I would hate to go into an airport with that as my carry-on pipe tamper/tool. Some weird TSA person would find some reason to reject it (collect it for resale on eBay no doubt) and it would be gone...
Laguiole Pipe Tool
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Spencer, that's when it either gets packed in my toiletries bag in my luggage or left home with a Chech tool in its place for travel.
banjo
banjo
Many TSA people are outright thieves. If they were running an honest business, they would have a USPS booth in every airport and give you the option of mailing the item back to your home rather than confiscating it.
Well sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug. I was the bug when I found that my original Laguiole pipe tool and I had parted ways and I replaced it. Well the wife decided to take the custom fitted sheep seat covers and run them through the wash. After unlatching what seemed like a million latches I got them out for her then she removed all floor mats and vacuumed the entire car. Was very surprised to find she found my original one in the family car which I don't smoke in, go figure! Well now I have two of these babies. 
banjo
banjo
fish', if you have two of these beauties, you are the richest pipe smoker in the world. It would drive me crazy to lose such an item. I can't keep track of pipe nails in my own pockets with the keys, the change, the phone and the pocket knife. My wife found my wedding ring in the refrigerator crisper, where I guess my finger had gotten cold and shrunk in size (insert jokes here). Maybe it's worth the risk, just to handle such craftsmanship. Likewise to brad; that's a object of art.
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