Can you have a knife in a checked bag - planes ?

[ViviTheMage]

I know it's allowed in the USA :

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#4

IF it's CHECKED....not your carry on. If we have connecting flights on TACA, and LACSA, will they have an issue with our knife in our checked bags? Also when we leave via LACSA?

MSP -> CHICAGO -> GUATAMALA -> SAN JOSE/COSTA RICA

same path back.

 

[SSSnail]

Yes.

 

[ViviTheMage]

source? or just previous experience?

 

[SSSnail]

Yes. Knife is not a contraband in checked baggage.

 

[silverpig]

I put my straight razor in checked baggage all the time. Never flown to Guatemala though.

 

[thepd7]

Yes. Knife is not a contraband in checked baggage.

In other countries too? I know US but not so sure about internationally.

 

[exdeath]

It's fine as far as airlines and checked bags are concerned. I carry and declare a firearm and ammunition in checked baggage all the time.

What you really need to be researching are weapons laws at your destination.

 

[Balt]

What you really need to be researching are weapons laws at your destination.

Definitely, and the laws can vary quite a lot even within the US (if you are carrying it around, anyway).

 

[SSSnail]

In other countries too? I know US but not so sure about internationally.

Right... because I've never flown internationally... :whiste:

 

[ViviTheMage]

interesting, not sure if this is all true or not :


http://www.costaricalaw.com/faqs/faq_21.php

Are there any restrictions about carrying a knife on one's person? All weapons in Costa Rica are regulated by the Law of Arms and Explosives - Law 7530 (Ley de Armas y Explosivos Ley 7530)
According to Article 3 of the Law, a weapon is defined to include both firearms and knives ("armas contundentes y las punzocortantes").
However, Article 8 of the law exempts the sale and holding of knives described as follows: shaving blades, table and hunting knives, Knives used by butchers and meat processors, knives used in the shoe industry, machetes and other tools used in the ordinary course of labor. It also exempts knives from the carrying permit required for weapons so long as they are being carried as part of employment or labor of the individual carrying the knife or being used as part of a sporting event.
The way the statute is drafted, it appears that if you are using or carrying a knife because it is a tool for your trade or as part of a hunting trip or sporting event, it is permitted. It is also rare in Costa Rica to have prosecutions based exclusively on the simple possession of a knife unless the knife was used as part of another underlying criminal act.

So it looks like, technically, no. They also do not specify anything about travelers out of country.