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SAKs good quality?
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Thats cool. I have a Schrade Stockman and a Trapper which i like also (especially the Stockman) but i love SAKs. Really its just a personal preference thing no right or wrong in it.Hush that kind of talk on our poor inocent ears!
Don't get me wrong, I like saks. But a sak will never have the apeal of a nice old aged stag stockman, or a bone barlow, or any othe vintage traditional.
Have you seen the stag handled SAK's? they look kinda cool too! Very pricey though.
Hmmm I have some moose antler hanging around i may try to make some slabs for one of my SAK's.
Yet another project!
Thats cool. I have a Schrade Stockman and a Trapper which i like also (especially the Stockman) but i love SAKs. Really its just a personal preference thing no right or wrong in it.
Have you seen the stag handled SAK's? they look kinda cool too! Very pricey though.
Hmmm I have some moose antler hanging around i may try to make some slabs for one of my SAK's.
Yet another project!
Where did you see the stag handled ones?
SAKs are too useful not to carry. I tend to carry a Tinker with nylon handles with my keys even when I carry a nice little slippie in another pocket. The Tinker takes care of business that might not be good for a nicer knife. Also I tend to use my SAK screwdriver for light prying, which is something to avoid with a sharp knife blade(or even a dull one).
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saks are great knives and great platofrms for embellishment
Ebay of course. From a bladeforums member no less!
http://cgi.ebay.ca/VICTORINOX-GENUI...6QQihZ001QQcategoryZ48821QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Stag Swiss Champ, cool. I still have my regular Swiss Champ that I packed on my hip for years. I only stopped carrying it a few years ago. The liners on both ends are battered from using it as a hammer on occasions. I've used it to change car batteries, bang the terminals back in place and tighten everything again. I can't count the number of things I've taken apart, fixed, jury rigged, sawed (wood and metal), and beyond. I've used up all the ink in the pen, there are grease stains here and there on it and I don't think there is any blade on there I haven't used for something, even if not it's intended purpose. I've worn out the spring on the scissors and they've losened up a bit too. I know these are replacable, but I've used it pretty hard over the years. I never intentionally left the house without it on my belt and my Boy Scout fire striker on my key ring. The striker is still being carried on my key ring.
I'd feel pretty well kitted with just the Swiss Champ if I found myself stranded in the woods or the city. Toss in a decent fixed blade or a tomahawk and I'd feel well tooled.
I think the Victorinox are a slight bit better than the Wengers, but only a wee bit. I just wish the Vics used the type of can opener the Wengers do. The P38 action works better for me than the push action of the Vic. But, with the Victorinox type can opener you do get the extra screw driver tip. If I were going to carry a multi-tool again, I'd probably go with another Swiss Champ. Or the next one up, I forgot the name.
Currently, in addition to the Case mini-trapper I EDC at work in my right pocket, I have a classic in my left pocket (the screwdriver tip is perfect for tightening my glasses) and a Wenger model that I don't recall the name of that basically has the four, scout type, utility blades on the front, and a reamer, a chisel tip, and maybe something else on the back. That one rides in the inside left pocket of my (acursed) blazer at work. Since the company patch is sewn over that area and the uniform company sewed right through the pocket there is only an opening just wider than the knife to slip it through. I tied a bit of cording to the knife and knotted the other end which comes out the opening and hangs in side my jacket. When I need it, I just pull it out. I don't use it that much though. It is mostly to be there for two reasons. One, for those rare days when I forget to put my knife in my pocket. And, two, because on occasion some of the cleaning people have gotten stuck in a storage room because the handle came off or some other door malfunction. Since as security we end up in all kinds of rooms in the facility I like having some basics with me should I need to extract myself. I wouldn't have a problem dismantling the door from the inside and then calling Facilities to fix it.
Yep, as I'm always saying, a SAK, a Mora, and single shot shotgun and a fellow could do alright getting lost in the back country.
I'd feel pretty well kitted with just the Swiss Champ if I found myself stranded in the woods or the city. Toss in a decent fixed blade or a tomahawk and I'd feel well tooled.
I think the Victorinox are a slight bit better than the Wengers, but only a wee bit. I just wish the Vics used the type of can opener the Wengers do. The P38 action works better for me than the push action of the Vic. But, with the Victorinox type can opener you do get the extra screw driver tip. If I were going to carry a multi-tool again, I'd probably go with another Swiss Champ. Or the next one up, I forgot the name.
