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Sadly, this never got implemented: http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/06/05/tsa-knives/2393139/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/201

Sadly, this never got implemented: http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/06/05/tsa-knives/2393139/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/06/05/tsa-... It's a dumb rule, and I'd like to be able to carry a small swiss army knife when I travel.

veidr 12y ago
That's terrible, and it also shows that the TSA isn't the sole source of ludicrous security theater. They made a move to take one small step towards a more sensible policy, and got rejected by other equally-wrongheaded stakeholders. I have a, uh, "friend" who always carries a very small knife[1] through the airport. The trick is that it fits on a key ring, and is normally folded closed. Before going through the Perv-O-Tron™ 3000 machine at security, he just throws his keyring into his carry-on. It's been through over 100 flights in a row that way without getting confiscated. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Slip-Joint-Plain-Knife/dp/B003788U9U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425874309&sr=8-1&keywords=spyderco+tiny http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Slip-Joint-Plain-Knife/dp/B00...
- BetaMechazawa 12y ago
  Could this Bug knife easily be swallowed and smuggled into prison? A: Yes - Gage answered on February 20, 2015
  - veidr 12y ago
    Wow. That[1] does not sound comfortable. (My own use case is opening Amazon packages.) [1]: http://www.amazon.com/knife-easily-swallowed-smuggled-prison/forum/FxPMTPXK2K7YSD/Tx2HD8OI1BQXV1F/1/ref=cm_cd_naredir?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B003788U9U&cdItems=25&store=generic http://www.amazon.com/knife-easily-swallowed-smuggled-prison...