Flying (carry-on) with a badger brush

A while back I posted a thread where I outlined a quick method to re-use pomade sized containers to hold shave soap for travel purposes - as an alternative to shave sticks. This allows me to take CRSW glide on the airplane which is great. However, I’ve been thinking of flying with a badger brush instead of a synthetic. I can’t find any TSA regulations or anecdotal evidence that says to avoid doing so. I still greatly prefer natural hair brushes to synthetics - hence my question.

Does anyone fly, carry-on, with their badger brush? I mostly fly domestically, but have some international trips coming up - so experiences going through customs with a badger brush is valuable as well.

NOTE: I don’t check bags, period - not even when flying internationally.

(02-18-2020, 04:32 PM)mike_the_kraken Wrote: I’ve been thinking of flying with a badger brush instead of a synthetic. I can’t find any TSA regulations or anecdotal evidence that says to avoid doing so. I still greatly prefer natural hair brushes to synthetics - hence my question.

Does anyone fly, carry-on, with their badger brush? I mostly fly domestically, but have some international trips coming up - so experiences going through customs with a badger brush is valuable as well.

NOTE: I don’t check bags, period - not even when flying internationally.

We fly a LOT, though much of our flying is trans-Pacific.  From a TSA regulation standpoint, a brush is a brush:  no distinction between natural hair and synthetic.  I have carried a badger brush in carry-on, both domestic and international, since the TSA regulations went into effect, with no problem.  When I carry a brush, generally I carry a synthetic, for its faster drying times, as we often have one-night hotel stays.  If I am going to stay someplace for a week or so, then, like you, I would prefer the Semogue badger.

Tangent:  (Some airports do not like the collapsible Leki trekking pole that I carry onto the plane to navigate down the steep staircases in those airports that have the planes park on the tarmac.  When the gate agent insists that I send the pole as freight/checked, I ask the airline to order wheelchair service at the destination.) 

(02-18-2020, 04:50 PM)Mel S Meles Wrote:

(02-18-2020, 04:32 PM)mike_the_kraken Wrote: I’ve been thinking of flying with a badger brush instead of a synthetic. I can’t find any TSA regulations or anecdotal evidence that says to avoid doing so. I still greatly prefer natural hair brushes to synthetics - hence my question.

Does anyone fly, carry-on, with their badger brush? I mostly fly domestically, but have some international trips coming up - so experiences going through customs with a badger brush is valuable as well.

NOTE: I don’t check bags, period - not even when flying internationally.

We fly a LOT, though much of our flying is trans-Pacific.  From a TSA regulation standpoint, a brush is a brush:  no distinction between natural hair and synthetic.  I have carried a badger brush in carry-on, both domestic and international, since the TSA regulations went into effect, with no problem.  When I carry a brush, generally I carry a synthetic, for its faster drying times, as we often have one-night hotel stays.  If I am going to stay someplace for a week or so, then, like you, I would prefer the Semogue badger.

Tangent:  (Some airports do not like the collapsible Leki trekking pole that I carry onto the plane to navigate down the steep staircases in those airports that have the planes park on the tarmac.  When the gate agent insists that I send the pole as freight/checked, I ask the airline to order wheelchair service at the destination.) 

Interesting. I sport a cane, though a one-piece non-adjustable wooden one. I often also put an adjustable Leki in checked luggage (if I’m checking). I’ve never had an issue with my wooden cane, domestic (US) or international. Should I be concerned? (Sorry for this brief hijack.)

Great info Mel, that’s what I was hoping for!

On the tangent - I found it strange that while I cannot carry-on trekking poles, my collapsible tripod is acceptable.

I've carried on badger and boar brushes on several domestic flights in the past, and never had an issue with  TSA.  However, these days I only travel with a synthetic.

When we returned from UK this past summer, a passenger was allowed on the flight with items that looked like ski poles. He was harmless, but his freaking poles were super annoying!

I fly about once a month, carry on a shave brush every time and have never had a problem.