Mine, a small "Executive" model was a gift from my late wife. Before she passed
we took an Alaskan cruise, round trip out of Seattle. On the flight from Tucson
I put the knife in checked baggage but on the return trip after checking my
luggage I remembered it was in my carry-on camera case. When the bag went
through the scanner I could see the guy moving the conveyor belt forward and
back and figured my goose was cooked. So I said something like, "Damn I think I
left my pen knife in that bag." He said, "Okay take it out and show me." of
course, he declared it contraband. Since we were holding up the line, I was
just going to surrender it and move on. My wife threw a fit and the agent said,
"Take it over there." It turns out they have a counter just for stuff like
this. She took it there and for $8 they put it in an envelope and mailed it to us.
Sadly she is gone, but I still have the knife.
Wes N7WS
On 12/18/2018 4:41 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
My Swiss Army Knife was a gift from a ham is Switzerland, and I am not keen to
lose or damage it. It usually stays at my desk.
It is different from those common here in the US - it has black sides and not
the red sides usually seen.
The knife in my pocket is a 3 bladed Case knife. I guess I like that brand
since I went to Case Institute of Technology - but they are good knives that
can keep a keen edge for a long time.
73,
Don W3FPR
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