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If you are a woodcarver and taking a plane when traveling abroad, you may be wondering if you are allowed to take certain woodworking and wood carving instruments such as chisels, wood carving knives, and types of wood, with you when traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When traveling by plane, you are allowed to take wood carving instruments such as carving knives, chisels, and others, in your luggage as long as they are securely wrapped in a layer of protection that will prevent them from sticking out of the suitcase when moved. None of the above-mentioned tools, however, are allowed in hand luggage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that said, certain airlines and security regulations allow the airport staff to confiscate objects that are not suitable for traveling for a long list of reasons. In this article, we will go over the 3 tips to both make sure your travel with tools is safe and convenient and, of course, assure your tools to still be yours when you get off the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. How To Pack Your Wood Carving Tools Correctly <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is by far the most important tip we can give you. Packing your tools in a way that will not satisfy the airport security may lead to you having to waste a lot of time repacking them, or in the worst case even confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood carving tools are dangerously sharp, therefore, it is required to wrap or pack them into something to avoid them sticking out of the suitcase and damaging other goods nearby or injuring staff members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cheapest and most basic way to do that is to wrap all of your wood carving tools in a cloth, and leave them in the center of your luggage surrounded by other items and not on the side of the luggage, contacting the wall of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although highly unlikely, the staff members may consider a cloth to not be sufficient protection from the sharp objects inside. If you want to be 100% sure that you will not face any problems you should get the wood carving traveling case which is shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This pouch case will fit in multiple wood carving tools in a storage efficient way. It is very affordable and will last you a lifetime, therefore if you are ever looking to travel somewhere with wood carving tools, consider getting this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another advantage of traveling with a case instead of a cloth the possibility that the sharp tools will damage your own belongings in the suitcase. Although unlikely, and the cloth being is sufficient, it is up to you if you want to ensure yourself with a more secure way of traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Increased Efficiency For Traveler Carvers <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are going to be carving in other countries you probably would like to take your whole workshop with you. However, for space efficiency, it is obviously not a good idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A smart life-hack for carvers that want to travel efficiently but still take a large range of tools with them is combining multiple tools into one. This can be done in two different ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n