Yep. Have seen this and suffered it myself once.
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Yes!! Even if it converts to a pen, check it if you can. Iâve had weird stuff taken away from me at TSA
I had the following taken away from me after going through one airport but they were confiscated on the return home: a âcredit card - multitoolâ and the worldâs tiniest folding knife (which is so small i forgot it was in my carryon- smaller than any mail file). So not everyone is gonna be the same.
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The last one I lost was the one with a âglass breakerâ on the end. They told me that was the reason.
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Did you point out there are no glass windows on airplanes?
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I did, as a matter of fact. Was met with, âit doesnât matterâ. Lol
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It will depend on the officer - that is, if the officer recognizes it as a tactical pen. Tactical pens are on the prohibited items list. Check TSA website for clarification. They will confiscate it.
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That seems like the simplest answer.
Directly from What Can I Bring? A-Z List | Transportation Security Administration (tsa.gov)
Tactical Pen = Sword, according to TSA.
That said, no one has ever said anything about my older style S&W pen. It basically just looks like a fat pen for someone with poor hand grip. But if some junior TSA agent decides he wants it, I canât stop him from taking it.
Smith & WessonÂź Military & PoliceÂź Tactical Pen (smith-wesson.com)
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Iâm sure this would be confiscated, but can you believe itâs only $10?
And it comes with three sets of batteries, the one it comes with, and two spare set of batteries; bottle opener, fire starter, window breaker, bright lights. Interesting for where we not allowed to carry âheavyâ. Just not USA made.
Same for any high dollar actual pen. If the TSA person covets, you lose it with zero recourse. If questioned, they will have some excuse on why you canât carry it.
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Would come in handy if you wanted to light your shoe on fire.
I was recently at a GOA event where they discussed TSA Confiscating Sharpies because they are âextremely flammableâ âŠ
Thoughts on this pen from Zebra? It doesnât have the traditional tactical cone-shaped point on the endâŠ
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Just flew Las Vegas to Los Angeles to Sydney Australia and back with a tactical pen in my carry on bag with no issues.
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I have questions about the efficiency of TSA, been on 5 trips with a carry on bag where I forgot I had a folding knife in the side pocket and I just recently found it on my last trip to Phoenix when I was unpacking. Part of me is relieved I did not lose it to the TSA the other part of me questions wtf are they doing where they are not spotting a pocket knife with a 3" blade not once or twice by 9 times.
Donât even think about going through a TSA line with an auto pen.
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My wife routinely flies with the Spyderco she keeps forgetting to take out of her handbag. Itâs actually become a Joe between us. I once got a 7" Japanese (Seki) SOG knife that I bought at a gunstore (total impulse buy) and forgot Iâd bought it before I even got home so never took it out of my briefcase. A few days later that briefcase/knife went through TSA at Newark Liberty airport uncontested. I ended up having to mail it back to myself because I was not about to test the system with my new knife.
BUT, those tray movers (as my son-in-law called them) âconfiscatedâ a brand new pair of fishing pliers I bought in Texas on my way to the airport because they were too pointy!!! The damn things were still in the hard plastic wrappingâŠ
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I had a pink metal tactical pen taken away from me by TSA about 10 years ago. So yes, they will take it! They give you the option to mail it back to yourself, you have to pay the postage right then and there. Wasnât worth that for me. Eventually got another Tactical pen. Also there are tactical Sharpies, all plastic; you can possibly get through TSA with one of them, your mileage may vary ⊠and Iâve been told that TSA is now catching those as well.
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Yes.
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