Cast Iron Checked?
 

I am flying SAN - EWR on the redeye tonight...wow, a packed flight!

I am begining a move to the East Coast and want to check a bag that has cast iron pans and 2 cooking knives. As long as I am under the weight limit and it is checked baggage, do you see any issues with this? I cannot lose these pans as they were given to me by my Grandparents and, while amazing cookware, also have sentimental value.

Thanks for your help.

You don't check anything you can't afford to lose. Ship it with UPS or FedEx with tracking number.

You can check just about anything as long as it isn't a "prohibited" item (explosives, flammables, caustics etc.) or problem items such as leaking liquids. "Excepted" items can be checked but only if properly packaged and in limited amounts e.g. dry ice. Shouldn't be a problem at all.

See:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...ted-items.shtm
look at "sharp objects"

Here's a list of excepted items:
http://www.ariane-info.com/no_tdg-e.htm

Thanks for the help...

I have flown, internationally even, with a cast iron cornbread pan. You know, or any Southerner knows, the ones with the shapes like little ears of corn. (By the way, no self-respecting person ever eats cornbread with sugar in it.)

I have also flown, but only domestically, with my great grandmother's cast iron frying pan (passed along after a death in the family).

Both cast iron items came through just fine.

I'm really not as weird as I sound.

I've put frying pans in checked luggage (along with wine glasses: not one broke), though Al/stainless steel. I had no problems, the TSA didn't even open my bag. That certainly surprised me.

OTOH, I would hesitate to check anything of serious sentimental value. The only things that should be checked are those that you wouldn't feel bad about trading for a few hundred bucks. That's the test for "checkability"; I'm not saying you'll get a few hundred bucks for a lost bag.

Edit: Looks like I'm a bit late in posting (as far as the OP is concerned).