TSA confiscates knives daily and some pretty darn nice.....They all dont make it to trhe scrape heap,for some unknown reason.Think thats what happens to collector firearms these PD’s grab during these buy backs??
Sadly, the first thought was to turn it over to the cops! See, brainwashing does work. Guns evil! Must destroy! Thankfully at least one clear thinker was present.
Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.
I was so bummed when I lost my Kershaw Chive to the TSA. I just forgot it was in my pocket. Its always in my pocket.
It was my favorite knife.
Happy ending, I bought another one and I am sure some TSA person is enjoying my first one.
Several years ago, before people caught on, I found an online auction from a state back east for confiscated TSA good. I won several auctions for knives in bulk, a 20 pound box, a few ten pound boxes, a box of multi-tools. When word spread, the winning prices went too high.
I was surprised by the low quality of the knives. There were a very few good brands and oddball foreign knives of good quality, but most were junk. Same with the multi-tools. Some Leathermans but mostly cheap copies. The TSA people didn't seem to like Victorinox Swiss Army knives, there was quite a collection.
It ended up making me mad when I would find a beautiful little penkife, honed razor sharp, engraved with somebody's initials and carried lovingly. Not the weapon of a hijacker. I know how it feels to lose a good knife by accident, to lose it by force must be gut-wrenching.
Kinda like when CAMP raids a marijuana patch.