Quote Originally Posted by Phoenix51 View Post
You can carry pretty much anything you like in checked luggage. I don't travel with straights though because it's a hassle.

A Muhle or Omega Travel brush, some kind of shave stick and a decent DE (used to be a Merkur Futur; soon will be a Rockwell) pretty much covers the bases. I'll mail blades if I'm doing carry on luggage or just buy some (hopefully pretty easy to locate in most places) when I get to where I'm going.

Dealing with TSA is always a crap shoot. I would not travel with a loaded "anything", be it a DE or Feather Artist. I have been questioned/detained over an empty Muhle DE and once over a stick of LaToja soap (they didn't like the outline they saw on the x-Ray). Nothing was confiscated and that was good. I just don't like having to go through all that "stuff". Traveling is problematic enough these days. No need to add anything to the process.
I always use a DE for carry on, and put it in the tray with my keys and other metal objects. The TSA guys seem to appreciate making their job easier because they can readily see it has no blade. DE blades are available at CVS, Walmart, Walgreens. If you are visiting friends it costs only $4 to mail a straight. I have a SRD paddle strop but do not carry it because I worry about it being confiscated.