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Wooden Knitting Tools TSA legal or not?
My wife knits using wooden or plastic needles.They are typically a pair of
wooden shafts about 1/4" to 3/8" in diameter and about 15" long with very dull, but somewhat pointed ends. She would like to use these to pass the time during a 14 hour trip from Chicago to Beijing, China. I doubt the x-rays would spot these in the bottom of a carry on bag, they being low Z material...BUT are they TSA legal? Would a United flight attendant be inclined to confiscate them if she got them on board? |
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Wooden Knitting Tools TSA legal or not?
"Jerome R. Long" wrote:
... are they TSA legal? The TSA has a list of things that are allowed and prohibited he http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlib...12_18_2003.pdf It says that knitting needles and crochet hooks are permitted in carry-on bags. It doesn't specify any types. |
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Wooden Knitting Tools TSA legal or not?
In the UK Any sort of Knitting needles is not allowed. Wooden ones will
still show up on the x-ray screen..... just a matter of if the operator is eagled eyed enough to see something sharp. Being long and pointed, he'd still pick it up "Jerome R. Long" wrote in message ... My wife knits using wooden or plastic needles.They are typically a pair of wooden shafts about 1/4" to 3/8" in diameter and about 15" long with very dull, but somewhat pointed ends. She would like to use these to pass the time during a 14 hour trip from Chicago to Beijing, China. I doubt the x-rays would spot these in the bottom of a carry on bag, they being low Z material...BUT are they TSA legal? Would a United flight attendant be inclined to confiscate them if she got them on board? |
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Wooden Knitting Tools TSA legal or not?
~~ Ray ~~ wrote:
In the UK Any sort of Knitting needles is not allowed. Wooden ones will still show up on the x-ray screen..... just a matter of if the operator is eagled eyed enough to see something sharp. Being long and pointed, he'd still pick it up I don't think this is going to hurt them on their flight from US to China, but I don't see the big deal in the UK. After all, they permit bottles of liquor and I suspect far more people have used broken bottles for weapons than knitting needles. |
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