If I was to check it in, I would take your advise ... but, I just can't make myself do it.

I would really like to know what the official TSA procedure is on this. So far, according to experience, even without documentation, for those that did not present it, it looks like it hasn't been a problem for anyone to get thru.

Of course, knowing my luck, I would be the first to have a problem. I just wanted to know the procedure from one of our FT TSA agents, so I could say, "well, according to Section blah, blah of your handbook, as long as its xrayed and blah, blah and whatever, its okay."