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Apr242009
April 24, 2009 Blade-free plane pal
Gleaned from a recent OBOW forum discussion, this may be one of the best mult-tool options that you can actually carry on a commerical aircraft - the Wenger Clipper AT:
You may well consider this more of a personal grooming accessory than a pocket knife/Leatherman tool replacement. Features include:
- Ergonomic handles
- 1.75-in pen blade
- Exclusive nail clipper
- Micro screwdriver
- 1.8-in springless scissors with serrated, self-sharpening design
- Nail file
- Nail cleaner
- Toothpick
- Tweezers
- Key ring
- Weight: 1.3 oz
- Actual Size: 2.5 in
Check out the thread for more possibilities. If the TSA abides by their own rules this tool should present no problems at checkpoints.
Update on April 24, 2009 by
Frank@OBOW
Frank@OBOW
I don’t believe you’ll be able to sneak this Wenger product through:
Reader Comments (5)
Yeah the big Wenger is hilarious. Imagine using the can opener on that!
The small Wenger with the clip makes little sense. It is a grooming tool, nothing else. But given that you are allowed to take different scissors up to four inches and nail files are ok, too, why would you take a clipper with additional serrated scissors. Makes no sense, I find.
In terms of multi-tool the Victorinox Swiss Champion Plus (not the Swisschamp) is great, I think. If you really wanted the multi-tool functionalityyou could take of the blades. The saw would be ok, I guess.
I just hope the stupid knife ban ends soon. But maybe I'm naive. Then again, if we look at Europe, it was possible there.
Come on, Til, you're missing the point. This is a knife substitute. It looks and feels like a pocket knife, just no blade, sorta like nicotine gum for knife addicts.
Yeah, yeah, I get it, Brad. It's just that I'm not one for substitutes. I like the real thing. If I can't have that, I'd rather have nothing than a substitute.
Till
Even the small tool wouldn't get on in Australia due to the all-too-dangerous scissors. And the nail clipper, you could really hijack a plane with that too. Idiotic, really.
My only problem is that it just takes one idiot security person to confiscate it on any leg of any of your travels and you are out a pretty expensive grooming tool (which he will likely take home that very night). I would never take anything through security that costs a fair amount and has the remotest possibility of being confiscated.