SAK ONLY EDC?

jpvjr71 said:
I am going to experiment a bit by carrying the Cadet and Pioneer on alternate days for 20 days.
I'll take my p38/4 way screwdriver off my key ring.
That gives me 10 days each with real world use/carry to see what I can do with them compared to my old set up.
The only thing I'm going to do on purpose is volunteer to butcher 2 hogs (1 with each to see how they handle the task).
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I have never butchered a hog but the Cadet seems kinda small for that. Not necessarily the blade but the handle.
I’m sure it can be done but it’s an interesting endeavor nonetheless.
 
jackknife said:
Thats because you are not under knifed with a SAK. BUT...with a dedicated knife, you ARE under equipped for the little problems that life and that guy Murphy, loves to toss in our way. I know I've mentioned the time I was on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere and my Vespa motor scooter cocked out. Found the vibration had just loosened a connection and the screw driver on my SAK got me on my way again. Or off shore from Key West and the 2 stoke outboard on the rented skiff was spitting and sputtering and cocked out. We were drifting south and as much as I do like a nice Cuban cigar, I didn't want one that bad, so my SAK let me take apart the little gunked up carburetor and do a bit of cleaning with some hand sanitizer that was mostly alcohol, and a pipe cleaner from my tobacco pouch. Or the time we ere out at the far end of a long and twisted lake and the control arm of the electric trolling motor on the canoe came loose. The SD tip of the classic reached up in the recessed cavity and tightened it up and no problem, A one hand wonder knife in those situations would have been totally useless. But everyone there was a mechanical problem, the few simple tools on the SAK let me finagle and get things working again.

You won't be under knifed with a SAK, but you may be under equipped with a dedicated knife. I'll still carry one of my Case peanuts now and then just for yuks and sentimental memories, but there'll be a SAK in the other pocket when I do.
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For 99% of People & Situations there really is no argument against some kind of Multi Tool being the most practical carry knife. I never Leave the House without a Victorinox or Leather Man on me.
 
Recon_Tanto said:
For 99% of People & Situations there really is no argument against some kind of Multi Tool being the most practical carry knife. I never Leave the House without a Victorinox or Leather Man on me.
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Honestly, the only time I don't have a Vic or LM on me is when I am in the shower.
(tho TBH over the past 10 years there have been days that I carried a 4 blade scout/camp/utility/"Demo Knife" instead of the Vic.)

I usually have the Vic and LM paired with a stockman in my pocket. For some cutting tasks, a clip/sheeps foot/"Spey" blade is a better choice than a spear point.
(I use the "Spey" blade for budding and grafting, and to open the belly when peeling a critter. To date I have never ... "fixed" or "repaired" a critter.)
 
Often one is carried whether I’m in or out of our close by wilderness. The Classic is always with me and others will rotate.

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But recently my dedicated rucksack knife for ultralight wilderness travel has been a gift from a friend who sent me a very rare piece never sharpened or used. I’ve done both now. It is so perfect. I like the high vis too.

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afishhunter said:
Honestly, the only time I don't have a Vic or LM on me is when I am in the shower.
(tho TBH over the past 10 years there have been days that I carried a 4 blade scout/camp/utility/"Demo Knife" instead of the Vic.)

I usually have the Vic and LM paired with a stockman in my pocket. For some cutting tasks, a clip/sheeps foot/"Spey" blade is a better choice than a spear point.
(I use the "Spey" blade for budding and grafting, and to open the belly when peeling a critter. To date I have never ... "fixed" or "repaired" a critter.)
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I don't use the spey for "fixing" critters, just the main blade.
It makes no sense to me to carry 2 knives.
Oh yeah & while my brain is functional (so far) I don't use a blade to skin critters, it creates weak spots in the leather.
 
Railsplitter said:
I have never butchered a hog but the Cadet seems kinda small for that. Not necessarily the blade but the handle.
I’m sure it can be done but it’s an interesting endeavor nonetheless.
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Never used my Cadet II on a hog either but castrated eighty hogs one day with a much smaller Case. If an 84mm SAK is all I have it has always done a lot and leaves me confident enough. I don’t like to travel heavy.
 
Steven65 said:
I have never been through any airport security where they will.

My point is that SAK’s can be used and carried almost anywhere without anyone getting upset or feeling uncomfortable. Including airports, train stations etc.
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I used to do aerial mapping work and did a lot of missions in Mexico. At the Ciudad Obregón airport the assistant comadante took a long hard look at the large Benchmade that was clipped to my jeans pocket. On subsequent trips I only took a Victorinox. It is a well accepted traveler’s knife and usually will not draw undue attention. It’s good to be invisible at times. They make a lot of sense on various levels.
 
afishhunter said:
I'm curious.
Does anyone carry a Vic or Wenger Swiss Army knife or a 4 blade Scout/Camp/Utility knife as their only EDC knife?

