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Subject: [Leica] Where is Dr. Blacktape when you need him?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sat Mar 3 15:16:36 2007
References: <C20EFB20.1CC3C%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

I'd not think our boys and girls in airport khaki are that observant. I 
went through with a rather large (4") Buck knife in my camera bag. The 
way it was clipped to the inside must have let it skip by.. I wouldn't 
advise doing this  for fun but I'd forgotten about the thing until it 
was too late.

/s/
Professor Iconoclastic

B. D. Colen wrote:
> That might be so, Robert, were it not for the fact that the Rapid Winder,
> like the camera, must go through X-ray. And I believe at that point they 
> are
> going to see what's there - and the fact that it is "hidden" with tape 
> makes
> it even more suspect.
>
> /s/
> Dr. Blacktape
>
> Who actually managed to get through Logan airport security Thursday night
> with a large monopod with a collapsible three-piece 'foot' screwed into the
> end. ;-) 
>
> http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/9/885/F2
>
> http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/9/885/F3
>
> http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/9/885/DC2
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Where is Dr. Blacktape when you need him?)