SAK vs. Traditional!

I just realized wenger got 'textured' cheaper plastic on some of their sak's. I got a camper 2 for my mom and the scales feel so cheap compared to the smooth ones that have been around forever
 
My most common carry set up right now is both an opinel #10 and a SAK OH trekker...99% of knife use goes to the opinel, the SAK is there for other tools and tweezers. Two tools are carried because I have not found one that does it all like I like.
 
Live in uk. sub 3 inch folder non locking law. Find more practical for me being a manual worker Hort arb etc to have SAK on my person ie huntsman . Mini toolbox in pocket. Faron.
 
I've dabbled in SAK's and have owned and had a few around for most of my life since high school. They are handy, but I prefer a real knife type knife. It's only once in a while I need a screw driver or can opener, but I need and use a knife at least once to a couple times a day. Since I have a tool kit at home, a small tool kit behind the sear of the truck, and a small tool kit in the glove box of the Vespa, I'm pretty covered. Even so, a few basic tools do come in handy. I find myself carrying a SAK now and then, but nothing more than a 58mm on my keyring. The SD tip of the Vic classic handles all small phillips screws as well as small flat screws. If I need a screw driver there's a Sear's keychain screw driver in my wallet, along with my old P-38. So far, they've done what had to be done with screws and cans. I really prefer to have a two blade jack in my pocket over a SAK. So far, I've never owned a Leatherman or any other plier type multutool, and don't plan on it. I can't recall any time in my life where I actually needed a plier and there wasn't one around. For beer bottles, I just use a Bic or my house key. One of the benefits of buying my son an expensive college education was his teaching me how to open a beer bottle with no opener when he came home at the end of his first semester.

I like SAK's, but just don't really need one bad enough to stop carrying a dedicated knife.
 
I think the one thing that bothers me about the sak is that the tools sometimes don't work we'll. it's better just to have the right tool for the job anyways(duhh me haha). But I suppose in a pinch they work amazingly! I know firsthand... I'm just fickle I guess.
 
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