Round-tipped scissors ok to fly?
 

I'm talking little things with a cutting surface less than an inch long.

Look at the image here. What I'm actually talking about are smaller and far more sanely priced, this was just the first image I found that illustrates basically what I'm talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/Pfeilring-Scis...7766902&sr=8-1

Scissors - metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches

are allowed, so one inch rounded should be fine

Small scissors are fine. Do me a favor, though, and don't point out to the TSA that a pair of scissors with four inch blades is two four inch knives bolted together, and would be prohibited if separated into two pieces. Cognitive dissonance, don't you know.

I buy round tip 'kindergarden' scissors by the dozen and have given up having one in my carry on bag after loosing some to the TSA.

It just isn't worth arguing about.

One silly suggestion: pack a ruler, or bring scissors with built-in ruler on the blade.

About a year ago, I had a delay (about 15 minutes) while traveling with 1.5" inch scissors while waiting for the TSO to find a ruler to verify that the blades were smaller than 4 inches. On a future trip, when I had scissors with a ruler on the blade, it was much easier. (Granted, I can tell by looking that 1-2" scissors are not 4", but I guess this is not part of TSO training school)

Don't try and transit NRT with any kind of scissors, even the round-end type - weeping children in my family can attest to this truth.

We've had them taken too. We've had the tiny one inch foil cutter on a fine corkscrew broken off too. It doesn't matter what it says is officially "allowed" on a TSA website. If a TSA officer says it isn't flying, it isn't flying. Their on the spot decision trumps a website.

Are allowed, yes but will they be allowed.....ymmv ;)

Likewise HKG

Likewise Belfast International - they toook a tiny pair of scissors (about 2" long and with square ended blades) from me - they wouldn't cut butter - and were only just capable of snipping thread!

I have had much more trouble in Europe
 

with items like this than the US ,EXCEPT for IAD which
is much tougher.

The return flight boards in PVG. My impression has been their security is much more aimed at being effective than US nonsense.

The European limit is 6cm (2.4 inches) if memory serves me.

Ditto ICN.
They x-rayed my backpack twice, let me go, then while I was waiting to pass immigration (to exit the country) they called me back and x-rayed my bag a third time. Then they removed my toiletry bag and other items from my pack and x-rayed those separately. Finally the agent opened the toiletry bag. I was worried about my newly bought Solingen nail scissors, but she ignored this and went for a tiny sewing kit that had a pathetic 1-inch blade with rounded tips. She held it up, smiled at me and asked "Throw away? Not allowed on plane."
Really weird, I've flown with this kit for years without ever having a problem.

Not by the dozen, but when I buy them, I buy several from the section at Target where they have all the other harmless kindergarden items - fat crayons and pencils as well as round tip, dull-bladed plastic-handled scissors.

Though they are not usually "voluntarily surrendered" in the US, I too have encountered problems in Europe. So I just have spares at home to replace the ones taken, as they are not expensive but they are useful to have. And yes, I have a tape measure in the same kit as the scissors just in case someone wants to argue about whether the scissors are longer than 2 inches or 4 inches. Also tiny nail clippers that will do to trim a loose thread when the scissors have been taken.