Personal experience with TSA and Cigars?

[DaBear]

Originally Posted by EricF

If your using a Herfador, make sure you can get it open once you land as they will develop a vacuum and will be difficult to open if you don't have a pressure release valve built in.

A screw driver or a sturdy knife has always done the trick for me in this case. And I haven't always needed to do so.

[ArgusP2]

Originally Posted by BHalbrooks

Oh... Should I put those in my Carry on as well?

and now, I need to get a new screen.

Originally Posted by DaBear

A screw driver or a sturdy knife has always done the trick for me in this case. And I haven't always needed to do so.

Do you put that on your check in or carry on?

[cmitch]

One of the funniest moments at the Nashville airport is when a business associate of mine got strip searched because he forgot he had a corkscrew in his carry on.

[Boz]

Originally Posted by cmitch

One of the funniest moments at the Nashville airport is when a business associate of mine got strip searched because he forgot he had a corkscrew in his carry on.

I've walked right through all the way to the gate before I remembered I had a knife in my pocket. Not a word was said about it.

I've flown with my 40 count in a carry on bag and it went right through the scanners without a problem

[MarkinAZ]

In August, I flew from Burbank to Yuma via Phoenix on business for a week. Then, returned Yuma to Burbank again via Phoenix. In both instances, I had packed my small herf box in my check-in bag. The Palio and PB207 were packed in my shaving kit which was also packed in my check-in.

Everything made it to Yuma. On completion of the return trip back home, I opened my check-in bag and noticed a small leaflet placed inside, that indicated my bag had undergone a random inspection by TSA in Yuma. All cigars, Palio, and PB207 were accounted for...

[DaBear]

Originally Posted by ArgusP2

Do you put that on your check in or carry on?

Its fairly easy to stop by a gas station or somewhere to borrow something to pry one open. Heck, I have a bottle opener on my keyring that does the trick. Plus, you can check a small pocket knife, as I've done many times.

I've made it through every flight I've had since I got started smoking cigars with a torch in my checked bag, and even with a can of butane one time. Only time my bag was opened was when I came back from Florida recently with a bottle of bourbon and 15 bottles of beer.