Just a SAK weekend story

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Yesterday I was watching some episodes of the Midsomer Murders series, I'm a big fan of British detective series. I believe it was the episode "Strangler's wood" where chief inspector Barnaby and sergeant Troy are inspecting a crime scene in the forest and Barnaby asks Troy for a pincet. Troy answers that he has a Swiss army knife, he pulls his SAK out of the pocket and Barnaby takes and uses the pincet. The SAK wasn't very good to see, but thought it was a SAK with at least 4 layers. Haven't seen sergeant Troy using his SAK in other situations yet, but now that I know that sergeant Troy probably carries one, I will carefully watch the series, but I don't expect to see the SAK very often though.

I had to use mine last saturday evening to cut some cord. A friend of mine had transported some stuff in his car and tied everything together with a cord. He had used some knots that weren't easy to untie and added to that, it was freezing cold. A lot of you will probably know that your fingers won't listen very well when it's so cold, so he didn't succeed in untieing the knot. Fortunately I had my Pioneer in the pocket and cut the rope. I had used my flashlight too that evening, so that we could see what we were doing in the dark.

Some people wonder why I carry a pocket knife and a flashlight. I always wonder why people leave home without.
 
Some people wonder why I carry a pocket knife and a flashlight. I always wonder why people leave home without.

Well said! :thumbup: A couple weeks ago my wife & I travelled to a lady friends place and while there she asked me to fix quite a few things around the house. In anticipation of this I had brought along my tool box, but I was still quite surprised at how much I got done using only my Rambler, Farmer and Fenix.

There was a credit card/travelers check company whose slogan used to be "Don't leave home without them" ..... I think that's totally applicable to SAK's and flashlights! ;)
 
That´s the same, I always think, when someone askes me for having a cutting tool, a pincet or something like this. Most of the guys I meet and I´m talking to don´t carry a knife or a flashlight. I don´t know why, but ...

Kind regards...
 
There was a credit card/travelers check company whose slogan used to be "Don't leave home without them" ..... I think that's totally applicable to SAK's and flashlights! ;)

I'll go one further; it should have been the 11th commandant; Thy shall not leave home without sak and light!

I really don't even want to hazard a guess on how many things I've fixed with a sak. Taking it apart with the screw driver just to find it's only a loose wire or connector. Or just needed a cleaning out and a little oil. But the tools on the sak let me get to the problem.

And a flashlight is even more useful. As long as I've been alive, it gets dark every night. I have a hunch that it will continue to this every night, so it makes sense to carry a lite of some sort. I think sak's and lites go together for some reason. I used to always have a little AAA or AA single pocket flashlight on me, but the last few months I've gone and went to a real semi full size lite. I got one of those AA Minimag LED's, and I carry it in a nylon sheath that has a velcro flap over the top. Lots of very bright light with a good 50 to 70 yard bright spot to it. I may go back to my single AA Peak Solutions come summer, I don't know. I kind of like putting out that nice bright light.

Sak's and lights, don't leave home without them!

Carl.
 
I love moments like that...
tasks like that seem simple when you have a knife and flashlight on you...
but when you don't they can spoil your mood :)
 
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