RE: [Paddlewise] knives and airlines

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gypsykayak_at_aol.com [mailto:Gypsykayak_at_aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 1:12 PM
> To: Outfit3029_at_aol.com; paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Stoves and knives
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> 
> HOW ABOUT SWISS ARMY KNIVES and the like in your carry-on 
> luggage?  I have 
> the teeny Classic, but the bigger Traveler is the one I 
> really need to take 
> (it has a corkscrew).

  When I go through the Alaska Airlines (the only major airline that flies
into Juneau) metal detectors I usually have at least my everyday pocket
knife and my Leatherman on my person - I just place them in the basket so
that they can be visually examined by the personnel manning the metal
detector and then I'm on my way.  The only time I had a problem at an
airport was at O'Hare airport in Chicago when they questioned why I was
carrying a folding knife with a four-inch blade.  Maybe things are
_slightly_ more relaxed up here than "Outside" but I shouldn't think that
anyone would give you a hard time about a little Swiss Army type of knife.

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska
 
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