BA: Lidl folding knife

Even smaller than my favourite actual Stanley, stanley knife kept in the bottom of my laptop bag.

'bladed article' is challenged ;-)

Reasonably ... but then even /I/ can't find it in there half the time, thought I'd lost it for months and it turns out it was in there all the while.

But if the Bill look, it will instantly float to the top!

I got one of those a couple of years ago - it's excellent.

Years ago I was searched at Zurich Airport by a security guy with a strong Scottish accent. He found a German Army govt surplus Swiss Army Knife in my coat pocket. When I explained that it was a Swiss Army knife he said in that case no problem and gave it back to me.

The problem is that the goalposts have moved. I used to wear my Leatherman everywhere, but there's no way you'd get it onto a plane now.

Agreed. I donated two Swiss Army knives to the US TSA in recent years. And one was because I was late for my plane, which was then delayed, so I would have had time to go back to the car and leave the knife behind, had I known.

Why would you need it on a plane. The Swiss Army knife was in my jacket pocket solely because I had warn the jacket when I had been sailing the previous weekend.

"I used to wear my Leatherman everywhere"

And what did you warn it about?

I bought three cracking Leatherman knives via ebay for a fiver each. I'm sure the seller was a security bod from H'row or somewhere.

In the US, they auction the 'liberated' items in job lots. Only once have I heard of anybody being offered a way to have his stuff forwarded to his destination, at his expense of course. They don't even offer to hold things until your return, it just goes in the bin. And yes, it is possible to forget that you have a 3" adjustable spanner in your bag if you haven't used it in several days and you're racing for your plane, but that goes too.

Not carrying a concealed weapon sir. It's against the Lore.

I managed to travel to the USA with a 12 bore shotgun cartridge in my carry on bag. I use the same bag for shooting and it had fallen into the bottom and remained there undetected. I imagine that trying to explain that to the security people would have been ... interesting.

(BTW, I threw it in the harbour in Jersey City.)

I'm surprised they don't flog jiffy bags at some expensive price (yet cheaper than losing your kit) which you then write your address on and your items are waiting at home on your return. One for Mr O'Leary?

Ah, but how much would they charge for storing your stuff, the insides of which they don't know? I can't see that one 'flying' at all.

But if anyone did it, it would be the Irishman.

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Feel free to suggest this to the TSA. Report your success here.

Just bought one earlier today .. probably the best Stanley knife I've seen .. I always had trouble with the ends of the body never _quite_ fitting correctly .. this is solid so doesn't have that problem.

I shall buy another one at least to leave in the Landrover.

I have one of the Kosch folding Stanley knives. It seems to be much the same knife only with a carrying pouch instead of a belt clip. Very good knives but they count as a lock knife for police purposes.