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It may be surprising to some of you but as far as the typical Swiss Army pocket knives are concerned there is an important difference between airports in EU countries and airports in the USA: Official policy in US airports says that pocket knives...
Does the blade have a mechanism, button, lever etc to release it from the open position and fold it into the closed position? If it folds closed simply by pushing it closed it is not a locking blade.
You asked about checked luggage on Air France out of CDG. I've done that twice without any problems and I'm comfortable doing that, but I'm not sure two flights is a great measure of their reliability.
Just a thought, but the Victorinox SD is a...
From what I read on the TSA website, your multi-tool, although small, would be prohibited.
“In general, you are prohibited from traveling with sharp objects in your carry-on bags. Multi-tools (multipurpose tools) with knives of any length are...
The EU rules permit a 60mm blade. We’ve had repeated protracted discussions on this over the years.
Interestingly the UK rules (which haven’t changed since we were in the EU) use almost precisely the same words as the EU, but with slightly...
Thank you for sharing your experince, both reagrding luggage and muliti tool. And as you write $20 is no biggy moneywise. 😊
But, I do want this specific multi tool since it's only 21g and I've spent some time on searching for lightweight...
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