Reminded me of my short stint @ FedEx Express (got my CDL there). Had to work 'Input' for couple months before I could start my CDL training (Hey, I think it was worth it. Saved several thousand dollars & they don't make you stay there for 2 years. I probably would have stayed if it didn't take 12 years to go full time). Anywho, worked with this guy, BIG guy (6' 4", 350 lbs.) who owned a tree trimming business (He threw boxes there part time for the insurance), so, one day, as we were walking into work, through TSA security, the alarms went off and they were on him like flies on schit. Turns out, he still had a 4" blade on him that he forgot about (he always wore multi-pocketed coveralls). Rule there is; 4" or longer and you are gone. No questions asked. So, that was his last day there. Too bad, was a good guy.There are tools made for deburring aluminum and cutting/stripping wire. I don't expect a pocket knife to do those tasks.
Everything else you listed, my ZT0300 and/or ZT0452 does easily.
I only carry cheap knives, $30-40 range, if I think it's likely I'll lose one. And by 'lose' I mean, get it confiscated by security or something.
We were in Vegas last week and I was carrying a $30 Amazon, Chinese D2 ripoff of a Hinderer. We did some hiking in Red Rock Canyon and I wanted a fairly beefy knife. I also carried it all over the strip without incident but when we went on the High Roller, the giant Ferris wheel, I had to empty my pockets to through security. Guard said, no way. I offered him $40 to hold it. He said, no. I could have walked a mile, in 95 degree heat, back to the hotel, or I could throw it in the trash. I chose the trash. I hope that guard dug it out. It was actually a pretty decent knife.
I still had two more knives in my suitcase so cutting limes for my gin and tonic back at our room wasn't interrupted.
p.s. 911 ruined everything. They also ended the 'Jumpseat' program. That was a MAJOR perk for many people.
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