I agree about the martial arts issue. Only a matter of time.
What I find most useful about plastic forks is how sharp they are! On a recent VS trip, I retained the fork and, upon arrival at my sister's house, checked it against all the regular dining forks in her house. The plastic was MUCH sharper.
Since the plastic is weaker than metal, it naturally
has to be sharper to make up the difference.
The other vital weapon that I take with me every time (apart from the duty free bottle of cognac) is a laptop computer. My current model is actually very light at only 1.1kg but some of the big Dell's weigh in at nearly 3kg. Imagine holding the laptop (with the screen closed) and bashing someone across the head with it?
Once TSA and British Airports Ar$eholes plc get this peice of information, I am sure that all biz pax will have their laptops placed in a secure cargo container until arrival.
