Like a couple of others have mentioned, I carry a spork, and like one other I carry a pair of travel chopsticks that unscrew into halves. Also, since a trip to Tokyo (where I couldn't read the very few street signs and there are many confusing entrances and exits to the metro), a small compass. A 3x5 paper notebook and pen. Small bottle of baking soda (for use to wash things out, general cleaner). Small amount of gorilla tape wound around a plastic core I picked up somewhere. Packing tape strips (http://www.amazon.com/3M-3750P-Scotc...ng+tape+strips) - they take up no space, and surprisingly often I need to put something in the post. A small pair of scissors with round tips sold as "mustache scissors" - I keep it in my liquids bag so they don't have to dig through anything to see them.

Also: 1-2 large cotton handkerchiefs. I prefer them anyway because they don't disintegrate when you use them, but besides nose-blowing and glasses cleaning (not in the same corner of the handkerchief) they're useful if something spills or to hold something hot, or to provide a safer, less slippery surface on which to fix/take apart something small (glasses, microSIMs). Also, I tend to think that if you carelessly stash a partially used handkerchief in the pocket where your wallet is, even the most diehard pickpocket might draw the line...

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