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In high school I got a CIA letter opener that I sometime still carry. You never know when you will have a letter opening emergency! I'll have to get a picture and post.
 
Speaking of such objects, My wife is about 5'2". She has real long hair which she always wears up. She had various pins and even occasionally used a pencil around the house to hold it up. She also always worries about irate clients. So, I made her a really nice hair pin. It is a Damascus pin with an 3/4" ivory bead at the tip. It tapers from about 1/4"at the bead to a needle point and is about 9" long.

She used to do SS disability hearings. Going into the federal building a guard asked to look at her hair pin. Guard looked it over and says, "nice shank" and gives it back letting her pass. LOL

Somehow I don't think a lot of people would had the same result.
 
I still have one of those and have had it for decades. Yes, it will pass through a metal detector, but you'd better have it on your person because it will not pass through a carry-on X-ray machine. I have a too-long story about carrying one onto a plane shortly after 9/11. Thus proving my point (no pun intended) about having it on your person.

BTW, years ago, those were nicknamed "CIA letter openers". On eBay they still carry that moniker.
 
I have several different ones of those, most are pretty big. Wish I had a nice compact one like yours. I thought this one came from Cold Steel years ago.
"ZYTEL? or something. The saw blades are very sharp and the blade is 5" made like a stiletto, thicker down the center. Time to go to Lanskys.
 

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steelslaver said:
Speaking of such objects, My wife is about 5'2". She has real long hair which she always wears up. She had various pins and even occasionally used a pencil around the house to hold it up. She also always worries about irate clients. So, I made her a really nice hair pin. It is a Damascus pin with an 3/4" ivory bead at the tip. It tapers from about 1/4"at the bead to a needle point and is about 9" long.

She used to do SS disability hearings. Going into the federal building a guard asked to look at her hair pin. Guard looked it over and says, "nice shank" and gives it back letting her pass. LOL

Somehow I don't think a lot of people would had the same result.
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There’s nothing new under the sun, ladies used to wear hat pins for the same reasons.
 
Which is where I got the idea? for the hair pin? On planes I carry a book of Suduko puzzles and several sharp # 2 lead pencils. But, I have also got on a plane carry a 32" diamond willow stick. I find it hilarious because someone could do a lot more damage with a big stick or a couple small sharp ones than with a 2 1/2 pocket knife

But, then I find the whole airport security thing really stupid. Might be a lot harder to get on a plane and blow yourself and it up, but any suicide bomber with 2 brain cells could get in the security lane of a busy airport and wait till he was right in the middle of of all the bunched up people before he pushed the button.

Plus there is no need to hijack a plane, a nation that financed terrorism now has a nice base to fly super sonic fighters full of fuel from in Mountain Home Idaho, just a few hundred miles from Seattle, Denver and Salt Lake City
 
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I received one of those Lansky Letter Openers probably 30+ years ago as a door prize at a local sportsman's wild game feed/banquette. Still use it for those pesky monthly bills. BTW, it was at this feed that I first ate bear meat, and my last. 😜
 
Bald 1 wrote:
I have 10 letter openers. 5 on each hand.
Never understood the need for one.
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You'll change your mind if you ever get a paper cut. Jus' sayin'.......... :ROFLMAO:

"CIA letter openers" from various companies are all over the Internet. Amazon. eBay. Etc. I just bought 4 Lansky types for gifts.
 
I've got one of those in a drawer around here somewhere. I don't remember when, where or even how I got it. Just know that I've had it for many years now. I never really found much use for it. :rolleyes:
 
Odinkar said:
In high school I got a CIA letter opener that I sometime still carry. You never know when you will have a letter opening emergency! I'll have to get a picture and post.
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I got one years ago before the internet. Ordered it out of a catalog. Also called the CIA letter opener.

Got a friend that works part time at the court house. I gave it to him to see if he could get past the metal detectors. It passed the wand, but not the x ray thing. Could still slip it in stuffed in your socks.

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steelslaver said:
Which is where I got the idea? for the hair pin? On planes I carry a book of Suduko puzzles and several sharp # 2 lead pencils. But, I have also got on a plane carry a 32" diamond willow stick. I find it hilarious because someone could do a lot more damage with a big stick or a couple small sharp ones than with a 2 1/2 pocket knife

But, then I find the whole airport security thing really stupid. Might be a lot harder to get on a plane and blow yourself and it up, but any suicide bomber with 2 brain cells could get in the security lane of a busy airport and wait till he was right in the middle of of all the bunched up people before he pushed the button.

