A generous gift from plk7.

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In the beginning of January, plk7 unexpectedly sent me a almost new small tinker. This was a very big surprise, but a bit spooky, because I had been missing a 84mm SAK since I gave my recruit away to the grounds keeper where we stay in Key West. I had been almost to the point of pulling trigger on a new recruit when a small package arrived in the mail. The small tinker is the same size as a recruit, but with the phillips driver and awl. Definitely a step up.

When it arrived, I was in the midst of trying out the Leatherman Micra, so the new small tinker sat for a bit, but then when the micra experiment was over, the tinker was pressed into the daily rotation. So far, it's been great.

I like small. To a life long backpacker, small is good, and I'm almost psycho on the subject. If Ihave a choice between two objects, both functioning at their intended task, but one is smaller/lighter than the other, I'll go for the smaller one. I even carry a golf pencil for notes, instead of a full size writing tool. I go for compact binoculars or even a monocular, to save weight/bulk. Button compass in an Altoids emergency kit instead of a regular size. So a small tinker fits my personal frenzied mantra of how small can we go? Remember, I'm the guy who carried a Case peanut as my heavy duty edc pocket knife. My regular pocket knife was a Vic classic!

So far, the small tinker has proven to be capable of everything the regular tinker takes care of.

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Thank you, Prashanth!:thumbup:
 
I love it! I've always thought the small Tinker would be a great knife. I am a huge fan of the 84mm line.
 
Well done, plk7! :thumbup::thumbup:

Carl, your words about the Recruit and the Tinkers reminded me what a sucker I am for SAKs with two cutting blades. I happened to be googling around today and discovered that the "micro-Farmer" has the big and small spearpoints, and suddenly my lust for a Farmer (that's kind of an odd phrase :eek:) has been transformed into longing for a 2-blade micro-Farmer!

Anyway, enjoy that small Tinker, Carl. A Tinker was (part of) my EDC from March to October, when it was replaced by an Electrician gregc generously sent me. As always, thanks a million, Greg!

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Well done, plk7! :thumbup::thumbup:

Carl, your words about the Recruit and the Tinkers reminded me what a sucker I am for SAKs with two cutting blades. I happened to be googling around today and discovered that the "micro-Farmer" has the big and small spearpoints, and suddenly my lust for a Farmer (that's kind of an odd phrase :eek:) has been transformed into longing for a 2-blade micro-Farmer!

Anyway, enjoy that small Tinker, Carl. A Tinker was (part of) my EDC from March to October, when it was replaced by an Electrician gregc generously sent me. As always, thanks a million, Greg!

- GT
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GT, that's the sole complaint I have about the alox SAK's; the lack of a second blade. Most times I reach for a pocket knife, it's because I have to cut something. Sometimes I need a screw driver, but very often I have a package to open, twine to cut, or some other job that needs a sharp edge. The dumbest thing Victorinox ever did was the end of the cadet 2.

I grew up on and carried for a lot of my life, the two or three blade pocket knives of traditional type. The stockman was a long term carry with me, and later in life I took to carrying a Case peanut. I loved having two different cutting tools in one package, letting me have two different blade shapes and kinds of edges. I still miss my peanut, but the arthritis in my fingers makes it hard for me to deal with. Thanks to the Victorinox smoothness and lighter springs, SAK's are easy for me to deal with. I just wish the alox line wasn't so shrunken. I'd love to see a two blade alox back in production.
 
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