Airport and aviation security and regulatory authorities around the world have placed prohibitions on the carrying of edged weapons and pointed devices that can be used in a hijacking or an attack on aircrew. Some products have been on the prohibited list for carry-on luggage for a long time, but were permitted in checked luggage. The descriptions and details change regularly, some items being deleted within certain categories, and other items added.

At Securesearch, Inc., we often get requests from security authorities to supply unusual items in quantity, for training screeners and testing them. Many of these items are edged and/or pointed weapons, some made of metal and others made of plastic.

We try to obtain and are usually successful in supplying originals of the items required; where they are not available, we at least make good quality replicas of them. They are suitable for awareness training, as well as for x-ray imaging and metal detector training.