Plus there is no need to hijack a plane, a nation that financed terrorism now has a nice base to fly super sonic fighters full of fuel from in Mountain Home Idaho, just a few hundred miles from Seattle, Denver and Salt Lake City
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I’ve got an “executive ice scraper” made of similar material. I’ll try to grab a photo later. When I received it years ago, the paperwork advised that “one should not strike a person with it as the edge is very sharp.”

I have used it as a scraper and a wedge for items I did not want to scratch up with something metal. Never tried to take it on a plane.

I found that a short tool lanyard stored separately from a brass padlock goes through most security spots.
 
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Not to hijack, but I always have a knife, usually a benchmade, but I bought a cheap safety box cutter with ceramic blade. The blade sticks out maybe 1/4”. I have to admit is excels at cutting packing tape and cardboard. And they cost a couple bucks. Waiting to see when it gets dull but hasn’t happened yet. And there is little to no danger of cutting too deep. I have some daggers etc but none of the plastic ones. I bet there are some really sharp ones out there. As to carrying them on a plane I won’t go there. I’ve already had a few mishaps with TSA with steel knives including automatic openers and loaded magazines. Thank God I rarely fly anymore.
 
45Smashemflat said:
I’ve got an “executive ice scraper” made of similar material. I’ll try to grab a photo later. When I received it years ago, the paperwork advised that “one should not strike a person with it as the edge is very sharp.”

I have used it as a scraper and a wedge for items I did not want to scratch up with something metal. Ever tried to take it on a plane.

I found that a short tool lanyard stored separately from a brass padlock goes through most security spots.
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After driving to Cincinnati one summer, and having dried bugs on my windshield that wouldn't wipe off, I ordered a ice scraper just for dried on bugs on my way back home. I keep it in the drivers side door pocket. Says KA-BAR, never knew they made anything like that. It would do some major damage.

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Folks, my "CIA letter opener" is not used for that purpose, and it was actually never intended for that purpose. If you think that's the real purpose, you're missing the point. No pun intended. :cool:

If you're really concerned about carrying anything that looks like a weapon through a metal detector ANYWHERE, then carry plastic chopsticks. Jus' sayin'............
 
wood714 said:
After driving to Cincinnati one summer, and having dried bugs on my windshield that wouldn't wipe off, I ordered an ice scraper just for dried on bugs on my way back home. I keep it in the drivers side door pocket. Says KA-BAR, never knew they made anything like that. It would do some major damage.
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I think mine is a little smaller. No long handle to reach across a windshield. It does fit in a closed fist well. Great for scraping those side windows. It is labeled “ice Scraper.” :)

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Might have to look for one of those Kabars!
 
wood714 said:
I got one years ago before the internet. Ordered it out of a catalog. Also called the CIA letter opener.

Got a friend that works part time at the court house. I gave it to him to see if he could get past the metal detectors. It passed the wand, but not the x ray thing. Could still slip it in stuffed in your socks.

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I have one of the AG Russell "Letter openers" just like yours. used to carry it when I flew before they started the X-Ray machines in the airports.
 
Tommezgun said:
I have one of the AG Russell "Letter openers" just like yours. used to carry it when I flew before they started the X-Ray machines in the airports.
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The thing you walk thru at the TSA check point would pick it up?
 
steelslaver said:
Speaking of such objects, My wife is about 5'2". She has real long hair which she always wears up. She had various pins and even occasionally used a pencil around the house to hold it up. She also always worries about irate clients. So, I made her a really nice hair pin. It is a Damascus pin with an 3/4" ivory bead at the tip. It tapers from about 1/4"at the bead to a needle point and is about 9" long.

She used to do SS disability hearings. Going into the federal building a guard asked to look at her hair pin. Guard looked it over and says, "nice shank" and gives it back letting her pass. LOL

Somehow I don't think a lot of people would had the same result.
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I taught "Search & Seizure" to the Navy Aux. Security Force at Naval Station Long Beach almost 40 years ago. One thing I taught them was to search womens hair for such things as hair pins as they could be used to cause you bodily harm/death. I did describe how it could be accomplished to the class. One morning after one lecture, I was called to the Security Officers Office and asked what I had been teaching. I told him and showed him the course outline and asked was there a problem. He said one of the sailors had made a complaint to his C.O. about what we were teaching them. Ended up in the Admirals Office with the Navsta C.O., the Security Officer, the Ships C.O. and myself. Once all concerned were given that portion of the lecture they understood that the sailor in question needed to be placed somewhere other than security.
 
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