Thread: Air travel with DE

Originally Posted by ryanjewell

I fly with an unloaded DE...8 out of 10 times, they don't check...

But they have checked...it's only a minor inconvenience...so I'll just keep doing it the right way

That's why I keep mine in pieces and in a Ziploc bag. That way they can examine all of the pieces without getting their grubby hands on my shaving implements.

Originally Posted by earcutter

Oh no... my wife is out east and picked me up a tub of AOS Sandalwood (love the stuff). She is flying in tomorrow. I hope I'll receive my gift.

She's back and I got my cream. No problems at all it seems. Yay lol.

Originally Posted by Firefighter2

My sister got on a plane to come visit me once, with a gift for me. It was a tub of shaving cream, and they confiscated it! It's too bad, that in this day & age of world problems & crime, that we have to be so careful of what we take to the airport. I guess it's safer to buy what you need at your destination.

A few weeks back I stopped at the L'occitane store in Charlotte on a layover and grabbed a tube of Cade shaving cream. Then I found out my flight was over sold and I had to wait until the next morning to fly out. They put me up in a hotel but the TSA wouldn't let the Cade back through.

I do keep the blade out of my shavette and DE in my carry on bag, though.

^^ that bites ^^ Double burn!

I wonder if airport personnel can tell if there is a blade inside the DE? Maybe the blade would show up, ya know?

Originally Posted by earcutter

^^ that bites ^^ Double burn!

Yeah. I was peeved. I got to keep the ASB though. It comes in a sub 3oz tube. I wrote a letter to L'occitane so I'm hoping they take.pity on me.

Originally Posted by bharner

Yeah. I was peeved. I got to keep the ASB though. It comes in a sub 3oz tube. I wrote a letter to L'occitane so I'm hoping they take.pity on me.

Wow - that would be something if they did - worth a try.

I always travel with a DE. 9/10 times I get checked so I've made it a habit of taking the DE out and opening it before putting it through the Xray. I don't use shaving cream though so I've never had a problem with fluid volume.

I used to travel quite a bit but never tried with a DE.

As posted above, it used to be that you couldn't even have a nail file on some nail clippers in hand luggage.

But within the last couple of years they've reduced the restriction, in Europe at least, to allow up to a 3 inch blade. I don't quite understand why because unless you want a "Call that a knife?" moment, 3 inches must be plenty to cause some trouble.

Obviously DE blades are under 3 inches so presumably are okay?

Edit: Okay, just checked. At Heathrow you can have a knife blade up to 6cm (so more like 2.5 inches) and no razor blades. TSA say no razor blades either. My mistake

Wow, that is surprising! i had assumed all unorthodox razors were checked.