Is an SAK all you need?

No, an SAK does not have a locking blade so IMO it isn't all the knife you need. I would rather have a dependable locking knife or a fixed blade.

SAK is a multi tool that has a blade with poor heat treat, it just wouldn't live up to my daily tasks, I would rather use and carry a real knife.
 
Woodcamo Nut said:
No, an SAK does not have a locking blade so IMO it isn't all the knife you need. I would rather have a dependable locking knife or a fixed blade.

SAK is a multi tool that has a blade with poor heat treat, it just wouldn't live up to my daily tasks, I would rather use and carry a real knife.
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Oooooh, that burns. The SAK is not a "real knife." Ooooooh!
 
dogstar said:
Oooooh, that burns. The SAK is not a "real knife." Ooooooh!
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It's a multitool, not a real knife.

EDIT: It is a knife, because it's a Swiss Army Knife, but it's outdated and I would much rather use a more modern design that locks up.
 
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Sucks how those fake knives probably cut three times as much stuff as spyderco, Kershaw, and benchmade combined. Someone must alert those people that they are all not using real knives!
 
only reason I would want a SAK is because my father had one when I was a kid, so I do plan on buying one in the future.
 
Are the Fan boys feeling the heat from the humble little SAK :)
The cheap ,well made knife from the land of clocks has the big boys on the back foot ,Ha,ha,ha .

The 2008 issue Swiss Army knife has ; lock blade , one hand opening, locking flat blade screwdriver , awl ,wood saw, can opener with small screwdriver & a phillips head screw driver .

Seem for 90 years ( before the one hand opener , flipper craze) everyone who used a SAK must of done it soooo hard with inferior EDC knives. :D
 
goodeyesniper said:
Sucks how those fake knives probably cut three times as much stuff as spyderco, Kershaw, and benchmade combined. Someone must alert those people that they are all not using real knives!
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I'm pretty sure the old Ka Bars and Buck 110s have equally been used to cut things or even more than SAK.......you said "probably", so you have no solid proof that an SAK has cut more stuff than said brands.
 
Woodcamo Nut said:
I'm pretty sure the old Ka Bars and Buck 110s have equally been used to cut things or even more than SAK.......you said "probably", so you have no solid proof that an SAK has cut more stuff than said brands.
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Ever heard of Mercator? I recon both SAK & Mercator k55k would have cut more stuff than the Bucks & Ka Bars combined on a global scale.....you know, the other continents on the planet Earth. Bwahahahahahaha
 
Yes but there's not really anything I can't do with my Opinel that i can do with my SAK, except open cans of course; bottles?? No problem..
 
Woodcamo Nut said:
I'm pretty sure the old Ka Bars and Buck 110s have equally been used to cut things or even more than SAK.......you said "probably", so you have no solid proof that an SAK has cut more stuff than said brands.
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Other than being the most sold knife in the world, no, no proof..
 
That is very True & i love my Opinels & my kershaws, GECs ,Spydies ,Fallknivens ,etc. Same could be said for a kitchen knife.
Fact is , a blade is a blade.. its going to cut stuff.

For every choir there is Victorinox or a Wenger model that would suite the job at hand.

Some like Fords , others like Toyota,, :)
 
I will agree that SAK will have no problems cutting light duty stuff like small packages, and it is a useful utensil to prepare a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but for my personal needs I need a knife that also could be used as a dependable locking cutting tool and a SD tool in case I run out of ammo....I just wouldn't be comfortable using a SAK to stab a rottweiler that has it's jaws locked on my wrist.

The Buck 110 has been used by somebody to defend their self against a bear, that's one of the reasons I love my 110 and I carry it sometimes, but it is too heavy to EDC it everyday, but I have never heard of an SAK being used to defend your self against a bear.
 
Woodcamo Nut said:
SAK is a multi tool that has a blade with poor heat treat, it just wouldn't live up to my daily tasks, I would rather use and carry a real knife.
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Why would you possibly say that SAKs have a poor heat treat? There's probably not another knife in the world as consistently reliabke a blade than the victorinox SAK. Softer yes, poor no? Its because of that softness you can use them hard.

You try finding a stainless steel blade as tough and easily sharpened back to a razor edge as a SAK with no chips in sight.

When I'm at the junk yard salvaging an autopsy and I need to cut tons of electrical wiring and cable out of my way for easy access its the SAK that I track for because I know the steel will just roll, remain usable and then come right back.

When I need to cut against metal, its SAK I grab. I cut stuff that I would never touch with my other knives because they would flat outright "break" (chip the edge)
 
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Woodcamo Nut said:
I will agree that SAK will have no problems cutting light duty stuff like small packages, and it is a useful utensil to prepare a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but for my personal needs I need a knife that also could be used as a dependable locking cutting tool and a SD tool in case I run out of ammo....I just wouldn't be comfortable using a SAK to stab a rottweiler that has it's jaws locked on my wrist.

The Buck 110 has been used by somebody to defend their self against a bear, that's one of the reasons I love my 110 and I carry it sometimes, but it is too heavy to EDC it everybday, but I have never heard of an SAK being used to defend your self against a bear.
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You need a light sabre .:p I would like to know what folder you do carry to fight bears with.
 
Woodcamo Nut said:
I need a knife that also could be used as a dependable locking cutting tool and a SD tool in case I run out of ammo....I just wouldn't be comfortable using a SAK to stab a rottweiler that has it's jaws locked on my wrist.

The Buck 110 has been used by somebody to defend their self against a bear, that's one of the reasons I love my 110 and I carry it sometimes, but it is too heavy to EDC it everybday, but I have never heard of an SAK being used to defend your self against a bear.
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OK, SAKs have been successfully used to murder innocent people in stabbings by scumbags in the UK where knife laws only allow slip joints .

Straights through there chest.

Proabably elsewhere too..
 
For me, SAK is a different way of thinking.

The SAK knife is certainly less knife than a medium folder, but all those times I've used a folding knife for non-knife uses (pry bar, screwdriver, scraper, can opening) ... There has been a different tool on the SAK that spares the knife from needing to be used as a non-knife.

Im a minimalist with edc knife carry - there are so many other things in my pockets that space is a premium. Right now I carry either a Vic classic/leatherman micra and a small-ish slip joint. Although I'm thinking I may be better off carrying a Vic classic plus a cadet.
 
Woodcamo Nut said:
It's a multitool, not a real knife.

EDIT: It is a knife, because it's a Swiss Army Knife, but it's outdated and I would much rather use a more modern design that locks up.
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But.. Victorinox also has models that lock up.
They even have two different kind of locks for you to choose. Liner lock and a slide lock.

The liner lock is used by many armies and rescue people around the world..
 
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