Best use of my SAK dollars?

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I can buy each of these for the same $. Which would be better?

V'nox Supervisor:
- lg. spear blade
- sm. spear blade
- caplifter/screwdriver
- can opener
- corkscrew
- awl

Wenger Trout:
- lg. spear
- sm. clip blade
- caplifter/screwdriver
- can opener
- phillips screwdriver
- awl
 
I would have to go with the phillips screwdriver. However that is based on my needs, yours might be different.

V'nox has (or had) one with the same specs as the Wenger Trout called the Tinker. I personally carry the V'nox Super Tinker (tinker with scissors) every day.
 
What is this SAK for? Dayhiking, backpacking, daily use, emergency use, a combination of one or more of these?

I can give you a better answer if I know some of these answers.

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Clay Fleischer
clay_fleischer@yahoo.com
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My choice is always Victorinox over Wenger. The quality is the key for me. I did a showdown of Victorinox vs. Wenger that I posted in the review section a few months ago. Victorinox was the clear winner.

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It's not the pace of life that concerns me, It's the sudden stop at the end.
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by sgtmike88:
My choice is always Victorinox over Wenger. The quality is the key for me. I did a showdown of Victorinox vs. Wenger that I posted in the review section a few months ago. Victorinox was the clear winner.
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Thanks for that, I went and looked it up in the archives

It's nice to be able to put some facts behind what was always just a gut feeling for me.
 
Buy this one. Buy it now.
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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
Nice knife, HooDoo. Great serrated peanut butter sandwich blade, I like that! LOL

Mike

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It's not the pace of life that concerns me, It's the sudden stop at the end.
 
I believe it is called the Jumpmaster. If you want a corkscrew instead of a philips, try the fireman. One of the interesting things about this knife, besides the serrated pbj blade (which, incidently, can also be used to slice open the belly of bambi), is that it has a liner lock that locks the main blade and also the large screwdriver. I believe they took a little metal off the spine of the woodsaw so you can get at the liner a little better but it's no big deal. The saw is still very rigid. The liner lock is Very Solid (it clunks loudly when it snaps into place) and there is a very strong detent in the main blade and large screwdriver at half-closed. As usual, all the blades have the standard slip joint lock as well. This knife has me dreaming of my boy scout days.
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I ordered the knife from these guys:
http://www.swiss-knife.com/

Hmmm..time for a pbj...gotta run.
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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
sgtmike88, it is called the "Jumpmaster" so obviously the serrated pbj blade is a combo shroud line cutter/seat belt cutter/gutting blade. I got mine through AAFES for $25 (Army & Air Force Exchange Service) for all you civilians -- the PX.

It's the SAK for the woods while I carry the Fieldmaster at work (large/small blades, saw, scissors, hook, punch, can opener, bottle opener, phillips).

Bruce
 
If you do anything outdoors at all you may want to get a Vic with a saw. The wood saw is outstanding for its size.
The minimum tools I usually like to have with me when I am not at work are the plain blade, the awl, the saw, the screwdrivers, the tweezers, the toothpick, and the can opener.I usually carry a Pioneer with a saw blade and a Classic to achieve this combination of tools. I carry more at times in different combinations as the need arises.
 
Yeah, they also make one called the Parachutist which is the same but without the saw. But floundering around in the sky trying to open a thumbnail blade to cut your tangled shroud lines while your life passes before your eyes somehow just doesn't appeal to me. I think a fixed blade would be in order, except I suppose there is some danger of "falling on your sword" as well. At the very least, then, a serrated folder with a spydie hole or easy-open axis lock type. Me, I'm sticking to pbj and bambi burgers.
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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
the people saying victorinox is better are correct. I had a wenger once. Never again. I've had 2 victorinox (my girlfriend stole the first one (Camping Model) so I bought a second (Swiss Champ). Both of them have been leaps and bounds beyond the wenger in quality.

 
Hoodoo, I have the Fireman. Have no clue as to why firemen would need a corkscrew, but I know I would morelikely need that than a phillips s/d
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Though I am not of English descent, I am reminded of the joke about how many Englishmen it takes to change a light bulb?
Three; one to get the Gin, one to get the ice and one to get the electrician!
 
Hoodoo, I don't think I'm cutting any shroud lines on the way down. The jumpmaster needs the ability to cut away a "towed" jumper if he gets hung up by his static line on the side of the aircraft, or the jumper needs to cut himself down from an obstructed landing (tree, building, etc.)

Cutting shroud lines on the way down rarely solves any problem.

Bruce
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by bruce:
Hoodoo, I don't think I'm cutting any shroud lines on the way down. The jumpmaster needs the ability to cut away a "towed" jumper if he gets hung up by his static line on the side of the aircraft, or the jumper needs to cut himself down from an obstructed landing (tree, building, etc.)

Cutting shroud lines on the way down rarely solves any problem.

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Bruce, it's all greek to me. What I know about jumping out of airplanes I learned from watching James Bond movies.
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I was just speculating that it would be kind of tricky if you were in a jam to try to open that puppy up real quick, i.e., a little armchair BS.
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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
I just love purchaseing SAKs, because, as far as having additional knives and having "too many knives" ... they really don't count. They aren't really "extra" knives, they just are.
 
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