around with me, and it irks me that I can't do that. But I do have a Wallet Ninja that's useful that's only ever been questioned once, and never taken away. And I used to carry a small knife that folds into a key, and nobody ever noticed until one particularly bored TSA agent decided I couldn't take it with me. I should really order another one, or dozen, and treat them as "disposable" for traveling with.
- synack 1y agoSwiss army knives are cheap and easy to find in every city.
- lm28469 1y agoYou can fly with a swiss army knife in europe, or at least nobody ever questioned me. If you buy local everywhere you fly look for opinels, for $10 you get the perfect camping/food knife
- unglaublich 1y agoAnd throw it away every time? Or at least give it away or so?
- Aurornis 1y agoLeave it at the hotel/hostel. I leave a small note so the cleaning staff knows it’s abandoned, not lost and in need of return. I’ve done this with various things I forgot, like a phone charger for the local outlet type.
- sib 1y agoBack in the the before times of the '90's, when it still existed, I flew on SwissAir in a premium cabin for work; they gave all the passengers Swiss Army knives as a gift while we were in the air...
- bongodongobob 1y agoI have every time I've traveled. Lighters as well. TSA is fucking useless.
- unglaublich 1y agoMost airports allow for 1 < 5cm knife and 1 lighter.
- nradov 1y agoNope, not in the USA. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/knives https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/...
- kube-system 1y agoLighters are allowed though: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/lighters-disposable-and-zippo https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/...
- discomrobertul8 1y agowhy do you need one? I see a lot of "edc" stuff online where people seem to carry knives and tools with them everywhere they go. I've never found a need to do so and never been caught out in a situation where I would have benefitted from a knife.
- coffeebeqn 1y agoHaving some kind of a sharpish edge is pretty useful in my experience. I just use a keychain multi tool that’s more like a screwdriver than a knife but you can open things you can’t with just your hands. A real pocket knife I only bring when camping or renovating or something like that
- zikduruqe 1y ago"My good reason to carry a knife is that God gave me rather weak teeth and rudimentary claws in an evolutionary trade-off. The hairy-armed person who figured out how to put an edge on a suitable rock made it possible for us to be recognizably human in the first place. I wear a wristwatch whether or not I have an appointment to keep, and I carry a pen and/or pencil because I am a literate person whether or not I have a specific writing task ahead of me, and I carry a knife because I am a human and not an ape." - James Mattis
- kstrauser 1y agoWhen I was a kid, my dad told me that all gentlemen should carry a pocket knife. (And presumably gentlewomen, too, but he was addressing me at the time.) I carry a nice Spyderco Para 3 with me at all times when I'm not flying somewhere and use it multiple times a day for random stuff like: trimming a loose thread on my shirt, digging out a splinter, trimming a hangnail before it can snag on something, cutting a length of rope, popping a piece of glass out of my shoe, opening an envelope, cutting tape on a box, slicing an apple or a piece of cheese, and so on ad infinitum. On the very few occasions where I didn't have it, I've reached for my phantom knife and been bummed to realize I didn't have the tool I was counting on. Without exaggeration, I use it every single day. Note that crazy stuff like self defense absolutely, positively does not enter the equation. I mention that only because some people get weird about it in both directions, both "eek, you carry a weapon around?!", and "ooh, ever get to stab anyone?!" No. My primary self defense mechanism is good running shoes and decent stamina.
- Aurornis 1y agoIf you can’t go without, just buy one at the destination. Leave it at the hotel with a note that it’s free for the taking when you leave.
- avidiax 1y agoI have heard that people often forget that this is on their keys, and it is very rare that it is noticed: https://www.swisstechtools.com/product/detail.html?id=111 https://www.swisstechtools.com/product/detail.html?id=111 You could bring the Swiss Army Jetsetter, but the problem with that is that you are almost certain to get stopped by US security every time, and deal with a 1-15 minute delay depending on how well the particular agent you get knows their rules around scissors and how many times they mistakenly call your item a Swiss Army "knife". To save yourself some trouble, just put it on an s-biner on the outside of your backpack, and ideally extend the tools so it is obvious there's no knife. https://www.victorinox.com/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knife%E2%84%A2-and-Tools/Essentials/Jetsetter/p/0.6263 https://www.victorinox.com/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knife%E2%8...