How many of your daily tasks could be done with a SAK instead of your tactical knife?

[bigox]

All of them. I have no real need for a big tactical knife. I just love the quick and easy action of the BM710 and appreciate the peace of mind that the lock gives me. I never want to be without a one handed knife again.

 

[mrd74]

I just carry both all the time, 722 Benchmade for the fast cuts and alox Electrian Plus for everything else.

 

[mp510]

All of my tasks could be done with an SAK or slipjoint. In fact, most of them are done by my slip joint. However, it is nice to have a fast action lock knife available when I don't want to dig into my pocket, and fiddle around with a slip joint.

 

[DRider]

All of them... except I like to eat apples at my desk at work by cutting them up first, so I like a longer blade so juice doesn't get in the mechanism.

And of course there's that special peace of mind you get from, say, a Rukus in the front pocket, as opposed to a SAK.



I just say forget choices, I carry a leatherman charge and a tactical all the time. I use the pliers and screwdrivers more than the blade, probably, anyway. (I also use the charge's blades for dirty jobs, like cutting off lots of excess tape, so my tactical always has a clean blade. For apples and such)

 

[allenC]

I love swiss army knives, and I love traditional slip-joints too...but I hate to carry them.
I love the pocket-clip too much to do without a one-hander-locking-pocket-clip-folder (aka "tactical").

So, I have SAKs in my truck, in my desk, in my tackle-box, in my locker at work, and in nearly every room in the house.

But I carry a "tactical" in my pocket everyday.

Besides, you never know when you might need to stick somebody, and it's easier with a "tactical" rather than a slip-joint.

 

[attackofthe50footman]

I just wondered how many of you do daily tasks with your "tactical" knife that could be done with no problems with a Swiss Army Knife, or even a slip-joint?

I'm finding that the only time I would need a knife that is NOT a SAK is when I am using the knife for something that I shouldn't use a knife for anyway.

As weird as it sounds, I seem to be putting SAK's or slipjoints in my pockets instead of my tactical knives. They seem to get the job done just as well and plus they have extra stuff that I use like scissors and a bottle opener.

Anyone?

How many of those tasks could be done with a 39¢ box cutter?

 

[Joshua J.]

Just today I encountered a few situations where a nice sturdy knife would have been great. Cutting heavy hose in a tight place, and scraping rust off a pipe so you can fit the replacement hose back on (I was working on my Dad’s air seeder). Normally I carry my BM Nimravus while working, and that would have done great. But it needs to be re-profiled right now (not a small job) so I thought I could get by with just a small cutting tool, and not the monster thing I usually carry.
Well I was wrong.
Today a big, durable knife is just what I needed. Maybe tomorrow I won’t, but if I do, I’ll be sure to have one.

(Edited to add) And yes, I use a nice little knife for most of the cutting I do every day.

 

[puukkoman]

Yep, I could use a SAK for nearly everything. In fact, I do use a SAK for nearly everything. Always have one with me, whether or not I'm carrying a one-handed, built-like-a-tank, heavy-utility-capable knife in addition.

 

[Planterz]

At home, probably 75-90% of my cutting tasks could be done with a SAK. At work though, this % is a lot less. Doing lots of box cutting with a slipjoint is a good way to hurt oneself.

However, I much prefer a locking knife, and one with better steel. All of my "main" knives are 1 hand openers, 1 hand closers. I do carry a SAK as well (Cybertool 29), but 99.9% of the time I use it it's for the other tools rather than the blades. Even a modded Treker with a pocket clip, 1H opening, and a lockback still has steel that I'd have to sharpen every day.

 

[Vivi]

My EDC rotation is rather simple. A Wenger Handyman and a Spyderco Delica.

The Delica is my work knife. I use it for lots of hardcore cardboard and tape cutting.

