[Jewelry making - Article 00090] - Re: [Orchid] Flying with tools

[Loren Damewood]

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Pam,

    Probably not the sort of thing they want you to bring along in
    carry-on luggage, I imagine. It might help to have all the tools
    packed in plastic bags, so they can see them without touching them --
    individually, or in sufficiently small groups that simply lifting it
    and turning it over verifies that nothing else is in the bag. If they
    don't have to rummage through to see things, they won't be as likely
    to mess them up. 

    Another thing that might help is to produce a written inventory, and
    place a copy of it right on top of everything, so that anyone who
    opens it knows that losses will be noticed immediately. 

    Someone told me, a while back, that he had a starting pistol
    (totally innocuous, legal, just a noisemaker) in his luggage and
    declared it on check in. They verified its presence and sealed his
    bag, which got special treatment. Tracking logs, signatures, the
    works. When he got to his destination, he was directed to where they
    were holding his bag, and signed for it. 

Loren
http://www.golden-knots.com
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