—”They still took it at an airport.”
I forgot about it once and the metal detector found it.
I said oh, my multitool! and thought it would be gone.
The woman said “I know what is”, and waved me on.
Our daughter forgot her Spartan and no such luck...
I purchased four of them on Ebay, for $15.00 with free shipping.
You were lucky. I forgot to remove my Leatherman once at an airport. The screener didn’t take it, though, but instead let me go back out, where I was able to scrounge a small box and check it through as luggage. That was long enough ago that the airline didn’t charge extra to do that.