SAK- Ideal number of layers?

Two layers is about my limit for pocket carry . The four layer fieldmaster is my choice for edc and it lives in a nylon belt sheath .
 
Saunterer said:
I find that 40 some odd layers, tends to be a bit much for pocket carry.
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You're not trying hard enough. ;)

Saunterer said:
But actually I've carried a Champion or Swiss Champ in the pocket virtually for 20 years, until just switching to a Stayglow Hiker.
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Fickle, eh? ;) Out of curiosity, why the switch?
 
Cardimon,

Why the switch? I guess this has been mentioned on just about every gadget/doodad/flashlight/knife/gun type forum; evaluating one's EDC requirements. When I started EDCing SAKs about 20 some odd years ago, I chose a Champion due to me being a farming boy, hunter, fisher and just plain 'ol working folk. But as I've gotten older and changed careers, I just find that I don't have a need to tote all those tools around all the time.

About 2 months ago, I wrote down what tools I "actually" used versus what I "think I may use" and found out what I really needed. The hiker fit the bill, as I always carry a SAK with a woodsaw. Now I'm not knocking any other model, as each one has a purpose for me, just the hiker is my flavor for EDC currently.

Fickle? Yes, I often can't find which one I want to carry versus what I think I need to carry. My wife is always wondering why I need to own a hundred plus SAKs. :D
 
I have never actually found the number of layers all that important. I've used a belt pouch for ages, so weight and bulk are secondary to function. I have EDCed everything from a 3-layer Super Tinker up to a 10-layer SwissChamp XLT without any problem.

My current choice is hovering in the 4- to 6-layer range between the Deluxe Tinker and the Craftsman.

--Bob Q
 
Four layers seems to be the ideal for me in 84mm and 91mm SAKs, like the VIctorinox Huntman and Wenger Sécurité 17 which are two of my favourite EDC SAKs. I carry larger ones sometimes, but they tend to ride in a belt sheath.

In 111mm and 120mm models, my limit is three layers, like the Victorinox Hunter or OH-Trekker (with a plain edge, of course).
 
3 for me. The Hiker does everything I want it to. At work I carry an Electrician Plus. I've used every tool on both of them(oops, except the Hiker's awl), but never felt a need for more.
 
Max. two layers for me, please. I find it more convenient to add more knives/tools in other pockets or other appropriate locations than to increase the size of one tool. Tinker and Soldier are my favorites, there's nothing I miss having when carrying either of them.

Cheers,
-Mikko-
 
I take my words back :rolleyes: Just got a Cybertool 29 today and it will be my new EDC. It's just such a perfectly useful thing that the added bulk doesn't bother me at all. Four layers has never seemed thinner :p Will get a belt sheath though. Wouldn't want to scratch the pretty thing.

Cheers,
-Mikko-
 
If it's not in a sheath, five layers like my huntsman lite. I used to try carrying my cybertool but it was just too bulky. In a sheath it makes no difference.

truesteel.
 
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