Multi-purpose Knives

[jackknife]

Just carry the three basics: Pliers, Scissors, Knife, better said: Classic, Micra, Squirt/Dime
They all fit in a keyring, and weigh less than any full size MT or SAK the three together

Yeah, that will get you thru the day sure enough! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Having a small multitool is just sooooo much better than a dedicated pocket knife. I find that I am reaching for a small screw driver, or scissors, or bottle opener as much as I reach for a knife during the course of the day. The small blade on a classic, Squit, or Micra is enough to open packages, mail, cut a piece of twine, or other cutting jobs that come up in the urban life. Even heavier projects don't really need much more than an inch of blade, like the Stanley or Husky utility knives on most construction sites for cutting wallboard and stripping wire for connections. But a knife makes a poor screw driver or light pry bar. I can't count the times having a small multitool or SAK saved the day for me. Everything from being stuck out in the middle of nowhere with a dead Vespa to being able to fix a electric trolling motor on a boat a long way from the dock.

It's very rare I carry any other knife now but a SAK, and if I do, it's usually an Opinel and I slip a Leatherman squirt in the other pocket.

 

[jackknife]

A pocket knife should have atleast a screwdriver for a second blade. If all you have is knife blades, sooner or later you'll ruin a blade trying to use a knife blade as a screwdriver.
I either carry a SAK Explorer Plus which is overkill but for the pen, or my Trestle Pines Grand Portage, a Barlow with a screwdriver. The SAK should be exclusive, but a wood handled Barlow is just so cool. I would've possibly killed for a Barlow with a screwdriver back in the day, so I carry the Grand Portage most of the time. I am considering a Vic Compact, it has a pen and won't be overkill like the Explorer+. The only thing holding me back is the Grand Portage in my pocket.

I agree totally with that!!!

My problem is that I started out my knife life with a boy scout knife my dad gave me at age 12. I carried that knife until I enlisted in the army, and left it home because it had become sentimental, and I didn't want it stolen in some barracks. So what did I end up with, an army issue all steel scout knife. The supply room handed them out like lollypops. Then I got a SAK and it was all over. Ihad a Buck 301 for many years, but I had to make sure Ihad the SAK someplace in the pack or weekend bag, and I kept a Sear's 4-way keychain screw driver in my wallet. As I got older, I asked myself why was I fooling around with all these other one trick pony knives? I don't carry a knife as a weapon, if I have to defend myself, theres too many other and better things to use.

Now as a retired old fart, with more time for fishing and exploring the countryside with my better half go over 40 years, I find having a few basic tools on hand a very good thing. A screw driver is a very versatile thing to have!

 

[ThePeacent]

I agree totally with that!!!

My problem is that I started out my knife life with a boy scout knife my dad gave me at age 12. I carried that knife until I enlisted in the army, and left it home because it had become sentimental, and I didn't want it stolen in some barracks. So what did I end up with, an army issue all steel scout knife. The supply room handed them out like lollypops. Then I got a SAK and it was all over. Ihad a Buck 301 for many years, but I had to make sure Ihad the SAK someplace in the pack or weekend bag, and I kept a Sear's 4-way keychain screw driver in my wallet. As I got older, I asked myself why was I fooling around with all these other one trick pony knives? I don't carry a knife as a weapon, if I have to defend myself, theres too many other and better things to use.

Now as a retired old fart, with more time for fishing and exploring the countryside with my better half go over 40 years, I find having a few basic tools on hand a very good thing. A screw driver is a very versatile thing to have!

As a solo EDC blade, the waiter is hard to beat for minimalism. Open a bottle? Check. Slice a piece of food? Check. That loose screw in your glasses? Check. Some prying to open that paint can? Check, etc.
A package of 1 tool, less than 2oz. legal everywhere at under 3 inches, with 4 metallic tools to beat on, 5 implements if you add the micro screwdriver,6 mm thick, and gives you 7 functions to cover all your needs (excluding tweezers and toothpick, those make 8 and 9). Got it for $10 used, but like new.

That, and you're almost set for life if you live a quiet, peaceful life :thumbup:
You've got to love SAKs for the most sensible, bang for your buck knives out there