by gbono23 on Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:15 am
In 1998, I did extensive travel to England. I had just purchased a Spyderco Native with a 3 1/4" blade. At the time the maximum on airlines was 3 1/2". I had it in my pocket as I flew over to England and carried it the whole time I was there. It wasn't until I was leaving when I went through the metal detectors at the airport that a security guard spotted it when I put it in the tray. Originally he was going to confiscate it, because it was a lock blade. Length at that time was ok, but you were not allowed to have a lockblade. I was able to argue for it, and he walked me over to a desk, where it was put into an envelope with my name on it, and put in a special hold on board the aircraft and I was told I could get it back when we landed in the states. I did get that one back. A friend was not so lucky, but what he had confiscated was just a small knife, about a 1" blade, but again it was a lock blade. He just gave it to the queen as we left England.