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Smokeless powder is a propellant, not an explosive. The airport sensors aren't calibrated to pick it up. They have no reason to. As others have said, they are mainly looking for nitrates.
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What about good old black powder? Most of my plinking/hunting is done with muzzle loaders
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11-23-2020, 05:01 PM
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So, this just happened. As a result, I’ve got a Cold Steel 5’ and 3’ Blackthorn ordered . . .
Niles Man, 81, Chases Off Burglars With Antique Irish Shillelagh | Niles, IL Patch
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I have a home-made walking stick that has a masonry hammer head on it. I have never been hassled by any security agency while carrying it. Obviously, it could be a weapon, but I keep it held in my hand and no one has said anything to me yet. 
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11-23-2020, 07:17 PM
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There's a reason why they make canes out of hickory. They don't break. It's very tough wood. My home-made walking stick is hickory. I researched the matter first. I could have chosen either ash or hickory. I chose the latter. Glad I did.
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11-24-2020, 06:38 PM
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Personally, I like Cane Masters canes and I am planning to get a custom one to my specs made for me. Not a lot of bells or whistles but the essentials for what I can do with a cane. I actually walk with a cane at 70 years old and due to a neurological condition that affects my balance especially at night. I invite others to check out what is available from this exceptional cane company.
If you plan to use a cane in defense of yourself then by all means get some training because under stress you will revert to your training and if you have none then you may hesitate when you need to act to save your life.
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11-24-2020, 06:55 PM
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I travel weekly for my job, TSA has gotten better but is still a joke. For 3 years or more I carried a S&W tactical pen... one time an agent pulled it out and another said to him”it’s ok, it’s a tactical pen” and gave it back to me
3 weeks ago it was discovered and taken away. LOL
ATLEAST now they no longer act like you are a criminal when you forget to remove a bottle of water
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11-24-2020, 08:21 PM
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I knew a guy who worked for TSA. I could tell you some horror stories. These TSA people are, very often, NOT the smartest people in the room. Fly on a plane today? No thanks. I'll talk to my uncle on the phone. Safer and way cheaper.
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11-24-2020, 08:34 PM
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The Cold Steel Blackthorn may get you in a little trouble in some countries as it is essentially a reproduction shillelagh.
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Maybe a non-threatening looking cane could be bought after entering one of the stricter countries, and then disposed of before arriving at the airport.
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11-24-2020, 10:02 PM
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TSA can argue just about anything to be a potential weapon. Shortly after 911 I took a trip out of country & took a collapsible, alum monpod for camera work. I had to chat the tsa guy out of making me put it in my check bag, which in hind sight I should have. It got on the plane with me but tsa can decline anything you want to bring on a plane. Fwiw, I fly 4-5x a year, I always have a tac pen & small alum flashlight in my carryon.
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Tactical pens can easily be purchased for under $50, if I have to buy two or three a year it does not bother me
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TSA can argue just about anything to ve a potential weapon. Shortly after 911 I took a trip out of country & took a collapsible, alum monpod for camera work. I had to chat the tsa guy out of making me put it in my check bag, which in hind sight I should have. It got on the plane with me but tsa can decline anything you want to bring on a plane. Fwiw, I fly 4-5x a year, I always have a tac pen & small alum flashlight in my carryon.
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11-25-2020, 12:48 AM
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Tactical pens can easily be purchased for under $50, if I have to buy two or three a year it does not bother me
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Under $20, but my point is my pen has always made it thru tsa. When I get to waiting I take it out of my carry on & clip it on my shirt. Since airlines has removed magazines from the seat, that & an alum flashlight are the only weapons I have on the plane.
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If they gave you a loaner they've either changed policy or I had the ignorant screener. When I messed up my knee 7 years ago I used a wood cane for a while. They took it away to run it through the x-ray, and I just had to hobble through on my own. Of course I'd had to take off my shoes so it's slippery with just socks on. I put my hand on the detector for balance and oh my goodness you'd think I had insulted his mother from the tongue-lashing I got. Does placing ones hand on the upright portion somehow render the device useless? If so he can certainly tell me that; I don't know how the dang thing works. He doesn't have to scold me like I'm a five-year-old.
Afterwards I'm trying to collect my pocket items, belt, shoes, cane, hat, carry-on bag and was apparently not moving quickly enough; got another earful about holding up people behind me. ME holding up the line? Really? After the wait I just went through? For once in my life I smartly bit my tongue and shut up. They'd have arrested me if I'd said what I was thinking.
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They offered me a loaner as well. I use a cane due to balance issues and the one time I flew with a cane, TSA was very professional and very polite.
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For classes look at Cane Masters web sight, they sell great wooden canes and can teach you how to use it
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