Recent experiences with cutters in carry on?

[wdeutsch]

(I've serached, but to no avail. If this has been covered recently and I missed it, mea culpa and please point me to the missed discussion.)

What's the current status on taking line cutters like Trilobites in your carry on luggage when flying? Better luck with ceramic ones than steel? No luck at all?

ETA: I know I can put cutting devices in my checked luggage. Gently, kindly, that's not what I'm asking about.

I know trauma shears are *mostly* OK, but I'm interested in info on other forms of line cutters.

I also know it's a murky area, at best, and is at the discretion of the individual TSA agent. But, I'm interested to hear how the wind is blowing more recently. So, reports from the field on what's been OK and what's been confiscated, please?

It seems like it's been a half dozen years or more since the last set of reports, and the guidelines definitely shift. So, what does the landscape look like these days?

 

[tursiops]

Why not put them in your checked luggage?

 

[bardass]

my eezycut (steel) always traveled in my checked luggage.
Never had problems

 

[Alastor]

On my previous diving holidays, I have always packed all my bladed gear in my checked luggage, except once when I forgot to remove a small blade embedded inside the Goodman handle. It took me 20 minutes to figure out why security had stopped my carry-on saying there was a knife in it...

Luckily, I was able to remove the Goodman handle from my carry-on and put it in my checked luggage. Otherwise, I would have had to throw it away.

 

[CT-Rich]

If you bring one in a carry, okay with it if they confiscate it and throw it away. I had almost new bottle of sunscreen chucked. It didn’t occur to me that it was forbidden.

Accidents happen, but, I wouldn’t intentionally test them

 

[Lorenzoid]

Why not put them in your checked luggage?

My guess is that there are some people who try to take a dive vacation without any checked luggage.

 

[wdeutsch]

Why not put them in your checked luggage?

I tend to travel light and go 100% carry-on. I have the WORST luck with lost luggage and delayed baggage becaused it missed the connections that I made. I know I can have 100% success by putting it in a checked bag. I'd rather not do that. Hence, I'm asking if there are cutting devices that folks have had make it through security more often than not.

 

[wdeutsch]

If you bring one in a carry, okay with it if they confiscate it and throw it away. I had almost new bottle of sunscreen chucked. It didn’t occur to me that it was forbidden.

Accidents happen, but, I wouldn’t intentionally test them

I hear you. One never knows what a TSA agent will decide is 'dangerous'. On my recent trip to Utila, I had no issue going down, but on the way back, my backplate was a 'weapon' and had to be checked.

What I'm looking for here is info on what's most likely to be OK. For instance, if line cutters with ceramic blades tend to cause less issues because of how they show up on the screening machines, I'll spring for one of those. If there are models that simply look more innocuous and folks have had widespread luck with, I'll look at those. Etc.

So, I'm hoping to compile a few reports on what has worked and what has not so I can hedge my bets.

 

[bardass]

what are you talking about ? cabin ou chekked luggage ?

 

[wdeutsch]

what are you talking about ? cabin ou chekked luggage ?

Carry on/cabin. NOT checked.