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Hello all!
Looking through some of the different threads here I've seen a number of traditional jack knife models that instead of a second blade have instead a bottle opener/screwdriver. I am a student who has the good fortune to be in a college town that has some distributors with awesome beer selections which my roommates and I regularly enjoy. As jwren pointed out in my last post about the peanut, my regular bottle opener is getting pretty worn down and I think picking up one of these traditional knives with a bottle opener might be a cool way to replace it. I definitely think it would be a neat weekend carry option.
If any of you know some models of these traditional knife/bottle openers that I described that are relatively easy to obtain I would appreciate it if you shared the maker names/models. Please don't recommend victorinox models, I already have a few of these (including the cadet) and am really thinking more of something with bone/wooden/stag handles. I don't have a ton of cash at the moment but I'm getting into traditionals these days and have quite a few modern folders I could trade/sell to get what I'm looking for. So the cheaper the better, but I would probably be willing to spend say maybe up to 75 bucks or so. I tend to prefer smaller knives, so 3 inches or under would be preferable but if these are only available as larger knives I would definitely still consider them. If you recommend a larger knife if you know the approximate weight I would appreciate that info as well. If any of you have experience with these knives and maybe know of one that works very well as a bottle opener I would love to know about that as well.
As always thanks for all your recommendations and shared wisdom!
Looking through some of the different threads here I've seen a number of traditional jack knife models that instead of a second blade have instead a bottle opener/screwdriver. I am a student who has the good fortune to be in a college town that has some distributors with awesome beer selections which my roommates and I regularly enjoy. As jwren pointed out in my last post about the peanut, my regular bottle opener is getting pretty worn down and I think picking up one of these traditional knives with a bottle opener might be a cool way to replace it. I definitely think it would be a neat weekend carry option.
If any of you know some models of these traditional knife/bottle openers that I described that are relatively easy to obtain I would appreciate it if you shared the maker names/models. Please don't recommend victorinox models, I already have a few of these (including the cadet) and am really thinking more of something with bone/wooden/stag handles. I don't have a ton of cash at the moment but I'm getting into traditionals these days and have quite a few modern folders I could trade/sell to get what I'm looking for. So the cheaper the better, but I would probably be willing to spend say maybe up to 75 bucks or so. I tend to prefer smaller knives, so 3 inches or under would be preferable but if these are only available as larger knives I would definitely still consider them. If you recommend a larger knife if you know the approximate weight I would appreciate that info as well. If any of you have experience with these knives and maybe know of one that works very well as a bottle opener I would love to know about that as well.
As always thanks for all your recommendations and shared wisdom!
they seem to be in abundant supply.
