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UTUSN

(70,497 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:19 PM Mar 2013

So is my beloved Camillus camp knife now carry-on, measured from where?

Does the blade length go from the non-blade base part or only the blade? The sharp/blade part is 2 3/8" but the whole is 2 5/8" and the width is 5/8". Whoopi said these things were always allowable INSIDE the luggage, not on-person, correct?




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The illustrated Camillus Knife is the Camillus Camp Knife that features a 2 3/8" spear blade, can opener, punch and screwdriver/cap lifter made of stainless steel. The stainless steel handle of this Camillus knife, 3 3/4" closed, has U.S. embossing and a shackle.
Camillus Knives: Camillus Camp Knife, US Embossed, CM-1760

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This item is discontinued and out of stock - it is left for reference only.

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So is my beloved Camillus camp knife now carry-on, measured from where? (Original Post) UTUSN Mar 2013 OP
What are you talking about? Rex Mar 2013 #1
DUers know everything. I just wonder why those who don't find it necessary to reply. n/t UTUSN Mar 2013 #2
Carry on. Rex Mar 2013 #3
I shall (carry on). The wait will be productive for me, will apply some mineral oil UTUSN Mar 2013 #4
That's slightly over the limit, however MineralMan Mar 2013 #5
I think mine would make it REP Mar 2013 #28
The most definitive measuring points would be hinge point to blade point 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #6
You've got it. From the exposed part of the blade MineralMan Mar 2013 #12
Even if you measure just the sharpened rsdsharp Mar 2013 #7
Thanks, All: My faith in DU know-how remains undiminished!1 So these things were always UTUSN Mar 2013 #9
Here are the new rules: jsr Mar 2013 #8
Golf clubs (limit two). Rex Mar 2013 #10
Glad you waited. n/t UTUSN Mar 2013 #13
Then I guess you changed your mind then. Rex Mar 2013 #16
Seriously. I mean the aisle is only about 100' long, right? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #15
Yeah wood is out of the question. Rex Mar 2013 #17
This reminds me of the time I had a 1" keychain Swiss Knife lost in the lining of my purse librechik Mar 2013 #11
Apparently my schrade sp2 is still verboten lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #14
Plus that knife looks menacing Rex Mar 2013 #19
The image (on my screen) is pretty much full size. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #20
Okay then I am even more scared-er Rex Mar 2013 #22
Play it safe and use the American Knife & Tool Institute's protocol slackmaster Mar 2013 #18
Yip, that measuring field includes the "base"/non-sharp/hinge part. n/t UTUSN Mar 2013 #25
It makes sense anatomically, in terms of the depth of the would it could theoretically create slackmaster Mar 2013 #26
So now my little key chain Leatherman is legal on a plane but not the court house Jersey Devil Mar 2013 #21
The courthouse has a 'Gerber only' rule. Rex Mar 2013 #23
No way I would ever let my Camillus Boy Scout wood carving knife near an airport. bemildred Mar 2013 #24
This shows the TSA and HS are doing a great job at making sure nothing gets passed them graham4anything Mar 2013 #27
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
1. What are you talking about?
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:23 PM
Mar 2013

'Whoopi said...' as in Goldberg? Maybe you should contact TSA and ask them, who here would even begin to know that kind of information?

UTUSN

(70,497 posts)
4. I shall (carry on). The wait will be productive for me, will apply some mineral oil
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:35 PM
Mar 2013

to it after cleaning/"sanding" it with fine-grade/synthetic auto-body "sanding" material.

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
5. That's slightly over the limit, however
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:46 PM
Mar 2013

you measure it. My regular pocket knife is too. I'm ordering a smaller version, just for when I travel. Right now, I put my current knife in checked baggage, where it has always been allowed, but I'll start carrying a smaller version from now on.

Shrade Old Timer Stockman 850-T

REP

(21,691 posts)
28. I think mine would make it
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:07 PM
Mar 2013

It's slightly smaller than an Old Timer.


Buck Companion
(Mine is an older one, from when they were still made in the US)

Because I never know when I'll have defend myself against paper, string or a cuticle.

1-Old-Man

(2,667 posts)
6. The most definitive measuring points would be hinge point to blade point
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:47 PM
Mar 2013

But if I had to guess I'd say it was from the hilt (extreme end of the handle in the absence of a fixed hilt) to the blade point.

