Has anyone flown international while taking their swords..

[sencho]

Following Bushido1's post...

 

I am currently in Europe and want to fly back to the USA with a wakizashi in a few weeks.

 

What is the procedure for doing this? Especialy with the latest clamp down. What declarations need to be made?

 

Maybe I would be better off just shipping it completely separately.

 

Thanks in advance..

[b.hennick]

I often fly with swords into the US and back to Canada. I just put them in my luggage. Sometimes someone wants to look at a sword but there is no problem with flying with swords -as long as you don't try to take the sowrd on the plane as carry-on luggage!

[Rabro]

If its valuable make sure that you get it insured with the airline or someone as I recently lost a sword flying from London to JFK. There is no prohibition against checking them in.

 

Roger

[fjohns]

Hello,

 

My name is Fred and I have just joined Nihonto. I live in the So. Cal area and have lived and traveled abroad a bit.

 

I don't know if they will do it now but years ago I had a sword hand carried to the plane by a representative of the airline, locked in their 'values' cubicle or whatever they call it,

and hand delivered to me once I arrived at my destination. I felt good about it and quite at ease- after luggage stories I had/have heard.

 

I crafted a wooden box and after customs was finished I taped it tamper-proof. It worked great. They even made me feel special and who will reject that?

 

Fred

[Ichi]

Hi Fred and welcome to NMB,

 

I received a similar treatment with my golf club in the good old days. Not any more after 9/11. They even confiscated my nail scissor.

[fjohns]

Ichi,

 

Thanks for the welcoming, always appreciated. Golf club? That threw me.

You must have made it to Karuizawa at one time or another.

 

 

Fred