> Don't come to Spain then. Penknives -or any other sort of knife carried in public- are now illegal.
Can you supply a link about this? I can't find any mention of it online (admittedly only looking in English). One assumes that carrying a knife in a city centre is a no no (unless it's buried in one's rucksack), but carrying a sensibly-sized knife on a camping or fishing trip would be fine.