Wait a second. They're allowing things other than "small knives" on the planes again. Could it be that the other things that are allowed on planes, ski poles, h

Wait a second. They're allowing things other than "small knives" on the planes again. Could it be that the other things that are allowed on planes, ski poles, hockey sticks, etc might not be allowed it the "small blades" weren't allowed? For example, the pointy end of a pole, or a utility part of a tool. These things might have been disallowed by a sharp-pointy, but they're allowed back on, and it just so happens that the regulation of what's considered an "okay blade" and what's considered a "not-okay-blade" has to change because of that.