SAK's on the road.

[jackknife]

Sooo, we've been here in California for a week and a half and it's been good so far. We come out to visit the daughter and her family, and do some beach time and mountain time. And for me, some home chores. I love my son-in-law, but he's no Harry home owner with a tool box. There's always the jobs to do out here. I left home with my travel combo of trusty classic on keyring, and my old Wenger SI in belt pouch.

So far, jobs have been some colored river rock filling in a corner of the back yard, repotting a palm tree, putting up a shelf in a closet, and beach picnic jobs. The classic slit open bags of the river rock and base sand, the awl on the SI made holes for wood screws, the SD tip of the Wenger can opener drove the Phillips screws to hold up the shelf brackets, and the knife blade of the Wenger SI made sandwiches on the beach, and another day sliced up some pizza.

So far, from, Monday the 13th, to today, the classic and Wenger SI have handled all that was needed for tool use or cutting of food items on the road from Texas to here in Costa Mesa California. We'll be leaving to go back to Texas in the morning, and the trusty duo will be on me for the two day drive home. So far, the SAK only carry has done fine.

A 58mm and 93mm make a fine team.

 

[afishhunter]

A 58mm and 93mm make a fine team.

Sorry. I must agree.

My 58/93 combo is the Mini Champ and Huntsman.

 

[TrapperMike]

I love saks. They are such great tools. No mater what i have at least a classic. I have been carrying an explorer in a belt pouch. With inline phillips it makes a great tool for what i do.

 

[kobold]

i make it difficult to leave home without one or two.
keychain minichamp + explorer in my daypack
if i don't carry a daypack, i keep a pioneer in the pocket

 

[El Jay]

You can't go wrong with the classic on your Keychain and another choice in your pocket. They let you go there and do that and return for more.

 

[jackknife]

Back home now in nice and warm Georgetown Texas. I miss the California beaches already.

Now back home and thinking about the trip, most of the cutting was done by the classic. Opening bags of river rock, bags of base sand and gravel mix, Opening all kinds of plastic packaging. It seems like just about everything in the world now comes cocooned in some kind of plastic packaging that needs a sharp tool to get into. Snacks, hardware, soap, and then theres the inner foil seal in some kinds of stuff like shampoo, Ibuprofen bottles, car windshield washer fluid. They have those tabs that you pull, but 90% of the time the tab tears off and you need a small narrow blade to run around the inside of the container to remove the foil seal. Or the tab is so small that arthritic senior citizen fingers can't deal with it and it's just easier to cut the damm thing out.

I don't know how many times I've pulled where it says to "Tear here" and the thing just rips off, leaving me to fish out my knife and slice it open. I think the classic did about 75% of what needed to be done, with the Wenger SI taking up where it was needed. Like slicing fresh baguettes for ham and cheese subs on the beach. Or needing to drive wood screws for shelf mounting. All in all, after 3,000 miles of there and back again, I didn't run into anything my combination of SAK's couldn't handle.