Originally posted by jefroman
JamesA, have you considered one of the Leatherman tools with an awl? For example, on the Supertool, all of the tools lock. It has an awl and obviously a knife blade, a serrated knife, and other useful things. No, the serrated knife and the plainedge won't hold their edge as long as a knife with wonder steel, but they get the job done. I'm not saying that you should stop carrying one handers, but I'm saying that maybe if you carried a multi-tool in addition to one two one handers, it would make it so that you didn't have to carry as many knives.
P.S. I'll say it again, this post was intended for people who carry around five to seven one handers. I wanted to hear what their reasoning was. And if they all have the same reasoning as Dirk, then apparently I got what I wanted
Thanks,
Jeff
I don't want something that will "get the job done," Jeff. I want something that will get the job done WELL, and that I will enjoy using. Compromise tools usually fit neither of those. Let's consider a Leatherman for instance:
Advantanges:
I only need to carry three tools instead of five or six.
Disadvantages:
I get a decrease in performance from the knife, from the saw, from the awl, from everything except the screwdrivers and pliers, which I rarely have use for. I have to carry a ten ounce hunk of steel around in my pocket all day, instead of a three ounce one here, a two and a half ounce one here, and a six ounce one here -- the second option, with weight distributed, is much more comfortable.
See my point here? For the "inconvenience" -- which it isn't -- of carrying around an extra two or three tools, I get exemplary performance in exactly the areas I need. If I carried a Leatherman, sure I'd get "acceptable" performance -- but I don't want acceptable, I want GOOD. No compromises.
If I want the performance I want, and the comfort of carry I want, then I need to carry a handful of GOOD tools instead of one acceptable one. If I just wanted to get the job done, Jeff, I'd carry a chinese SAK POT, or I'd take my sharpmaker to a butterknife and use that.
Why aren't you settling for a chinese Spyderco knockoff? You want better performance, better quality, right? You see my point? All of the knives and tools I carry get use, because I like having the right tool for the job.
Think about a Stockman, Jeff. It had three blades, three different blade shapes, all for different tasks. Well, I don't like slipjoints for hard use, and I don't like multiblade knives because the handle is uncomfortable -- thus, if I want three blade shapes, I've got to carry three blades. And since I'm carrying three blades, why not make them one handed, quality blades?
When they make a multitool where I can get to all the tools without opening it like a Leatherman, and it's got as many functions of equivalent quality as a Swisschamp, and it's got a locking serrated Hawkbill blade, a locking serrated sheepsfoot blade, a spearpoint blade, a locking recurve blade, and they make the blades one hand opening, and they keep it all below six ounces, and it has strong, comfortable handles, and a sturdy awl like a Victorinox Soldier, and they give it a pocket clip, and they have a removable small blade like in the swisscard for use around sheeple -- well, that'll ALMOST cover me. I'll need that in my right pocket, and then a one hand opener in my left pocket for when I'm using my right hand for something.
That's the level of convenience and efficiency I want.
Am I making sense?
James
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