DOES IT MATTER? A weapon is a weapon, regardless of how it may be disguised, or used. PRETTY SURE most people of sound mind know that bringing a weapon on an airline is a NO NO. Congrats on sneaking them by TSA agents. Got caught??? There's NO CRYING in sneaking contraband aboard. IMO you got off easy. Perhaps a new area for WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE YOU THINKING is needed?