Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
Do they confiscate sgians and pins and then not return them after the journey?
In the US, that is correct. If anything is lifted at the security checkpoint, it is tossed in a bin along with a huge pile of other knives, scissors, nail clippers... never to be seen again.

Knives??? Come over to the knitting fora & you can join a perennial discussion about having your knitting needles confiscated. The US TSA permits them "officially," but also "officially" states that the whim of the security officer is law.

"Sorry, mum, but we're deathly afraid you may garrotte someone with that circular knitting needle."