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My girlfriend just bought it and sent it to me in the mail!
I just thought I'd post this because no one ever posts bragging about their new SAK, esp. not one as humble as a Super Tinker. There have been a few threads lately about Swiss Army knives, but they are kind of like orphans around here. Everybody has at least one, but no one gets excited about them.
One cool aspect of SAKs is that they are almost never construed as a weapon. The larger ones cause some confusion when you get them out. Take the Adventurer, for instance. If it were a Cold Steel, people would be astounded that I could bring it to work. (I was in the office area...) But since it is a SAK, people are confused. It is a big enough knife that people feel they should be threatened. But then they see the Swiss Army color and symbol and are left scratching their heads. All I got was "That's kind of big for a Swiss Army Knife, isn't it?" It's almost like they feel like they should feel threatened, but when they see the cross and the red, it blows everything.
To those of you who own lockback SAKs, I encourage you to try it, it is pretty funny. Bring that baby out, snap open that huge (for a SAK) blade and make sure the cross is showing. Then just watch for the expression on their faces. It is priceless. (It works better with the red models)
Anyhow, no matter what else I'm carrying, I always have a SAK on me. It ends up getting use often, on account of the other tools. Lately it has been a SA Explorer and a Spyderco Delica. Now, it will be the Super Tinker and Delica, as the Explorer is one layer too thick for comfortable pocket carry.
I just thought I'd post this because no one ever posts bragging about their new SAK, esp. not one as humble as a Super Tinker. There have been a few threads lately about Swiss Army knives, but they are kind of like orphans around here. Everybody has at least one, but no one gets excited about them.
One cool aspect of SAKs is that they are almost never construed as a weapon. The larger ones cause some confusion when you get them out. Take the Adventurer, for instance. If it were a Cold Steel, people would be astounded that I could bring it to work. (I was in the office area...) But since it is a SAK, people are confused. It is a big enough knife that people feel they should be threatened. But then they see the Swiss Army color and symbol and are left scratching their heads. All I got was "That's kind of big for a Swiss Army Knife, isn't it?" It's almost like they feel like they should feel threatened, but when they see the cross and the red, it blows everything.
To those of you who own lockback SAKs, I encourage you to try it, it is pretty funny. Bring that baby out, snap open that huge (for a SAK) blade and make sure the cross is showing. Then just watch for the expression on their faces. It is priceless. (It works better with the red models)
Anyhow, no matter what else I'm carrying, I always have a SAK on me. It ends up getting use often, on account of the other tools. Lately it has been a SA Explorer and a Spyderco Delica. Now, it will be the Super Tinker and Delica, as the Explorer is one layer too thick for comfortable pocket carry.
I got my Delica and Soldier in the pockets right now. Can't go wrong with a one-hander and a SAK teamed up.
