Deltaten
April 23, 2006, 08:05
Several/many years ago,there was a Co. producing a thin, flat tool (about the size of a credit card) that was for emergency/recue. Long outta print, I couldn't find one for an EMS friend. Unit had a long, sharpened slot for slicing seat-belts, a hole for the finger, and one sharpened edge, and IIRC an embedded carbide point in one corner for glass breaking.
Now, I've seen that there's someone producing a similar blade; IIRC Ti, w/ a sharp edge, that fits in the wallet w/your credit cards. More a covert blade than e-tool. That's OK for what it is, but not allowable under FAA/TSA regs and would show up under scrutiny as a metallic object.
Likewise, "covert" plastic/fibreglass etc. "blades" are specifically banned, and are detectable using the newer MRI type inspections. I would imagine that ceramic objects show up, as they are more dense than other wallet debris such as old receipts, credit cards and photos.
Wonder if it's possible, or if some Mfgr already does produce a credit card sized carbon fiber E-tool; and would CF be transparent to current scanning technology?
One member here does carbon fibre creations. IIRC it's mhg??? DId some marvelous recreations of HGs and butts. Intricate units! SO how hard would it be to cast/laminate/whatever a creditcard sized piece like I decscribed? Just how *do* they get a sharp edge....file and stone, or just as cast?
With all the engineering and manufacturing talent here, there's gotta be an amswer. AM I just dreaming, or is such a project/product possible.
Specs:
passable by current X-ray, MRI (?) scanning proceedures
thin and strong enough to actually do the work intended
able to produce/keep and edge
Similarity to credit card good enough to pass visual/ tactile scrutiny. The only tell-tale would be the finger hole and the angled slot.
Regards,
Paul
Now, I've seen that there's someone producing a similar blade; IIRC Ti, w/ a sharp edge, that fits in the wallet w/your credit cards. More a covert blade than e-tool. That's OK for what it is, but not allowable under FAA/TSA regs and would show up under scrutiny as a metallic object.
Likewise, "covert" plastic/fibreglass etc. "blades" are specifically banned, and are detectable using the newer MRI type inspections. I would imagine that ceramic objects show up, as they are more dense than other wallet debris such as old receipts, credit cards and photos.
Wonder if it's possible, or if some Mfgr already does produce a credit card sized carbon fiber E-tool; and would CF be transparent to current scanning technology?
One member here does carbon fibre creations. IIRC it's mhg??? DId some marvelous recreations of HGs and butts. Intricate units! SO how hard would it be to cast/laminate/whatever a creditcard sized piece like I decscribed? Just how *do* they get a sharp edge....file and stone, or just as cast?
With all the engineering and manufacturing talent here, there's gotta be an amswer. AM I just dreaming, or is such a project/product possible.
Specs:
passable by current X-ray, MRI (?) scanning proceedures
thin and strong enough to actually do the work intended
able to produce/keep and edge
Similarity to credit card good enough to pass visual/ tactile scrutiny. The only tell-tale would be the finger hole and the angled slot.
Regards,
Paul