If so, which one do you carry?

I carry a Huntsman with PLUS scales daily. However, I generally have it paired with a large stockman, and a 2 blade slipjoint folding hunter.
Once in a while I will swap out the stockman for a Barlow or other 2 blade jack knife, for a couple of days.
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I don't think there will ever come a day when I only carry one knife. For about the past 15-20 years, I've carried several knives as my EDC setup, and generally speaking two folding pocket knives is the bare minimum, plus normally a fixed blade, and four, if you count the butter knife.

1. Victorinox Rambler: this is the most used knife I own, because it has 99% of what I actually need on a daily basis, and nothing I don't. It's small enough not to frighten people, so as far as the general public is concerned, this is the only knife they see me using.
2. Gerber Harsey AirFrame: just in case. Kind of feeling like I don't really need to carry this as an EDC, anymore.
3a. Buck Diamondback 476 small fixed blade: food prep only, especially if I buy a baguette for lunch. Since I now work from home since late 2023, this has generally been replaced with
3b. Benchmade 100RR River & Rescue fixed blade: just because. It will still cut a baguette, though, if I happen to be downtown.
4. Snow Peak SCT-004 titanium flatware set (fork, spoon, butter knife, spork, foon): for eating (also Keith Titanium solid chopsticks). OK, it's not sharp, but it's still a knife! I hate using disposable plastic if I grab something to eat away from home that isn't in a sit-down restaurant.

That being said, I just bought myself a Victorinox Pioneer on sale for $22, and I am strongly considering also purchasing a Victorinox Farmer X Alox and a Companion Slim Alox. I've sort of given up on my quest for the perfect two Victorinox Alox knives (one for town, the other to be added for the woods). Both would be 93 mm Alox models, the "in-town" knife would be scissors, cap lifter, the small electrician's blade, and an in-line 3D Phillips driver. Those are the only tools I'm actually likely to need in civilization, since of course my workbench and tool chests would be no more than 4 miles away on the other side of town. The "woods" knife would be the tools I would never actually need around town: large knife blade, the reamer, and the wood saw.

I would very happily carry just the Rambler and Companion Slim pair as my primary EDC knives. I'm just a little unsure about the new package opener tool. It's too sharp to be permitted on a plane, and too useless as a small knife (although the Rambler will cover that). I think I'd honestly just rather have the can opener tool, even though opening cans is not a thing I worry about.

But otherwise, the Companion Slim has the scissors, caplifter, and package opener (with 2D Phillips #2 driver), and the Rambler has the small blade, small scissors, caplifter with 3D #1 Phillips, and nail file/flathead screwdriver/2D #2 Phillips driver (which I most often use as a cuticle pusher), plus the toothpick and (mostly useless) tweezers. Since I'm a woman, I carry better tweezers (Tweezerman Slant) and nail file (EZE-Lap Model S pocket diamond sharpener) in my bag, anyway.

Or, if I'm going into the woods, the Rambler and Farmer X, plus a fixed blade or two (most likely one of my vintage Gerber Pro-Guide II or Benchmade 190/192 hunting knife sets).

Oh, BTW, the Victorinox pocket knife sharpener also makes a wonderful nail file. I also carry one of those in my handbag as an EDC item. I think it's actually made by the Nippes company in Germany, who makes manicure tools, because I have one of their nail files that is the exact same thing as the Victorinox sharpener, except the abrasive is shaped differently, and instead of the ceramic sharpener in the head, it has a cuticle pusher. It's the Nippes model 71E ceramic nail file. The abrasive on the Victorinox sharpener is finer, though.

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Way before I knew what EDC stood for or had ever laid eyes on a steel chart, I carried SAKs as my only knife when I was in the city. I spent a lot of my younger years in the country and outdoors, in my country big fixed blades are an item of clothing, showing up to a rural job without one is akin to wearing no trousers. But I still kept a SAK on my belt. As a child, it was the first quality tool I was given. I went to school in Switzerland for a while, and that made my SAK addiction worse.

I carried a Climber or Huntsman the most, a 110mm Hunter outdoors and sometimes a black SwissChamp with the survival kit that I got for a birthday.
 
A little while back i sold all of my modern locking knives to help pay for bills and to float my wife when she was in between jobs. I was able to scrounge yp enough money to buy a recruit at my local HWS and carried only that as it was the only knife I had and was surprised that it did everything in use to rely on my locking knives to do. So as a sole edc I say its beyond more than ready to be up to the task, I mean back then a slipjoint was peoples main pocket blade and their lives were more rough and tumble than a lot of jobs today.
 
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