The Wenger gets used everywhere else. Tighten up my skateboard, chop up various foods (Recently been slicing a lot of carrots for soups), trim joints with the scissors and use the awl or screwdriver to pack them nice and tight on each end, woodworking tasks such as carving or producing shavings, the saw gets used every so often, the awl is useful for puncturing all sorts of items, pry with the screwdrivers, tweezers for delicate tasks....they're really great tools.

To sum up why I carry a SAK the majority of the time, is the very thin blades allow for superb cutting and they're plenty robust enough for 99.5% of what I use knives for. In addition, all the other tools see a lot of use themselves. I love my SAKS and would take one over a tactical style folder anyday.

That being said, I reall yenjoy the ease of opening knives like the Delica have, as well as more contoured ergonomics, that advanced steels which hold their edge for very long periods of time etc. The locks to add peace of mind, but I never really need the lock to be honest. All it really does it make the process of using the knife take longer for me in most cases.

I'll always be buying expensive folders, I love them and they have a lot of variety between them. But SAKs are my main knives.

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

Risking redundant statement, all, especially if I have both my Spartan Lite and One Hand Trekker (Bundeswehr) with me ..

 

[ahgar]

I have to say 100% of my daily chores {not including killing elephants but that's only occasional} can be done by the sak or any slip joint for that matter. Up until lately i'd been carrying tactical knives almost constantly for the last couple of years but lately i've moved back to traditional slip joints. don't really know why except they work and i like them. later, ahgar
sodbusters rule!!!!!!!!

 

[rnr]

The daily task of nudging the thumbstud on my SOG Flash and satifying my 'flip urge' over and over while driving home, cannot be accomplished by my Super Tinker.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

All of my tasks could be done with a SAK, except for clearing brush.

 

[durbanposion]

most of my cutting needs could be handled with one of my saks, i usually go for the blade on my swisstool before i pull out my buck strider, but the buck strider is more for "what if?" situations, like if i needed to escape a car wreck or help someonelse out, it could come in handy smashing out a window or sliceing a seatbelt, or help keep me alive against a savage dog on a walk in the woods, of if zombies attack. or if someone with the mentality of a zombie attacks

 

[ginshun]

pretty much all of them.

I still like my Paramil better than any SAK made.

 

[powernoodle]

All of my needs could be met with a SAK blade. The only reason a carry a Delica or similar knife is that its so easy to access and use. It can be in my hand and open in literally a second or two. Its not that I don't have that extra 5 seconds to spare when its time to use a SAK blade, buts just nice to get the job done now with a folder.

I carry a couple of flashlights and its the same deal with them. Its always something that is in an open topped holster or in my pocket, and something with a clicky tail for quick use.

I've gotta check out whatever SAK that is in the pic above. (I guess its a one-handed trekker).

cheers

 

[Menocu]

Probably ALL my daily cutting tasks are possible with a SAK.

But it would typically take me longer to take out my SAK and open the blade than it would to take out an axis lock, make the cut, and put the knife away.

I carry one of each, but I feel the Bundeswehr one-hander is a nice compromise if you can't have one of each.

 

[nolan raborn]

What is the big deal about SAK knives? This question could just as well be asked by replacing "SAK" with Case, Buck, or any of a hundred other knives. Sounds like we should not carry any other type of knife if what we want to cut can be cut with a SAK. As far as I can see a Swiss Army Knife is an odd gimmick knife that has a lot of other junk included along with a barely adequate blade. I received a SAK for Christmas last year and to this day I don't think I have cut a single thing with it. I have the Huntsman or whatever the name is and it is a cute knife but looks way to delicate to do any real work with. It looks like a neat present for a kid maybe, but I can't get serious about carrying one to really use.

Nolan

 

[Boozoo Chavis]

I've just never been real crazy about SAKs. No offense to SAK lovers, because they are practical knives and can generally get the job done but thin plastic handles and low end steel just don't really do much for me..... Who was it that said "if knives had personalities SAK's would be the nerds of the knife world."