Safe travel bind rune – pewter rune with an engraved runic symbol for safe travel on an adjustable black leather thong. The safe travel bind rune. The talisman for travellers is Radio which is ascribed to the god Thor. When combined with Algiz, for protection, the result is a powerful bind rune for safe travel. The use of bind runes is ancient, probably arising almost simultaneously with the use of runes as an alphabet. Essentially, a bind rune is a symbol composed of several runes overlaid, one on top of another, to form a single character.