Good post. I was taught always to carry a pocket knife, and always did... Until I had the quite traumatic and infuriating experience of a TSA officer relieving me of a custom-made model. It bothers me a great deal that knives are not allowed on airplane carry-on, and are likely to be stolen on international flights when checked. (1 SCUBA knife and another “piece” lost that way.) I wonder if the folks at VICTORINOX or Spyderco have the moxie to petition Congress from K Street to repeal these ridiculous, draconian, Orwellian standards. Ronnie Barrett also makes knives, and they are magnificent.