Thread: Is It Possible To Air Travel With Any Sort Of Razor

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Not quite that extreme, but getting there. A few years back, when my Grandma was still able to fly, security confiscated a pair of nail clippers from her that belonged to her mother. Can't be too careful with those octogenarians with deadly nail clippers....

You right, they are real martial artists with nail clippers, so stay clear of them. :-)

Just to provide an update from the UK side of the pond. UK airports now permit a bladed item with up to a 60mm cutting edge. I inadvertently turned up at the security check with a pen knife in my pocket. It was checked by the security agents and handed back to me to take on the plane.

I think a straight razor is going to be too long but a DE should be fine flying out of the UK now. It might still be a little hit and miss depending on the agent so don't try it with anything you can't afford to lose.

I recently traveled by air and brought my shaving kit in my carry on, I had my DE with no blade in it and had no problems anywhere. (Houston, Philadelphia, Newark, Baton Rouge). The TSA agent just said make sure no blade is in it. No blade. No problems.

Originally Posted by Erikenstein

I recently traveled by air and brought my shaving kit in my carry on, I had my DE with no blade in it and had no problems anywhere. (Houston, Philadelphia, Newark, Baton Rouge). The TSA agent just said make sure no blade is in it. No blade. No problems.

How did you get your favorite DE blades to your destination? Checked luggage? Mail ahead? Settle for what you can find at Walgreens?
Just wondering. Thanks.

I've found that the TSA is staffed by criminals and thieves. I have NOTHING good to say about them. New unfilled expensive lighters, razors etc. if it looks expensive and can be in the least construed as remotely dangerous you can bet its going in someones pocket. I would rather mail my SR and stuff to my destination and mail it back than give some skunk ape a chance the steal my stuff. I went from CT to AK to visit family and I mailed my DE and blades a week before hand . If you read the news papers you will read horror stories abound of the almighty TSA

I would not pack any expensive items in my bags, for the very reasons posted above. If one truly wished to push the issue, they COULD send items in checked luggage, in a sealed clear vinyl bag, including a message to the TSA inspectors informing them of the significance of the item in the bag, and its value, and a requirement that any items confiscated MUST signed for, and be cataloged and held for appeal.
Not sure how well that will work, but I THINK is legally viable.

Originally Posted by coloshaver

How did you get your favorite DE blades to your destination? Checked luggage? Mail ahead? Settle for what you can find at Walgreens?
Just wondering. Thanks.

I checked ahead to make sure I could buy some at my new destination. Thankfully there is an Art of Shaving in Philadelphia as well as Baton Rouge.

I have traveled a few times with straights in the checked baggage, but like Tsunami and Magpie said, I would always bring your least expensive. Don't bring a good one!

Originally Posted by Tsunami

I've found that the TSA is staffed by criminals and thieves. I have NOTHING good to say about them. New unfilled expensive lighters, razors etc. if it looks expensive and can be in the least construed as remotely dangerous you can bet its going in someones pocket. I would rather mail my SR and stuff to my destination and mail it back than give some skunk ape a chance the steal my stuff. I went from CT to AK to visit family and I mailed my DE and blades a week before hand . If you read the news papers you will read horror stories abound of the almighty TSA

This is a pretty extreme and distasteful thing to say on a gentleman's forum. While I am not an employee of said organization, were I one, I would take great exception to your generalization. Millions of people travel every day without incident, but the tiny percentage that end up in the news precisely because of the negative nature of the story are the ones upon which people tend to focus. It's a high scrutiny job that is under a bit of a media microscope, but crapping on people who are doing their jobs is offside. There are bad apples in every job, from fastfood restaurants to the supreme courts and everything in between.

jdto - When I took my kids to San Diego a couple of years back they stole her underwear (she was 10 and that is disgusting). CHECKED baggage. When I went to Italy they stole an iPod and a Blackberry phone I had. I would not generalize them all as criminals, but I would say my experience with them has not been good.