Air Travel & Hair Sticks

**hennalove** · September 9th, 2019, 02:15 PM

I checked through the archives and am looking for a bit more current info. Has anyone recently travelled by air and either worn a hair stick or had one or more in their carry-on? We won't have a checked bag for the first flight. I see both knitting needles and crochet hooks are allowed so at least I can take my crochet. My hair sticks would be about the length of a crochet hook. TIA

**Zesty** · September 9th, 2019, 02:40 PM

When I flew frequently I had no trouble. I didn't wear them because I'm paranoid, but I would (sneakily?) put them with any writing implements I was carrying on.

**Covet** · September 9th, 2019, 02:57 PM

I absolutely fly wearing my hairsticks (and with a few scattered in my carry on luggage for the inevitable loss of one of them). I have never encountered any problems with them and they're wood or plastic sticks. If they were metal sticks then it might be a problem but I've never been stopped. Also flown with knitting needles and knitted on the flight. No problem for me!

**HaMalka** · September 9th, 2019, 04:44 PM

I don't fly with hair sticks in my hair for comfort rather than security reasons. Because of this I don't think I've ever had them in my carry on. I have had some issues with my u-pins because the amount of metal in my hair was setting off the metal detector so I would not recommend a metal hair stick as that seems highly likely to be problematic.

**CopperButterfly** · September 9th, 2019, 04:44 PM

I just flew this summer with both a hair stick in my hair, and some in my carryon. The TSA did not say anything about them.

**Reyn127** · September 9th, 2019, 06:01 PM

I have flown with hair sticks many times with very few problems. I make sure to never bring metal hair sticks, only wood or resin. Sometimes the security people do an extra scan on my bun because it is so big and solid, but the stick itself has never ever been a problem for me.

**Seeshami** · September 9th, 2019, 07:33 PM

The TSA has never said anything about my hair uping tools, but they have always asked me to take it down. Probably sometime around classic on is when it started. But it might have been sooner.

**lithostoic** · September 9th, 2019, 07:35 PM

I wear them and bring in my carry on. I have a small bun so they never ask for me to take it down.

**Chromis** · September 9th, 2019, 07:41 PM

I like using a fairly blunt larger diameter hairstick, nothing stabby looking. Sometimes I use a Ficcare in a braided bun, but then I take the clip out in security and put it in the bin.

**DweamGoiL** · September 9th, 2019, 07:55 PM

This past Summer I was asked to take down my hair and had a WEII in it. They said it was too pointy and wanted to confiscate it. I refused to leave it at that. Long story short, after they made me wait for like 10 minutes, the TSA officer got impatient because the workaround was to recall my luggage so I can check it into the baggage so she just gave me the hairstick back and asked me to go away quickly. Whatever! But next time, no wearing hairsticks on the plane for me. I will wear my plastic claw and be happy.