What cutlery can I take in cabin luggage?

Bogof_Babe

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

On average, I take around 25 flights each year and always have one of these in my bag:

It's called a Spork and you can get them for about £2 from many camping shops or from Amazon and many other online retailers.
It's a spoon fork and knife combined (the knife isn't very sharp), and my one has been seen in many bag searches and has never caused any problems.

I looked at those in Mountain Warehouse but they were metal not plastic, and also had no "knife" edge at all. The spoon end was blunt and so was the sides of the fork end. I'll have a look online.

Bogof_Babe

sarah69696pink wrote: »

get plastic cutlery from a shop once through security? I'm surprised they let you keep the knife, tweezers aren't even allowed!

They had a little conflab about it but apparently I don't fit the profile of a potential terrorist, being a woman of (then) 59! The knife was in a little pouch with spoons and a tin-opener so it was pretty obvious what it was intended for. They also took a dim view of my plastic corkscrew but I don't need that so it won't be going again.

Lucky I have no eyebrows so no need of tweezers! Hope they don't confiscate my eyebrow pencil though - now that would be serious!

Bogof_Babe

Actually, from the Ryanair website I seem to remember that prohibited knives are those with a blade more than something like 2cm long, and I had measured the British Airways one and the serrated cutting edge came within the stated size, so I was somewhat surprised that they even objected to it.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

I once took some Lakeland Fish Forks with me on a Flight and they were confiscated before I even got on it.

alanrowell

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

I looked at those in Mountain Warehouse but they were metal not plastic, and also had no "knife" edge at all. The spoon end was blunt and so was the sides of the fork end. I'll have a look online.

I've seen them more often in design shops - you know the sort of place that sells Alessi egg cups - than outdoor shops.

Bob_the_Saver

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Actually, from the Ryanair website I seem to remember that prohibited knives are those with a blade more than something like 2cm long, and I had measured the British Airways one and the serrated cutting edge came within the stated size, so I was somewhat surprised that they even objected to it.

Ryanair have nothing to do with the nice people (excluding Dublin Airport who are not in my experience nice) who man/woman the security.

claire16c

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

On average, I take around 25 flights each year and always have one of these in my bag:

It's called a Spork and you can get them for about £2 from many camping shops or from Amazon and many other online retailers.
It's a spoon fork and knife combined (the knife isn't very sharp), and my one has been seen in many bag searches and has never caused any problems.

Those were one of the most useful things I had in my backpack for 8 months travelling. I dont think we took them in carry on baggage, but as you say the knife isnt that sharp.

Another solution - which we used when the beloved spork broke and the 2nd one was at the bottom of the backpack and couldnt be bothered to search through it one night - was to use chop sticks. Amazing how many types of food Ive eaten with them lol! Although no good for cutting.