I got my Swiss Army Knife on board a Swiss Air flight back from Amsterdam.  
This was a year before 9/11 however.

Brian 

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> On Dec 18, 2018, at 8:17 PM, Thorpe, Jeffrey <jtho...@liberty.edu> wrote:
> 
> Geez - I lost my Swiss Army Knife (the teeny one) to TSA at Tucson too. 
> What’s with that place. I’d had it over 30 years since before I got married. 
> It as our 30th anniversary, heading to Hawaii.
> I have a new replacement now. Missing all the “character” the other had.
> 
> Jeff - KG7HDZ
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2018, at 5:08 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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