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California’s 337 online auctions, which include bulk sales of up to 100 pocket knives at a time, generated $62,000 for its self-funded surplus program.
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Washington state, which has picked up 11,000 pounds of prohibited items from Washington’s airports in the past nine months, has donated much of it to other entities.
"The fingernail clippers and fingernail files go to the homeless shelters, and then we donate the Swiss Army knives to the Boy Scouts," said Doug Coleman, manager of Washington State Surplus Programs. "We let the fire departments and the police officers go through the tools. We sell a pair of scissors or a pocket knife for 25 cents."