sam007

Ok, I don't see electric shavers in that list. Is that allowed?

Thx

bitburgr

I've taken mine in my carry-on for years.

MavSeven

Disposable razors and their cartridges are allowed, as are electric shavers. I've never even had a screener bat an eye at any of my razors.

Wayfahrer

Haha!

Anyone has any luck with these kind of blades?




I use them in this kind of razor:



What is the legal status of... structuring your metal objects in your carry on? Let's say you have these nice razor blades and deliberately hide them in a wide mouth metal water bottle or some other metal object for the screeners not to find them? Genius?

exerda

I understand I'm responding to an older post, but IME the TSA will blow off such a complaint. We had the TSA confiscate solid crystal deodorant (the TSO claimed all deodorant was banned, not just liquids/gels), worth about $8-$10, and filed a claim. The TSA denied it, stating something like there was no proof that their screeners acted improperly.

The stated appeals process was to federal district court IIRC--in other words, impossible for the average traveler.



You could be accused of "artful" concealment, and face a kangaroo court fine which would be tough to beat. Checkpoint X-rays can also see through the thin metal of a water bottle--which I travel with all the time--and even if they couldn't, the screeners would likely do a manual inspection to resolve the object they couldn't make out well on x-ray (have had this happen fairly frequently with some items), and would run the risk of finding the blades and determining them "artfully concealed."

IMHO, not worth it in a carry-on.

cestmoi123

The website explicitly says that "Razor-Type Blades - such as box cutters, utility knives, and safety razor blades" are prohibited.

Also, "structuring" your razor blades is about as good an idea as "structuring" your financial transactions - the underlying action may have minimal implications, but attempting to hide it ups the ante dramatically.

cparekh

TSA Blogger Bob has a post on safety razors, where he says very plainly that the razor without the blade is allowed, but the blade must be checked. He also goes on to say the disposable / cartridge razor with blade is acceptable.

http://blog.tsa.gov/2010/08/safety-r...le-razors.html

I find this annoying, but I thought I pass on the link.

Echo

I travel every time with my safety razor and a fresh blade. I was stopped two times in the last couple years but have since corrected the part that got me stopped. On the second occasion where I was stopped, they took the blade out of the razor but left some wrapped fresh blades that were literally next to it.

I wasn't aware of the concept of "artful concealment". It's really just a case of being practical, very forgetful, and sloppy.

• I like it when my toiletry bag lays flat, so I separate the head from the handle and forget to remove the blade from the head. Assembled, it looks like a safety razor. Disassembled, it looks like nothing.
  
• I frequently run late and throw a fresh blade (wrapped of course) into my laptop bag. From time to time it slips around and ends up with the electronics and potentially between the keyboard and screen of my laptop. How silly of me.

Good luck!

FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

Disassembled, I've been told many times the handle of my safety razor looks like a bullet, so I leave mine assembled these days.

Echo

Yikes, maybe a NATO 5.56. I use a long handle so that may make a difference.

FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

I use the Edwin Jagger DE razor. It isn't as long as a Merkur, but not that short either. Maybe they think it's a rifle bullet because it's a fairly straight cylinder with a tape on the end where it screws into the razor head.

sam007

Guys - didn't see any recent threads on this so asking..Are these allowed in carry-on?

Thanks

Rusearch

A disposable type razor is allowed. A razor blade is not. Source:

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-...sposable-razor

guv1976

Always go to an authoritative source:

https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2018/08/07/...ked%20luggage.