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I think a multi tool would fit right in to the ESEE category. The multitool market is huge, with players like leatherman and SOG..But i am confident the ESEE will be No.1 in the multitool category.

ESEE products have the best fit and finish ive seen and are built with the user in mind and they have the best warranty in the market...these knives and tools work 100%....If ESEE pumps out a multitool of some sort with those same qualities they just cant lose!

ESEE is No.1
 
A long, long time ago, we were discussing a multitool on the Mission Knives forum, an all-titanium, military-oriented folding plier. Talk got wilder and wilder, people asking for so many functions, you'd need a backpack to carry it. :)

I suggested a very minimal tool set, each robust, each carefully selected as a widely useful asset. No manicure kit included! Not for hobbies!

I don't even know if a folding plier is what we need, maybe a plier accessory or a wirecutter. But the more gimmicks, the more joints to fail, the more slots to gunks up, the less serious the multitool will be.
 
My 2 favorite Multi tools are my Leatherman Core and my swisstool.Neither have bits or any extras that can get lost or broken in the wilds.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
A long, long time ago, we were discussing a multitool on the Mission Knives forum, an all-titanium, military-oriented folding plier. Talk got wilder and wilder, people asking for so many functions, you'd need a backpack to carry it. :)

I suggested a very minimal tool set, each robust, each carefully selected as a widely useful asset. No manicure kit included! Not for hobbies!

I don't even know if a folding plier is what we need, maybe a plier accessory or a wirecutter. But the more gimmicks, the more joints to fail, the more slots to gunks up, the less serious the multitool will be.
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Agreed! If it has to have a separate pouch to carry a bunch of screwdriver bits, I'm not interested!

I've had both the classic Leatherman and the Gerber Multiplier - the Leatherman pliers were more useful, but the wirecutter was too soft - chipped very easily. The multiplier was clever, but was a pain to get the other tools out.

My vote for multi-tool:

Good blade with positive lock
Wirecutter
Small saw blade
Loop for attaching lanyard/dummy cord
Can opener
Awl/punch with hole for use as a sewing awl.

Do not need:
Tweezers
Toothpick
Bunch of screwdriver bits
Scissors

I love the simplicity of the old issue knife, but more robust - perhaps with a combination serrated blade and "built like a tank" durability that is ESEE knives, though.
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tarditi said:
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I hadn't thought of that, but it's a great basis for a few ideas.

For one, give up the spearpoint. This is a multitool, not a knife. Think breaking and entering.
I would be willing to carry a three-backspring version, so with combining some blades, we've got a lot more room.

Put some kind of coptool on it instead: a short serrated blade with a gut hook and a prybar tip.
Combine the bottle and can openers on one blade.
Cut a shackle wrench into the side, like the old Spyderco Mariners.
Wirecutter and saw blade, and awl/punch with hole for use as a sewing awl, definitely.
 
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Esav Benyamin said:
Put some kind of coptool on it instead: a short serrated blade with a gut hook and a prybar tip.
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just a thought, but if you where going down this route, wouldn't you need to make the main blade locking?
I can see bad things happening with a non-locking chisel point blade.
 
Not necessarily. If the knife is meant for high risk areas, it should have a high competence operator. Maybe a backlock could be fit.
 
Someone break out the photoshop and replace the Izula photochop folder pic with the blade of a HEST. :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Not necessarily. If the knife is meant for high risk areas, it should have a high competence operator.
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true. my thinking was that since a chisel point blade or a prybar tip is designed for force to be applied to the tip, even an experienced and competent operator would be likely to find issues if it is non-locking, simply due to the nature of the work it's orientated towards doing.

Esav Benyamin said:
Maybe a backlock could be fit.
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either that, or maybe a variation of the linerlocks used by victorinox on thier newer locking blades like the new soldier and the trecker, where the linerlock works alongside a non-locking backspring.
 
R.A.T. said:
You see the things you learn on my Facebook account :D
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Now if this isn't some sick joke just to punish us....

If there is possibly a HEST folder in the works....perhaps there is someone to do the design and whatnot on the Izula folder as well? :D
 
A compact folding saw that takes reciprocating saw blades. Lenox makes this, but it's a bit chunky.

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The fact that it can take cheap and widely available replaceable blades is a plus, and blades exist for cutting everything from wood to steel and ceramic. It'd be easy to carry a set of a few different blades and be ready for anything either urban OR rural. Use the bimetal blade to get to the place where you can use the wood blade. ;)
 
I'm not too interested in a multi tool since there are plenty of good ones out there. I've yet to find a collapsible shovel I like yet though and I'd love to see ESEE make one. Something like this with a telescoping handle and pic axe made by ESEE would be amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b60OZhrTB6o
 
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Sounds awesome, can't wait!
 
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