Can I Bring Hair Scissors Or Shears Onto A Plane?

Whether you are looking at travelling domestically, or internationally, you don't want to get caught by surprise with airport security taking your hair scissors out of your carry-on luggage.

The big question floating around any hairdresser or barber's mind is "can I bring these scissors onto a plane?", so we are going to give you a quick and straightforward answer.

In most situations, you will not be able to bring a pair of hairdressing or barber scissors onto a plane.

In most countries like the USA , they ask you to put your hair scissors that are longer than 4" inches in your checked bags.

In Australia, airport security and home affairs ask you to put your scissor blades that are more than 2.2" inches in your checked-in bags.

Even if there are certain exceptions for some scissors that can be brought onto a plane in your carry-on bags, the majority of situations will prohibit any scissors on a plane.

You may be able to bring a pair of scissors that are 4" or 4.5" inches onto a plane, but we all know the majority of hair shears are 5" inches to 7" inches.

So if you are looking to travel with your hairdressing scissors or barber shears, make sure to put them in your checked-in luggage.

Avoid becoming a horror story that you tell your coworkers, where airport security tells you to throw away your pay of Joewell or Kamisori shears because the blade is too long.