[Leica] Airline Security and Box Cutters

[s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)]

Don,t worry .There is detection for a host of nonmetallic objects like
plastic knifes and guns.
Simon jessurun
> Now that you mention it, we used to make unbelievably sharp glass knives
> for cutting sections in electron microscopy. You just score the glass at
> an angle, slowly add pressure to one side, and the glass snaps, leaving
> a knife edge much sharper than a razor.
>
> I hope we aren't giving anyone any ideas. :-0
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marc
> James Small
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:07 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Airline Security and Box Cutters
>
> At 10:34 AM 7/16/04 -0500, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> >Not good. One could get on board with a pen knife in his butt crack.
> >
> >When I bought an Adorama equipment case, it came with a cheap razor
> >blade sort of thing for cutting the foam. About the length of your
> >middle finger, with a sharp blade that folds into a folded metal
> >housing. My impression when seeing it was "not good". Unlike the big,
> >fat Stanley box cutters, it was very concealable.
>
> Jeffrey
>
> I have been stunned that no terrorist has tried to use a box cutter with
> a
> glass blade.  These could easily be made and would be completely neutral
> to
> a metal detector.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@infionline.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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