You still face the risk of a power-tripping TSA screener and supervisor making an arbitrary decision that your permitted knives are a violation and with no advance notice sending you a fine in the mail for hundreds to thousands of dollars. They will attempt to extort money from you by lowering the fine if you quietly pay withot contesting it, and they will make it difficult for you to contest the fine by making sure the (kangaroo non-real Coast-Guard Court) which has jurisdiction is thousands of miles from your home.

A few years ago, a woman carrying a cake server back from her wedding was fined by TSA in just this way. See http://www.free-market.net/towards-l...a-outrage.html.

If you chose to attempt to carry the silver, the only defense against this extortion is to leave immediately the checkpoint area without giving TSA your name, address, or boarding pass if they in any way question your items (including telling you to just go check it, which is what they told the cake-server woman without mentioning that they would be mailing her a fine). If you give TSA any of this identifying information, you risk receiving a fine in the mail. Tell the TSA you have decided not to fly without your items and leave the area. If possible, return later via a different checkpoint. Never ever give identifying information to any TSA officer for any reason; it is better to not fly and go home.