One knife to do it all!

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sharp_edge said:
how well does the SAK work as a paint brush? if you really want go down the route od "do it all" without reading what the OP is truly looking for?
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Read the title of the post.....read it again.....now, what "classy/ gentlemanly/edc/ tough/nice looking/easy to maintain" knife can act as the title says? Beyond the blade length a SAK fills the bill, period.
I can easily make a paint brush with a SAK and open the can of paint, let me borrow your $500 single bladed folder to open the can of paint.
 
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One knife to do it all? No such beast. I travel a bit and try to take that approach. Have a Leatherman Skeletool, a SAK, a Buck Stockman, a Cold Steel Lucky, a Spyderco UKPK, and a Kershaw Leek that I pick and choose from on each trip. Now a used Spyderco Terzuola slipit in that fray too. All have their place, but none do everything. I like all of them, and none look particularly evil for folks when I pull one out. Certainly the SAK and the Stockman are presentable without draying attn too. The Leek is great (composite blade), but opening it does catch some attn in some places.
 
Saks are awesome but I eat every day and slicing an onion with an sak kinda stinks if used with food it's a pain to clean to many places for stuff to pile up. Knives cut things period that's what a knife is for. Not prying or opening cans or whatever else doesn't involve cutting. A knife blade is in order and to sak your pocket a small pry bar with screw bit on key chain is a perfect lightweight combo. Now for my knife recommendation in terms of do it all (cutting task) an Emerson A-100 full size or mini is awesome second choice would be a southern grind spider monkey on the high end side of things. In the normal world (my world) not much the delica can't do or the mini gripptillin from benchmade. You can get it configured for as little as 75 bucks or spend as much as 350 pimping it out. No disrespect but an sak is a multitool with a small blade.


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blades&wrenches said:
My vote goes to a wood inlay Small 21 Sebenza. IMO, it meets your criteria perfectly.

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how about a stout folder like the lionspy(not my knife). Very stout and classy looking knife

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Definitely a 21 drop clip point with all silver hardware and double lugs. It's the only knife I carry anymore. Other knives might score 100% in one or two categories, but they usually get an A- or a B+ somewhere. Not this knife, it gets an A+ in every category possible and then can be taken apart, cleaned and reassembled with precision and ease. Plus just look at the damn thing!

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smith357 said:
Read the title of the post.....read it again.....now, what "classy/ gentlemanly/edc/ tough/nice looking/easy to maintain" knife can act as the title says? Beyond the blade length a SAK fills the bill, period.
I can easily make a paint brush with a SAK and open the can of paint, let me borrow your $500 single bladed folder to open the can of paint.
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How about your read the title of the thread AND the text body again? "ONE KNIFE to do it all." Do you think the little knife included in a SAK (which strictly speaking is a multitool not a knife) can do it all? I can sure damn open a paint can with my $500 knife but I won't. Nor will I use my SAKs - they are too short and too awkward for that. My $2 wally screwdriver would work much better.
 
If you have a $500 budget I would definitely go with the CRK. Love my large Sebenza 21. I also consider the Southern Grind Bad Monkey to be a "do it all" knife, although it is a 4" blade and you need a special tool that you can order with it to take it apart, although I cant see why you would ever need to take it apart. Mine came with carbon fiber scales but I got the G-10 scales and put them on.

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oprichnik said:
Just to clarify a bit: I already have several saks, slipjoints,Spyderco dragonfly and sage 1, crk small insingo 21, strider sng, Chavez 228 and some others to name a few
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If any of those knives had cpm-m4 blades, you wouldn't be asking this question. If you can get ahold of any of those in a high speed steel, do it.
 
sharp_edge said:
How about your read the title of the thread AND the text body again? "ONE KNIFE to do it all." Do you think the little knife included in a SAK (which strictly speaking is a multitool not a knife) can do it all? I can sure damn open a paint can with my $500 knife but I won't. Nor will I use my SAKs - they are too short and too awkward for that. My $2 wally screwdriver would work much better.
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One knife to do it all! --- SAK - check
classy --- SAK - check
gentlemanly --- SAK - check
edc --- SAK - check
tough --- SAK - check
nice looking --- SAK - check
easy to maintain --- SAK - check
folder with ~ 3 inchish blade --- SAK - check
Up to $500 budget, but less is preferred --- SAK - check
Currently thinking of crk mnandi. Any suggestions? --- buy an Alox Victorinox SAK. Meets all of the criteria above and does so inexpensively.
 
leghog said:
One knife to do it all! --- SAK - check
classy --- SAK - check
gentlemanly --- SAK - check
edc --- SAK - check
tough --- SAK - check
nice looking --- SAK - check
easy to maintain --- SAK - check
folder with ~ 3 inchish blade --- SAK - check
Up to $500 budget, but less is preferred --- SAK - check
Currently thinking of crk mnandi. Any suggestions? --- buy an Alox Victorinox SAK. Meets all of the criteria above and does so inexpensively.
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I am not sure what part of the hint below you didn't get? The point that I got from it is "I already have several SAK's, please stop recommending those" But hey, who knows, I could be wrong.

oprichnik said:
Just to clarify a bit: I already have several saks, slipjoints,Spyderco dragonfly and sage 1, crk small insingo 21, strider sng, Chavez 228 and some others to name a few

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