Hello:
I always take a SAK or a LM Wave on camping trips. I sometimes do rock climbing or other activities wherein I might have to use my SAK or multitool in a severe situation.
My problem with both SAKs and the LM Wave is that they are made of some inferior steel. The edges don't hold, the blades would snap off either make with little or moderate lateral stress. Perhaps these knives and tools can keep an electrician happy, but what I am wondering is this: Does anyone make a SAK-like knife ala the Champ or other model with a lot of tools or a multitool in a high quality steel choice?
I want a multitool/SAK I could bet my life on in the woods. I don't have one. Is this an untapped market given the vast improvements in locking folders in just the past five years?
Oh yeah, it would be nice if the thing had a corkscrew as sometimes romance is in the air. Not that a lot of you guys appreciate the virtues of the corkscrew as I note there is a bottle opener on every multitool I have ever seen. I am surprised there hasn't been a commerative Ms. Budweiser multitool by now.
[This message has been edited by lawdog (edited 16 September 1999).]
I always take a SAK or a LM Wave on camping trips. I sometimes do rock climbing or other activities wherein I might have to use my SAK or multitool in a severe situation.
My problem with both SAKs and the LM Wave is that they are made of some inferior steel. The edges don't hold, the blades would snap off either make with little or moderate lateral stress. Perhaps these knives and tools can keep an electrician happy, but what I am wondering is this: Does anyone make a SAK-like knife ala the Champ or other model with a lot of tools or a multitool in a high quality steel choice?
I want a multitool/SAK I could bet my life on in the woods. I don't have one. Is this an untapped market given the vast improvements in locking folders in just the past five years?
Oh yeah, it would be nice if the thing had a corkscrew as sometimes romance is in the air. Not that a lot of you guys appreciate the virtues of the corkscrew as I note there is a bottle opener on every multitool I have ever seen. I am surprised there hasn't been a commerative Ms. Budweiser multitool by now.
[This message has been edited by lawdog (edited 16 September 1999).]