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Can I Take My Knife, Axe Or Saw On A Plane?

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One of the questions I'm asked a lot is "I want to go overseas to make a wilderness trip or camping trip. Can I take my cutting tools on a plane?" In this video, I answer the question and let you know what you should do with your knives, axes and other cutting tools when making an international journey.

I hope you find this video useful. You can find 20+ free videos like this plus lots more information on bushcraft, survival and outdoor life over on my blog at http://paulkirltey.co.uk

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hi there poor Kelly here author of Paul Kelly's blog the leading source of wilderness bushcraft advice on the net and founder of frontier bushcraft the award-winning bushcraft school now one of the questions I get asked a lot is I want to go and do an overseas trip I want to go and do a wilderness trip or a camping trip or a hiking trip and I want to take my knife or my sore with me I want to take a cutting tool with me can I do that how do I get that on the plane well it's really quite simple the answer is it's fine as long as you put all of your cutting tools anything sharp in your hold luggage rather than your hand luggage so that all those sharp things that could be potentially seen as a weapon by the airport or the airline authorities are locked away safely in the hold it really is that simple then the only other thing you need to worry about really is at the end of the journey where you're traveling to the airport and the other end of the journey where you're traveling away from the airport

it's just make sure that those tools are out of the way when you don't need them just the same as in normal life if you're walking around with a machete on your belt and you're down your local store down your local supermarket people are going to wonder why that's the case you don't need to have it with you and it's just the same when you're traveling from your home to the airport make sure everything's packed away out of sight not accessible and there will be no problem same at the other end you get off the flight you get your hold luggage you take it with you to your end of the the end destination whether that's the trail head or a hostel or a hut or what-have-you

you get ready and then you're off on your trip that's absolutely fine and as I say make sure it's in the whole luggage

even a small penknife don't forget a little penknife you might have on your keyring or something put it all in the hold luggage and you'll have no trouble whatsoever I hope that serves you well I hope that's useful advice it's certainly something I get asked about a lot if you found this useful please go to my website poor curly coat UK where you'll find many more useful pieces of information articles videos on bushcraft travel outdoor life in general and if you sign up for my newsletter you'll also get 20 free videos straight away I'll send you those straightaway on all different aspects of bushcraft and outdoor life thanks for watching and I'll see you on the next video

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Paul Kirtley

Paul Kirtley

Bushcraft, survival skills and outdoor safety with professional instructor Paul Kirtley.

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