Mostly they don't seem like they would care if you brought a full scale polearm onto the plane, as long as its not on the list.

I've met one or two people like that, but most of the TSA people just don't seem to care enough to check all your stuff. I'm surprised that he even knew there was such a thing as a war fan; it doesn't seem like something he would know. But Jeez they must be obsessed in your local airport; I would probably have gotten pretty sarcastic myself.

I'm fairly sure a modern laptop is more dangerous then any war fan you can probably get without paying thousands of dollars, and they let me through all the time. I guess you just have to look like what they're expecting.