OK, What the heck has happened?

SAK Guy · Mar 24, 2015

The Pioneer affliction intensifies when you add a saw.

SAW VII - Revenge of the Groen

Godspeed my friend.....

BenHarris · Mar 24, 2015

WHY?! Just why? But seriously, that thing is awesome SAK Guy! I could see that thing going in a hiking bag with an orange paracord lanyard on it.

jackknife · Mar 24, 2015

black mamba said:
For me, an SAK is the only pocket knife I'd ever need, but certainly not the only knife I'd ever want.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Out of a possible 5 thumbs up, that statement gets a 6. Yes, I can do math, and no I have not been drinking. Much.

jc57 · Mar 24, 2015

"So, what the heck happened? How did this little metal handled scout knife do this?"

Same way it happened to me, but with the Alox Cadet. Flat, light, more tools than just a blade, people-friendly, does everything I need. The only reason I still carry anything else (in addition to the Cadet, never instead of) is to try to justify to myself why I bought all the other ones.

I fully expect to eventually sell everything else and just keep my small collection of Alox SAKs. And maybe a couple of Bucks. And a dozen or so Case. Maybe the Queens. Few of the GECs. And of course the old Schrades. But the rest, someday, sell-city.

redsparrow · Mar 24, 2015

jc57 said:
"... I fully expect to eventually sell everything else and just keep my small collection of Alox SAKs. And maybe a couple of Bucks. And a dozen or so Case. Maybe the Queens. Few of the GECs. And of course the old Schrades. But the rest, someday, sell-city.

LOL

Same thing I've been telling myself several times a year for awhile now.

singin50 · Mar 24, 2015

black mamba said:
For me, an SAK is the only pocket knife I'd ever need, but certainly not the only knife I'd ever want.

You hit the nail on the head, Jeff!
Perry

slide13 · Mar 24, 2015

Pioneer is such a great knife, I carry mine all the time. It just does everything! I have a love for custom slipjoints, but from a pure usability standpoint the Pioneer is everything I need.

556hunter · Mar 24, 2015

That's a really cool green pioneer

Nicely done!

jc57 · Mar 24, 2015

redsparrow said:
LOL

Same thing I've been telling myself several times a year for awhile now.

Forgot my one Canal Street Eric's Jack. Great knife, that one goes in the estate sale.

SAK Guy · Mar 25, 2015

556hunter said:
That's a really cool green pioneer
Nicely done!

Thank you 556! I'm sorry, I slipped a Farmer into a Pioneer thread and didn't id the model. My fault. :thumbup:

gadgetgeek · Mar 25, 2015

Its funny. I can be leading a little group of 10-15 year olds, maybe wearing what feels like half a ton of climbing gear, or maybe a big pack and a monster first aid kit. those kids can be as near to freaked out as their little minds can get not seeing concrete anywhere in sight, wondering which of the insects around them is poisonous, or if I'm really serious that the steel cable I'm about to attach them to will hold the bus they rode in on. Some how, whether its just needing a pair of scissors, or a screwdriver for some glasses, I can pull out a SAK and everything is going to be okay. kids that have been brought up that knives are bad things for bad people to do bad things with (although I wonder how any of them ever eat.... best not to think too hard about double standards). I guess there's just something about it, seems like a silly little knife, not the biggest, flashiest or meanest. but it gets the job, no matter the job, done.

5K Qs · Mar 25, 2015

Wow, this thread is filled with indisputable truths!

BenHarris said:
If they would release a Cadet with a pair of scissors, now that would be near perfection!

Totally agree, Ben; that would float my boat in an unsinkable way. :thumbup:

black mamba said:
For me, an SAK is the only pocket knife I'd ever need, but certainly not the only knife I'd ever want.

Couldn't agree more, Jeff! I carry an Electrician (or occasionally a black Pioneer) every day as my tool(s), but i often have another half-dozen (or more) knives on or near me for aesthetic and/or sentimental reasons.

SAK Guy said:
The Pioneer affliction intensifies when you add a saw.

SAW VII - Revenge of the Groen
...
Godspeed my friend.....

Fabulous Farmer, SAK Guy! :thumbup::thumbup: Now that you scored a South African Farmer (Boer?), have you started to speak Dutch (groen=green?)?

jc57 said:
"So, what the heck happened? How did this little metal handled scout knife do this?"

Same way it happened to me, but with the Alox Cadet. Flat, light, more tools than just a blade, people-friendly, does everything I need. The only reason I still carry anything else (in addition to the Cadet, never instead of) is to try to justify to myself why I bought all the other ones.

I fully expect to eventually sell everything else and just keep my small collection of Alox SAKs. And maybe a couple of Bucks. And a dozen or so Case. Maybe the Queens. Few of the GECs. And of course the old Schrades. But the rest, someday, sell-city.

I totally buy into John's plan for the future.

- GT

SAK Guy · Mar 25, 2015

5K Qs said:
Wow, this thread is filled with indisputable truths!

Fabulous Farmer, SAK Guy! :thumbup::thumbup: Now that you scored a South African Farmer (Boer?), have you started to speak Dutch (groen=green?)?

- GT

Was hoping someone caught that! :thumbup::thumbup:

axesbold · Mar 25, 2015

I carry a cadet around town and at work (office). A farmer when in the woods. Have a pioneer but hardly ever use it... cadet/farmer has me covered, sak-wise.

Captain Howdy · Mar 25, 2015

Always fun to see some SAK praise in the traditional section. For me it's the pioneer most of the time, and a farmer for the woods.

BenHarris · Mar 25, 2015

Well, the scout pattern has been around for so long, and the Pioneer has been around since 1957, so I would say that they are very traditional. As a traditional knife guy, I never bought into the one-hand 111mm knives. I actually just traded away the only 111mm knife that I had no sentimental value with for a Huntsman and a Classic. I think that a Peanut might be a nice companion knife for one though. I might have to dig mine out today...

BenHarris · Mar 25, 2015

Well, here she is. After four months of everyday carry. Now, if Vic would ever do a run in 1095, with some wood scales...

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Captain Howdy · Mar 25, 2015

BenHarris said:
Well, the scout pattern has been around for so long, and the Pioneer has been around since 1957, so I would say that they are very traditional.

I agree with you, but it has been voiced by some hardliners that SAKs aren't necessarily considered traditional because of the mass corporate production and the "cold" aesthetics.

BenHarris · Mar 25, 2015

I would say that the new ones aren't traditional. But the simple ones that have been around for decades or longer are. That's just my $.02 though.

AreBeeBee · Mar 25, 2015

[Reply to BenHarris, above]

Well, they won't have 1095 steel (just stainless only). But if you want wood scales, check into Vic's Delemont Evowood models. They're smaller than your Pioneer, being 65 or 85 mm long closed, but the wood is walnut.