Weirdest Finds At TSA Checkpoints 2017: Grenade Art, Bone Knife

HANOVER, MD — Just when you thought we had moved on from the drama of 2017, we have one last list for you: The Transportation Security Administration released a list of its "Top Ten Most Unusual Finds of 2017." Items on the list include oddities such as a knife carved out of a bone with a skull at the base of the handle — caught at the BWI Airport checkpoint — to two art objects made out of grenades. TSA "Blogger Bob" Burns put out a tongue-in-cheek video illustrating the odd finds, see it below.

Of the gruesome BWI knife he quipped, "Make no bones about it, this traveler had a bone to pick with somebody."

No. 1 on the list was what the TSA dubbed a "face tenderizer." The object looks like a mashup of brass knuckles with a meat tenderizer attached. Yikes.

The list, as compiled by the TSA wags with their descriptions:

1. Face Tenderizer, found in a carry-on bag at Buffalo Niagara International Airport
2. Aggressive Odor Eater, found in a checked bag at Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport
3. Pointy Fidget Spinner, found in a carry-on bag at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
4. Grenade Art Thing #1 found in a checked bag at Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport
5. Lonely Throwing Star found in a carry-on bag at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
6. Scythe found in a carry-on bag at John Wayne Airport Orange County
7. Satan's Pizza Cutter found in a carry-on bag at Honolulu International Airport
8. Bone Knife found in a carry-on bag at Baltimore–Washington International Airport
9. Replica Rifle Umbrella, a carry-on item at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
10. Festively Wrapped Narcotics, found in a checked bag at Los Angeles International Airport

The objects on the list all fell in the TSA's list of weapons and other items that cannot be taken on planes, according to USA Today. Those include:

Sharp Objects

Sharp items prohibited in carry-on bags include box cutters, ice picks, knives, meat cleavers, razor blades, sabers, swords and scissors with blades longer than 4 inches. Plastic knives or butter knives with a round blade are allowed. Sharp objects are allowed in checked bags if sheathed or wrapped.

Firearms

Firearms are never permitted in carry-on bags. Firearms are permitted in checked bags if the following requirements are met:

• They are declared to the airline in advance.
• They are unloaded and properly packed.
• The carrier possesses the necessary permits.

Firearms carried as checked baggage must be unloaded, packed in a locked hard-sided container, and declared to the airline at check-in. Read the guidelines. Firearm parts, including magazines, clips, bolts and firing pins, are prohibited in carry-on, but may be transported in checked baggage.

Self-Defense And Martial Arts Items

Self-defense and martial arts items are prohibited in carry-on bags. Items allowed in checked baggage include mace, pepper spray, throwing stars, night sticks, stun guns, brass knuckles, billy clubs and other martial arts weapons. Mace or pepper spray must have a safety device to prevent discharge during transport.

Sporting Equipment

Most sporting equipment is prohibited as a carry-on. Baseball bats, bows and arrows, cricket bats, hockey and lacrosse sticks, ski poles, golf clubs, pool cues and spear guns must all be transported in checked luggage.

Tools

Tools, including screwdrivers and wrenches, that are seven inches or less in length are allowed in carry-on luggage. Other tools such as axes, hatchets, crow bars, hammers, drills, drill bits, cattle prods, saws and tools longer than seven inches must be packed in checked luggage.

Explosives

All explosives, flammable liquid items and disabling chemicals are prohibited from both carry-on and checked luggage. Prohibited items include blasting caps, dynamite, flares, grenades, fireworks, replicas of explosives, aerosols, any fuel, gasoline, gas torches, strike-anywhere matches, lighters, paint-thinner, bleach, chlorine and spray paint. Other explosives or flammable objects not listed are prohibited as well. Contact the airline if you are unsure about an item.

In case you were wondering - here's the face tenderizer:

Images courtesy of the TSA