Traveling internationally, how do you bring your SAK or MT?

Smaug · **on:** June 04, 2012, 07:59:48 PM

I've just been giving up and checking luggage. Though I wonder now if that was wise. I could pack light, buy a simple SAK when I get there, and probably STILL be ahead in money, compared to the fee for checking a bag.

I think the fee to check a bag now is $25, right?

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #1 on:** June 04, 2012, 08:03:41 PM

You obviously are not traveling internationally with a female (wife/daughter/mother). There is ALWAYS at least one checked bag.

theonew · **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2012, 08:28:02 PM

Last year I went to a trade show in Orlando, Florida and left all knives and tools behind so I didn't have to check luggage. I figured I would pick up a SAK or LM when I was down there and ship it home with the rest of the booth setup. Amazingly I couldn't find any knife or tool in any of the stores locally and didn't have time to drive further away to get one. So I had to suffer for three days without any knife or multitool, it was torture since it would have come in handy on so many occasions

This year I had to check luggage anyway since I was bringing down lots of odds and ends for the booth setup. So I brought a Crunch, Spirit, Squirt PS4, and two SAKs. Ahhhhhhh, so much better, they came in handy on numerous occasions

Grathr · **Reply #3 on:** June 04, 2012, 08:33:31 PM

Don't travel to Norway and expect to find a real SAK for less than $25.

The second question is how much time and transport money will you have to spend to find a SAK in the country you have arrived. If I for instance went to a typical tourist town in Spain I would not know where to start the search. I doubt I would find any official victorinox stores in the town.

Steinar · **Reply #4 on:** June 04, 2012, 11:42:11 PM

I agree, it depends on where you are going. The airports where you still can buy SAKs (outside the secure areas) are the places I (would) go without checked-in luggage, thus I chose the option for buying one at the destination.

I have only done it once, but when I stood at the hotel desk mailing myself the knife the last day, it felt like I had beat the system.

sergemaster · **Reply #5 on:** June 04, 2012, 11:45:55 PM

Amici,
Although it's been some years since I've flown internationally, but I do domestically on occasion. When this occurs, I just grin my teeth, pay the $$$, and check a bag along with my utility belt. In the long run, it's worth it.

Cheers,
Serge

ColoSwiss · **Reply #6 on:** June 05, 2012, 01:14:26 AM

Most of my trips are for one-to-two weeks, so I always have checked luggage. Not an issue for me.

Karl

trailmaster · **Reply #7 on:** June 05, 2012, 07:07:53 PM

in checked backage always works. searching is too incertain for me...

J Mackrel Jones · **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2012, 02:56:12 AM

For carry-on I take a Midnite Manager that I broke the blade off of. Better than nothing - the scissors can handle some blade duties. Still have to explain it to the folks keeping us safe from ourselves.