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06/06/2016 02:34 PM
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I've searched Google and found conflicting info on having a pocket knife along. I don't have a set dive knife so I plan to take my Spyderco Pacific Salt, which is just under a 4" folding blade. It doesn't rust and I've been carrying one for about five years in and out of the salt water.
I like to have a knife on me while I am aboard a boat, but don't plan on taking it ashore or when I go out to the bars. Would I have any problem brining it in to the BVI on the ferry when it is packed away with my leatherman and filet knife in my luggage?
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I would be more worried about TSA then the ferry.
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Both the filet knife, leatherman, and pocket knife will be in checked luggage on the trip from the US
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When my folding knife is disclosed in the tray at the magnetometer typically the security personnel place it into the backpack I'm wearing and away I go. Once I saw the pattern I started just leaving things like that in my bag and haven't had an issue after perhaps 100 trips. It's not the most restrictive security system...
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Never had an issue bringing my Spyderco Tasman Salt into the BVI. I pack it in my checked luggage.
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I always bring a pocket knife (in checked bags) and always carry it in my pocket while under sail. I'm old school, and believe every serious seaman should have a knife in their pocket at all times.
Arghhhhh, matey! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/pirate.gif" alt="" />
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you know...a sailor without a knife....
just throw it in the hard sided checked cooler and away you go
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Walt, I have a rigging knife at the helm ready to go. I'm afraid if I put in my pocket and fell down it would be painful. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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sail2wind said: Walt, I have a rigging knife at the helm ready to go. I'm afraid if I put in my pocket and fell down it would be painful. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> Old Chinese saying ... man with crystal ball should not sit down fast on concrete bench. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
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