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I carry a Leatherman Squirt PS4 in my pocket every day. It's tiny and doesn't add bulk to my pocket but is super handy and I use it all the time. Has spring loaded pliers and tiny scissors, a small straight blade and file, and both a flat Phillips head and broader flat screwdriver.
I bought a $3 mini hook knife for my keychain off Aliexpress. I was tired of getting my pocket knife or Leatherman confiscated or stolen "for security reasons" at ever increasing (and surprising, like libraries, bars) venues. The majority of my needs was to cut open boxes and plastic packaging anyway. It's the size of half a stick of gum, pops open with a button, and only the inside of the hook is sharp, making it pretty safe for wet hands. The handle is part carabiner clip. Not sure how long they last, since they get confiscated, but at $3 each, I don't care. Keep it on my keys. The clip makes it easy to take off my keys if I need to leave it behind, but if I end up getting it stolen, meh.
It cuts through cardboard really well, and also opens that hard plastic packaging, burlap sacks, plastic strapping, and that weird material large dry dog food comes in.
That's a good tip! I have a Gerber Dime on my keychain, and I've found that the "retail package opener" is the tool I use by far most often. Luckily, mine hasn't been confiscated yet.
Why is it surprising that you had a pocket knife confiscated at a bar?
I have never been to a bar with any kind of security search beyond checking my ID. If it is a ticketed event, sometimes there's a cursory patdown. In those cases you have time while waiting in line to put your knife somewhere they won't pat down, or go hide it in a bush.