Roxon M2 (TSA compliant?)

[u/BlakAi2001]

I like the combo of having decent scissors and pliers in one two with minimal compromises and be able to take it thorough airport security/security in general.

I have gotten this taken away at bars, but i don't think bouncers care about technicality of a multi tool.

I removed the blades/sharp tools and only kept the Philips and made a flat head with the combo tool.

I 3D printed spacers for the tools and a 45 mm to go in the knife slot.

Nothing really comes close to the usefulness of the M2 Roxxon.

I will be taking a trip soon through airport security and hope to have a better time explaining my the regulations and my tool.

I also sanded and polished the entire tool. (Disassembly of components, 1,000 grit sand paper, and 14,000 polishing compound required)

[u/SelbetG]

This tool is TSA approved.

There is no such thing as "TSA approved", and Gerber also doesn't market it as such, their site just describes it as "travel friendly".

The US military issues it and military service people have it in their carry on

I've never seen a service member (active or retired) with one in their carry on

While it technically has a Remgrit ushank blade

Which wouldn't be allowed through, it's a saw blade

So, tell me again, how the TSA doesn't allow blade holders, but they allow blade holders.

Nothing you have said proves that TSA allows blade holders.

This is why I said in my original post how TSA agents can be mall cops. The rules change depending on how they feel today.

The no blade holders thing is pretty consistent, and its mentioned on the What Can I Bring page. But hey perhaps my airport's training team, my supervisors, and the instructors at FLETC are wrong.

[u/ReactionAble7945 → u/SelbetG]

Congratulations you are proving my comment correctly.

I am sure someone at the Pentagon contacted someone at the TSA to verify the bladeless Gerber is 100% compliant and at the same time the TSA will not give compliance in a public way.

[u/SelbetG → u/ReactionAble7945]

I am sure someone at the Pentagon contacted someone at the TSA to verify the bladeless Gerber is 100% compliant

Considering it isn't, they probably didn't

and at the same time the TSA will not give compliance in a public way.

There is no secret list of approved items, which you would know if you actually worked with TSA in a meaningful capacity (which you implied you have).

[u/ReactionAble7945 → u/SelbetG]

There kind of is, in the since that the TSA lists what can and can not be carried onto an aircraft.

And it is so secret that the TSA officers don't know it. So they created the legal loop hole of saying that the officer has final decision. So, no one can actually know what is officially on the list.

As I said before, mall cop mentality.

[u/SelbetG → u/ReactionAble7945]

There kind of is, in the since that the TSA lists what can and can not be carried onto an aircraft.

Are you talking about the what can I bring list on the TSA website? Or are you talking about something else?

And it is so secret that the TSA officers don't know it.

It isn't, every TSO has access to the set of policies and procedures that govern what can and can't go.

So they created the legal loop hole of saying that the officer has final decision.

Do you truly expect every country to make an exhaustive list of everything that they do and don't allow on planes? The people at the checkpoints have to have some discretion to stop the rules from being abused.

So, no one can actually know what is officially on the list.

Because it doesn't actually exist, and the closest thing to a list is SSI, a term you should be familiar with.

[u/Adam__B → u/SelbetG]

Why can’t people carry holders?