Share Your Most Memorable SAK Experience!

[cardimon]

That would have been bad.

Indeed. Speaking of alarms....

At a previous company for which I worked, my manager told me the local police had itchy trigger fingers. When he accidentally triggered the alarm one Saturday, the cops responded with sidearms drawn and hammers cocked!

No fooling.

As the alarm system had glitches, he learned very quickly the police liked to see people "assume the position" without being told. That is, spreadeagle against the car. This was even AFTER they became familiar with him and the weirdo alarm. One guy ALWAYS patted him down while the other ALWAYS pointed his gun at my manager's head.

Talk about power plays.

When I asked him why he didn't complain about the treatment, he said he did call the township. Their response: "That's the way we do it here."

 

[Franciscomv]

I've been using my SAKs A LOT this past few days, since I've been helping a couple of friends to fix up their new appartment. I used to take my whole toolbox over there everyday, now I just take my Deluxe Tinker and my ST Spirit (mainly for the pliers).

My most cherished SAK moment, though, was when I helped my girlfriend fix her new appartment (I seem to be the guy to call when it comes to home improvement). I used a Wenger Sécurité for the most unusual tasks, since every single screw on the house and furniture seemed to be on the wrong place and nothing worked properly (I had to fix a drill and some other stuff). We had had a big fight and we both thought that this would be the last time we would see each other, but after a few hours of being together we somehow managed to patch things up and ended up together again.

 

[mnblade]

Aha! I just remembered a SAK incident worthy of posting here! The evening after my daughter was born just about three years ago, I used my Tourist to open a bottle of very very good red wine in the hospital room. I brought the vino with me and then ordered in a great steak dinner. Naturally, my wife was famished and enjoyed the steak and fixings immensely - but she just had a sip or two of the wine, of course. Still, the feeling of satisfaction I remember that evening (the baby was our first) was extraordinary.

The same SAK rode in my pocket during the birth of our second child 10 months ago, a boy. The knife might be his someday.

 

[cabron50]

Good thing there was no alarm system wired into the lock. You could have been thrown into the clink for that, and your wife fired.

I'm just impressed that he found a use for the fish scaler.

 

[cardimon]

I'm just impressed that he found a use for the fish scaler.

I always thought it would make a decent micro-wedge-prybar, but never had the opportunity to try it.

 

[znapschatz]

I'm just impressed that he found a use for the fish scaler.

Oh, I use the fish scaler all the time. It has served as a lock pick, ruler, probe, shoe scraper, fork, and implement to pick up nasty things I don't want to touch with my actual fingers. It's a really useful tool.

The one time I tried to use the scaler for its intended purpose, it didn't do all that well. The regular knife blade works much better for scaling fish.

Go figure.

 

[RunzWithScissors]

I used my fishscaler to its intended purpose.

I was over at my Mom's house and a friend came by with some fish he caught to give to her. Since she wasn't at home I decided that I'd better clean them. I don't remember what SAK I was carrying at the time but I used the knife blade to gut them and cut off the heads and used the scaler to scrape off the scales. I recall being happy of using another blade in the knife.

Chad

 

[JustNoodle]

Ok, so I usually carry a leatherman P4, but a SAK with a pliers would have worked exactly the same in this situation that I feel the need to share.

One of my friends has a padlock on her door to keep roommates out when she's not in (they like to steal her food). So, after hosting a party, the keys were somehow left in the room with the door padlocked. Someone had the great idea of cutting the padlock but I decided it would be much easier to pop out the pin on the lock-hinge of the door. Saved the day (and the cat who we found lock in the room).