Mistwalker
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Well...today I became a member of another knife group...the Swiss Army Knife owners group. I love the Swiss Tool multi tools, and especially their saws. But I have only started seriously thinking about their folding knives recently when I noticed they were making some knives that had the same saw and on which the primary blade could be opened one handed and that locked in place.
Having seen a review on the Swiss Army Soldier Knife elsewhere, and making a comment about how much I liked it, a friend sent me one for Christmas. While I have only had it for a few hours and there is still much to do with it before I know exactly how I am going to feel about it, so far my initial impressions are that I love it. I am glad to finally have a blade with a 50/50 edge that doesn't have the serrations in the way of whittling. I love the saw, it work great for cutting but also great for both making fatwood fuzz and striking the new Going Gear firesteel...which is great because I mean to team them up in a small belt pouch with a couple of other things for urban carry on walks down town and on the river walk.
This is it in the box.
It has a primary blade that is accessible one handed and partially serrated but has the serrations at the tip rather than at the handle. It also has a can opener that has a small slotted screwdriver on the tip, a bottle opener with a large slotted screwdriver on the tip, a saw, a phillips screwdriver, and a reamer. Both the primary blade and bottle opener have liner locks to keep them open
It came very sharp and did good at whittling.
The saw did great at sawing, making fuzzy fatwood saw dust, and sparking the mischmetal firesteel
.
Having seen a review on the Swiss Army Soldier Knife elsewhere, and making a comment about how much I liked it, a friend sent me one for Christmas. While I have only had it for a few hours and there is still much to do with it before I know exactly how I am going to feel about it, so far my initial impressions are that I love it. I am glad to finally have a blade with a 50/50 edge that doesn't have the serrations in the way of whittling. I love the saw, it work great for cutting but also great for both making fatwood fuzz and striking the new Going Gear firesteel...which is great because I mean to team them up in a small belt pouch with a couple of other things for urban carry on walks down town and on the river walk.
This is it in the box.
It has a primary blade that is accessible one handed and partially serrated but has the serrations at the tip rather than at the handle. It also has a can opener that has a small slotted screwdriver on the tip, a bottle opener with a large slotted screwdriver on the tip, a saw, a phillips screwdriver, and a reamer. Both the primary blade and bottle opener have liner locks to keep them open
It came very sharp and did good at whittling.
The saw did great at sawing, making fuzzy fatwood saw dust, and sparking the mischmetal firesteel
.
