My new Farmer

[CaptInsano]

Pretty sweet! Pictured with my less aesthetically pleasing SAK.

 

[JOAT]

Good looking knife :thumbup:

 

[lotoblades]

I have a silver and blue farmer, looks like a need a red one! There great knives, one of my favorites! You gota use that saw though, even if its not a user, I think they look better after "brushing there teeth" I don't like burrs lol :grumpy:

 

[CaptInsano]

Maybe I will. I'm thinking of just putting this one away. I don't need a saw for EDC. I'd like a copper cadet, but I want a phillips head blade on it.

 

[paulhilborn]

I have the red and blue so I need to complete the trio and ad the silver. I shelved my Hiker for know because I like this so much. It amazes me how much I use the saw, wood, thick plastic etc... It's a cuttin machine.

 

[Scott Free]

I'd like a copper cadet, but I want a phillips head blade on it.

Don't know if you know it or not, but that small screwdriver on the end of the can opener is designed to fit phillips screws. It works really well, too. I recently unscrewed an old screw that went through a 2x4 and halfway into another. The Farmer handled a good bit of torque, and the screwdriver was unharmed. Don't be afraid to work it.

 

[CaptInsano]

Well, see the thing is that it's not just the screwdriver you have to worry about failing. I just find that I strip less screws when I use the proper format.

 

[Jess82]

My personal experience with the phillips head screw driver on the saks is better than using the screwdriver head on the can opener. On my huntsman plus the tip of the can opener you can tell is a little warped / twisted from such use but my tinker's phillips head i use all of the time and there is no wear on it. I will have to say though the twisting on the tip of the can opener on my huntsman is just cosmetic and still functions with out any problems.

 

[fishwatcher]

Very cool. I'd been looking at threads on the Alox Farmer, and read a great older review by UnknownVT here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=314512

Your post and that review, led me to just order one in blue on clearance from a certain US-based recreational
equipment retailer's online site.

 

[CaptInsano]

That is amazing. I believe I ordered mine from the same entity. I actually think I should have chosen blue. I like the red, but there are plenty of other red aloxs for me to get. I think the farmer is the only blue one like that.