Currently, in addition to the Case mini-trapper I EDC at work in my right pocket, I have a classic in my left pocket (the screwdriver tip is perfect for tightening my glasses) and a Wenger model that I don't recall the name of that basically has the four, scout type, utility blades on the front, and a reamer, a chisel tip, and maybe something else on the back. That one rides in the inside left pocket of my (acursed) blazer at work. Since the company patch is sewn over that area and the uniform company sewed right through the pocket there is only an opening just wider than the knife to slip it through. I tied a bit of cording to the knife and knotted the other end which comes out the opening and hangs in side my jacket. When I need it, I just pull it out. I don't use it that much though. It is mostly to be there for two reasons. One, for those rare days when I forget to put my knife in my pocket. And, two, because on occasion some of the cleaning people have gotten stuck in a storage room because the handle came off or some other door malfunction. Since as security we end up in all kinds of rooms in the facility I like having some basics with me should I need to extract myself. I wouldn't have a problem dismantling the door from the inside and then calling Facilities to fix it.
Yep, as I'm always saying, a SAK, a Mora, and single shot shotgun and a fellow could do alright getting lost in the back country.
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Im happy to hear others like victorinox as much as I do!I have a pretty good collection of vics and wenger,both are exelent but vics are my favorite.I really think they are the best value avalible.I have never seen another company with such a hi level of quality control,at any price much less in the $10-$50 range.
I edc a hiker,and to me it's about the perfect pocket knife.:thumbup: :thumbup:
I edc a hiker,and to me it's about the perfect pocket knife.:thumbup: :thumbup:
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Good to hear that. I just won a new Hiker for a great price. It'll be my third SAK, my dad and brother "stole" my first two.
I think that the Hiker is one of the best modern renditions of the traditional scout knife, with the added benefit of a saw.
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+1 :thumbup: SAKs are great. I EDC a scientist with either a rambler or manager. Great quality, inexpensive, useful tools and fun to collect.
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I have carried an SAK classic for the better part of the last 16 years. I moved on to the rambler and now I carry a manager everyday. the addition of the pen and magnetized phillips head make it a nearly perfect edc. My only complaint is that you have to choose between the toothpick and tweezers since you have the pen. I echo the sentiment of most others on this post though, SAK's will never replace my old traditional slippies, but I will always have one in my pocket.
People keep saying that the SAKs aren't traditional, but I disagree there.
Maybe they haven't been around as long as the stockman or the barlow, and maybe the don't come in stag or bone, but having been around for 120 years makes them traditional to me.
/ Karl
Looks nice. Thanks alot.
There's something incredibly comforting in reaching into my pocket and gripping those plastic scales and thinking "I'm covered."
I was sitting in a hallway waiting to go to class when one of my classmates goes to cut a thick, frayed strap hanging off of his backpack. He unfolds this big, clip-bladed tactical-looking knife and struggles for a bit, and all the while I'm chuckling that this big four-inch blade is as dull as cardboard.
I pull out my Vic Camper and he gives me a cynical look, and then I cut through this strap like it was butter and his face was priceless.
He didn't say anything, and he folded up his big knife and threw it in his backpack rather than putting it back in his pocket. I looked at my watch and noticed I had thirty minutes... might as well get sharper.
So, in the vain of all I've learned from BladeForums, particularly from Jacknife, I pull out the little piece of Arkansas stone out of my watch pocket and proceed with some counter-clockwise circles while the guy with the big folder sat there and watched me.
I was sitting in a hallway waiting to go to class when one of my classmates goes to cut a thick, frayed strap hanging off of his backpack. He unfolds this big, clip-bladed tactical-looking knife and struggles for a bit, and all the while I'm chuckling that this big four-inch blade is as dull as cardboard.
I pull out my Vic Camper and he gives me a cynical look, and then I cut through this strap like it was butter and his face was priceless.
He didn't say anything, and he folded up his big knife and threw it in his backpack rather than putting it back in his pocket. I looked at my watch and noticed I had thirty minutes... might as well get sharper.
So, in the vain of all I've learned from BladeForums, particularly from Jacknife, I pull out the little piece of Arkansas stone out of my watch pocket and proceed with some counter-clockwise circles while the guy with the big folder sat there and watched me.
Okay sci, I have an admission here. I've went and got a little modern with the pocket stone. Some years back I went and got one of those Eze-lap diamond hones. The Red plastic one thats about 6 inches long and about an 3/4 of an inch wide, with a small strip of diamond impregnated steel on it. I cut of alot of the length of the red plastic handle so it fits in my wallet. It does a good job at touching up my pocket knives. Plus its only about an 1/8th of an inch thick, so it take hardly any room in the billfold part of my wallet. :thumbup:
Other times I just strop it on the back of my belt.
But it is a hold over from Mr. Van, who said if you carry a knife, you should have something to sharpen it with.