Kilt pins and airport security . . .

[Kilted KT]

You mean like the ones that the guys at Cold Steel Special Projects have come up with? Including one designed to be a sgian dubh?


Their others can be seen here.

those things look mean...trouble through and through

[chasem]

You mean like the ones that the guys at Cold Steel Special Projects have come up with? Including one designed to be a sgian dubh?



Their others can be seen here.

are those practical? I mean, for use as a knife as well.

for $10 I might just pick one up.

[Caradoc]

are those practical? I mean, for use as a knife as well.

for $10 I might just pick one up.

It's a serrated plastic edge. I wouldn't try cutting mountaineering rope with it, but it's reasonably sharp. Makes one heck of a box cutter.

The edge can be resharpened with an emery board, too. I wouldn't imagine that it'll keep an edge for long.

Amazon sells three-packs for $25.71. Try a search on Amazon for "FGX".

[Scottish Chi]

For about $10 or so they are OK. I pack the tanto model for emergencies in my kayak or canoe when on the water instead of a good knife. I believe mine is the older Zytel material. Certainly not the durability of metal but if I only need it once it will be worth having.

Cheers! Bill

[davedove]

Don't get me started.
I understand checking for security but I get more than a little disappointed in many of the proceedures and the people running it when I see little old ladies and gentlemen (over 80 - a definite threat) being searched.

The problem is that when you start excluding certain groups of people, no matter how sensible, somebody starts screaming about profiling. It's just the way it is.

[The Supreme Canuck]

Plus, the people who want to do harm get wise: "Hey, they don't check (certain group) for security reasons! Let's get a member of (certain group) to blow up an airplane! They won't check the guy! Perfect!"

[bubba]

The problem is that when you start excluding certain groups of people, no matter how sensible, somebody starts screaming about profiling. It's just the way it is.

Personally, I consider profiling a legitimate tool for law enforcement. I know lots of folks disagree with me but, for example, young middleeastern males are the vast majority of bombers why search Swedish grandmothers and pass those young middleeastern males? Profiling simply indicates who to focus on the most. Others can be checked whenever something out of the ordinary shows up.