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I recently had to travel from Rochester, New York to Tampa, Fla. Like many people I travel with my belongings in the cabin overhead space, so I didn't even bother taking a razor. I took a brush and some soap and used one of my brothers razors in Tampa. I know my straight would throw security into fit's but what about a DE? Anyone have experience here?
Larry
As long as you're not bringing the blades with you, you should have no problem bringing a DE in your carry on.
Best thing to do is to pack your razor in your checked luggage. Most guys who insist on travelling with a straight do this with good results, but I would even recommend it for DE razors as well. DE blades are a definite no-no for carry-on, but why take the chance with the razor? The last thing you want is for a security officer to arbitrarily confiscate your DE while you protest "but it doesn't even have a blade in it!".....
Remember, they can do pretty much whatever they want.
You could also mail things ahead or figure out a place where you're going to buy some DE blades.
I agree with Ryan. When I travel by air, like last month, my de razor and blades were stored in my shaving kit that was packed in my checked luggage.
Yet another reason that I hate to travel on airlines these days.:banghead:
Hi,
I'm in the aviation industry and you definitely need to check it. No other way around it unless you get lucky. If you have a really bad day with a razor in your carry on luggage, you could end up on a lovely TSA list that will haunt you forever. I don't recommend it. LOL
-= Beer
Hi Ryan,Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan82
Is Canada's transportation security just as robust as our TSA?
Take care,
Patrick
I carry a straight or two in checked luggage everywhere I go.....just not my good ones.....:w
Everyone already answered that you can check straights and carry-on DEs without blades. Just want to add that CVS sells DE blades and there's bound to be one near your location if it's a domestic flight.
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....Quote:
Originally Posted by pmburk
You right, they are real martial artists with nail clippers, so stay clear of them. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan82
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.
How did you get your favorite DE blades to your destination? Checked luggage? Mail ahead? Settle for what you can find at Walgreens?Quote:
Originally Posted by Erikenstein
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by coloshaver
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!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsunami
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.
I don't fly with expensive straights, but I leave messages with my beaters, too. I tape an index card or Post-it note to the coffin case that says "SHARP! Please be careful!" Hasn't failed me yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
pack a DE and mail your blades of choice to your destination. that way you don't have to check them
or learn to shave with gilette DE blades, which most grocery stores and/or walgreens/cvs/happyharry's appear to still sell.
If I want to travel without check-in luggage, I pack a safety razor without blades (which I then buy at CVS for pennies). I have also traveled with my Feather Artist, with the blades in the check-in luggage. They made me open the carry-on, but upon seeing no blade, TSA was always satisfied.
As for a straight razor, sorry--too valuable and delicate to leave at the mercy of TSA. If I was away for enough time for it to matter, I would simply mail the razor to myself or a friend wherever I'm going.