# My knife slipped past TSA airport screening — accidentally of course; twice actually

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 18, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-knife-slipped-past-tsa-airport-screening-accidentally-of-course-twice-actually/1011817 "2024-12-18T16:45:50Z")
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### Author: ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-knife-slipped-past-tsa-airport-screening-accidentally-of-course-twice-actually/1011817/20 "2024-12-18T20:29:34Z")

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> [@My bags contained "traces" of an explosive substsance: My TSA story.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bags-contained-traces-of-an-explosive-substsance-my-tsa-story/308245/34):
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> I wouldn’t dare do this now but sometime prior to 9/11, I flew round trip from Washington National to Houston International and had forgotten that my carryon contained a battered Swiss Army knife. The screeners at National paused when checking my carryon, I can only assume it was the knife that got their attention and they were deciding what to do about it. They eventually let me proceed with no problem.
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> That knife was still there on the return trip. The screeners in Houston had no problem whatsoever.

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