I made the mistake of leaving my cigar punch on my keyring when going through security at a Canadian airport. Turns out this is verbotten. I managed to leave it in the safe care of a person in the terminal, but the whole thing is quite bizarre. Intimidating looking object to be sure.

They were OK with my mother-in-laws knitting needles 6 months ago.

It would be nice if folk would be consistent and/or logical in applying security measures.

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/...ps209c738e.jpg

:-)
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You ought to see what happens when they find a Colibri Tranzpak w/ lighter in someone's luggage at MGA (Managua).

Everyone. Off. The. Plane. Now.
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...combine with a few bundles of MUWAT and you could land up in the clink.
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Nah, they don't seem to care how many cigars you fly out with. Some guys routinely fly out with back packs and suitcases full. But don't try to take a box of matches in your carry-on. That's a detaining.
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Funny story about how one of the Mythbusters guys got two razor blades past the TSA.

http://www.cnet.com/news/mythbusters...-razor-blades/
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it's always so silly... the regulations on bullets.

even if it did resemble a bullet, what can you do with it? hammer it in a misc. direction? shove it down someone's throat to choke them with it?

perhaps they think one man will carry the trigger, one man the magazine, one man the grip, and 5-10 people a bullet?
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That is completely irrelevant since it's at the discretion of the screener. Always has been. Furthermore, it wasn't a bullet, which probably isn't legal to fly with anywhere in a carry-on on public airlines.
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I had jury duty a few weeks ago and they wouldn't let me bring a butane lighter past the metal detector and into the big waiting room.... I had to stash it above a window outside the courthouse.
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