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    Gentlemen,

    I assume any sharp object is forbidden in the carry-on, including double edge razor blades, and should be checked with the bag. The razor would be all right, I assume, but not the blades. I use double edge razors, too, and always check them with my bag.

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    When in doubt Check it.

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    While tha tis surely the safer assumption to minimize hassle, here is what I pulled of TSA's website:

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    Razor-Type Blades - such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors.

    Isn't "safety razor" just another term for DE? Otherwise, what would they possibly be talking about? I can break open the cartidge and have just as dangerous an edge as I have on a DE, right? (I know, applying logic to these rules is likely applying boxing rules to a spelling contest).

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    Quote Originally Posted by smokelaw1 View Post
    While tha tis surely the safer assumption to minimize hassle, here is what I pulled of TSA's website:

    Prohibited:
    Razor-Type Blades - such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors.

    Isn't "safety razor" just another term for DE? Otherwise, what would they possibly be talking about? I can break open the cartidge and have just as dangerous an edge as I have on a DE, right? (I know, applying logic to these rules is likely applying boxing rules to a spelling contest).
    Remember this is the government talking. They don't want you to understand....

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    This is a great topic to consider. I was just thinking about posting a question regarding traveling with a straight as I am new to shaving with one. I hate checking luggage and try not to do so if possible. My wife and I are about to take a trip so I guess I will dust off the old Gillette sensor for the trip since we are not checking any bags.

    But here's something bizarre that happened to me on a trip last summer. I was flying back to Tucson from Knoxville and in my carry-on, I had my shave mug/soap, brush, and metal brush stand. After a few back and forth passes through the X-ray, a TSA employee asked to whom this bag belonged to. I stepped up and was questioned about the stand. I had to show them how the brush fit in the stand. After a couple of minutes, two or three TSA employees agreed it was not an item of malicious intent and let me travel with it. How absurd.

    Has anyone else had issues like this?

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    What I am worried about is packing my beloved inox in its coffin case in my bag and checking the bag and some offical comes along and decides that this is a security threat and takes the blade. Even though it is packed in a suitcase in a checked bag in the cargo hold of the airplane I am still worried. Can anyone help here.

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    I travelled as part of a tour group 2 years ago. There was a woman who had a packed a very large sewing scissors in her checked luggage. TSA confiscated (stole) the scissors claiming it was a "security risk". I will not fly with my straights. They might confiscate it claiming it was a "security risk".

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    If you do have to travel, I'm thinking it's a good idea to have a cheap and easily replaceable razor. I'm travelling round europe for three weeks and I'll be taking my dovo 'best quality' and a cheap antique store strop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gregs656 View Post
    If you do have to travel, I'm thinking it's a good idea to have a cheap and easily replaceable razor. I'm travelling round europe for three weeks and I'll be taking my dovo 'best quality' and a cheap antique store strop.
    When I go away for family vacation, I bring a Double Arrow. They take a nice edge, and all you need is a travel strop to keep it sharp for a few weeks. I know the edge doesn't last as long as that ona good razor, but for 14 days, it's just fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smokelaw1 View Post
    While tha tis surely the safer assumption to minimize hassle, here is what I pulled of TSA's website:

    Prohibited:
    Razor-Type Blades - such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors.

    Isn't "safety razor" just another term for DE? Otherwise, what would they possibly be talking about? I can break open the cartidge and have just as dangerous an edge as I have on a DE, right? (I know, applying logic to these rules is likely applying boxing rules to a spelling contest).
    You don't understand... to the government dodos, "safety razor" means a Mach 3, Bic disposable, and other such crap. They think that DE razors are extinct, if they're even old enough to know what a DE is. (You can see their intention: the blades in disposables and cartridge razors aren't even sharp enough to get a good shave, let alone threaten someone's life...)

    You can, however, carry on an expensive DE without any blades. Either check the blades or buy some at your destination, if you can get along with drugstore Personnas.

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