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
12. You've got it. From the exposed part of the blade
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:06 PM
Mar 2013

at the handle to the tip. That's how the TSA photo shows it. That would include the unsharpened part of the blade near the handle after unfolding the blade.

rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
7. Even if you measure just the sharpened
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:56 PM
Mar 2013

portion of the blade, it's too big, two ways. The length can't exceed 2.36 inches. At 2 3/8 inches, your blade is 2.375 inches long. The width can't exceed .5 inches. At 5/8 of an inch, the width is .625 inches.

At that, it wouldn't surprise me if TSA intended to include the bolster in the blade length, or as someone else suggest, try to go all the way back to the hinge point.

UTUSN

(70,497 posts)
9. Thanks, All: My faith in DU know-how remains undiminished!1 So these things were always
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:01 PM
Mar 2013

allowed packed away in luggage.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
10. Golf clubs (limit two).
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:06 PM
Mar 2013

Good to know, I can now have my wedge and a puter! Need that wedge for when the ball gets lodged in an air condition vent.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
15. Seriously. I mean the aisle is only about 100' long, right?
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:21 PM
Mar 2013

The wedge and putter should be plenty. No need to be a big hitter like the Lama.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
17. Yeah wood is out of the question.
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:23 PM
Mar 2013

Might shank it and put a hole in the fuselage. Then they would probably get all mad and stuff, probably take my clubs away from me.

librechik

(30,663 posts)
11. This reminds me of the time I had a 1" keychain Swiss Knife lost in the lining of my purse
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:06 PM
Mar 2013

through a small rip. I had completely forgotten about both.

What a jolly time we had at the TSA security station trying to find it! So tiny it had to be terribly dangerous, right? So large they couldn't find it, even with an X-ray telling them where it was!

How I wish I had that knife back . I was going to give it to the ants in my backyard to play with.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
14. Apparently my schrade sp2 is still verboten
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:19 PM
Mar 2013


The blade conforms with the max dimensions, but because it locks in place it is prohibited.

Only unsafe knives (e.g. non-locking) are allowed to be carried-on apparently.
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
19. Plus that knife looks menacing
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:26 PM
Mar 2013

and I am intimidated already just over the Internets. What about toe nail clippers? Mine can cut through my thick ass big toenail and could, therefore, be used to cut through the titanium superstructure.


EDIT - Ain't talking about the cutter you use with your thumb...no sir, these are the ones that look like wire clippers!

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
20. The image (on my screen) is pretty much full size.
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:28 PM
Mar 2013

But yeah. I like to look badass. It's an assault letter-opener.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
22. Okay then I am even more scared-er
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:32 PM
Mar 2013

cuz that means it is closer to being invisible, then Jim Bowie-sized. Got to watch those well-nigh-invisible knives. Yep, those are the ones.

 

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)
26. It makes sense anatomically, in terms of the depth of the would it could theoretically create
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:42 PM
Mar 2013

The handle would act as a hilt and limit the depth of a stab wound.

ETA I used to carry a Buck model 110 lock-blade folder on airplanes, in my pocket. I'd put it in the tray along with my keys, loose change, etc. and it was always waved right through, until one day in 1987 when I was told at Little Rock, AR that I couldn't have it in my carry-on possessions. I managed to get it into my checked bag, and that was the end of that.

Jersey Devil

(9,863 posts)
21. So now my little key chain Leatherman is legal on a plane but not the court house
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:29 PM
Mar 2013

Every time I go to the court house I have to remove it from my key chain, so ridiculous.

Once when I flew to Florida I had fingernail clippers in my bag and they made me toss them before getting on the plane. Like you could kill someone with nail clippers.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
27. This shows the TSA and HS are doing a great job at making sure nothing gets passed them
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:59 PM
Mar 2013

and they of course mark when someone has one of the above items

Therefore there is a permanent record on file.

Thank God for security. Thank God for Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano and prior and soon again in 2016, Janet Reno.

I expect it impossible for another 9-11 on the airplanes.
Thank God and Barack Obama for that.

Now I can't wait til they make the streets free from bullets in short time.

Amazing that going to the supermarket now is more terrifying than Flying.
because someone might have a gun with bullets.

Guns can remain legal but not bullets.

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