[Elecraft] Swiss Army Knife

[Wes Stewart]

Mine, a small "Executive" model was a gift from my late wife.  Before she passed 
we took an Alaskan cruise, round trip out of Seattle.  On the flight from Tucson 
I put the knife in checked baggage but on the return trip after checking my 
luggage I remembered it was in my carry-on camera case.  When the bag went 
through the scanner I could see the guy moving the conveyor belt forward and 
back and figured my goose was cooked.  So I said something like, "Damn I think I 
left my pen knife in that bag."  He said, "Okay take it out and show me."  of 
course, he declared it contraband.  Since we were holding up the line, I was 
just going to surrender it and move on.  My wife threw a fit and the agent said, 
"Take it over there."  It turns out they have a counter just for stuff like 
this.  She took it there and for $8 they put it in an envelope and mailed it to us.

Sadly she is gone, but I still have the knife.

Wes  N7WS


On 12/18/2018 4:41 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> My Swiss Army Knife was a gift from a ham is Switzerland, and I am not keen to 
> lose or damage it.  It usually stays at my desk.
> It is different from those common here in the US - it has black sides and not 
> the red sides usually seen.
> The knife in my pocket is a 3 bladed Case knife.  I guess I like that brand 
> since I went to Case Institute of Technology - but they are good knives that 
> can keep a keen edge for a long time.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR