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Ok, I know we all have some pretty cool knives be it custom or production. My question is…what do you really use and why?
Let’s break this into a few categories.
1. EDC at home, work, or in the car.
2. Hiking- Day hiking
3. Backpacking- Remote camping and well established trail with plenty of people.
4. Travel/Work Tools
I will start with listing mine. Feel free to post yours and remember pictures speak louder than words, post em!
1.EDC- My EDC when I am home in the states is simple, a SAK on my keys. Most used item would be the little scissors which I would be lost without. I love the Wenger Traveler because it was my first SAK given to me by my brother in 1997. It has been to the top of the US- Mt Whitney two times and the Grand Canyon as well as a few other states.
Wenger Traveler
Wenger Esquire or Victorinox Classic
2.Hiking- I will always have either my Victorinox Hiker or OHT with me while day hiking. A simple SAK has always been there for me in my time of need. If I am just day hiking, that means I don’t have all my gear so I will usually take a fixed blade along with a SAK. I go between whatever I am working on for a review or I’ll just go with what works. To name a few: RAT RC-3, Breeden CUB, or a JK Hiker. Any of these combined with a SAK and I will be set up if the hike turns into a survival situation.
Becker Necker/Vic Hike http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=671890
JK Tactical Hiker
Breeden CUB/Vic OHT
3.Backpacking- When backpacking places like the Grand Canyon, or Mt Whitney you will be around sometimes hundreds of people so the survival aspect is pretty much nil. In most cases a knife is pretty much useless. Besides, you will have your own shelter and supplies. However, if I am backpacking in a remote area alone or with a friend I forget about whatever I am reviewing or anything new. I go with what has been proven and what I know works without fail. That is when the RC-3/SAK combo is put into effect. Even on survival trips to Peru, Alabama, Mexico, or Philippines, these two always go! I always seem to disappoint fellow survival/knife enthusiasts when they ask me what I use the most in the bush. I actually have grown to like the slow look of disappointment mixed with utter surprise that appears on their face when I pull out my small Vic Hiker.
OHT
RAT-RC-3 and Victorinox Hiker
Hiker
4.Travel/Work- Victorinox Swiss Champ or Swiss Tool X. Sometime in 1999 I started traveling playing music for artists and nothing beats a Swiss Champ or multi-tool for having on the job. I often use the wire cutters for cutting the wires on my brushes and for cutting bass/guitar strings. The blade quickly shaves off wood splinters that start to protrude off the wood and make the stick unbalanced. The screwdrivers are always used to tighten up drum hardware and stubborn wing nuts. Anyone on stage can use it without having to be “knife literate.” The Swiss Champ has actually been to Mexico, Philippines, Australia, South Pacific, basically 6 continents without any custom officials having a problem with it. I have recently replaced it with the Swiss Tool X as my main travel tool because of the "tool vibe" it gives off, less customs officers question it as they know most photographers and hikers don’t travel without one. Also, the fact that it is not a one handed opening tool makes it legal in almost every part of the world.
Swiss Champ in the jungles of Bora Bora.
Swiss Tool X http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=694633
Well, here is my list. Maybe it isn't too interesting or original but these are tools that over the years and through the trends have always been what works for me.
Please, feel free to add your own combos!
Let’s break this into a few categories.
1. EDC at home, work, or in the car.
2. Hiking- Day hiking
3. Backpacking- Remote camping and well established trail with plenty of people.
4. Travel/Work Tools
I will start with listing mine. Feel free to post yours and remember pictures speak louder than words, post em!
1.EDC- My EDC when I am home in the states is simple, a SAK on my keys. Most used item would be the little scissors which I would be lost without. I love the Wenger Traveler because it was my first SAK given to me by my brother in 1997. It has been to the top of the US- Mt Whitney two times and the Grand Canyon as well as a few other states.
Wenger Traveler
Wenger Esquire or Victorinox Classic
2.Hiking- I will always have either my Victorinox Hiker or OHT with me while day hiking. A simple SAK has always been there for me in my time of need. If I am just day hiking, that means I don’t have all my gear so I will usually take a fixed blade along with a SAK. I go between whatever I am working on for a review or I’ll just go with what works. To name a few: RAT RC-3, Breeden CUB, or a JK Hiker. Any of these combined with a SAK and I will be set up if the hike turns into a survival situation.
Becker Necker/Vic Hike http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=671890
JK Tactical Hiker
Breeden CUB/Vic OHT
3.Backpacking- When backpacking places like the Grand Canyon, or Mt Whitney you will be around sometimes hundreds of people so the survival aspect is pretty much nil. In most cases a knife is pretty much useless. Besides, you will have your own shelter and supplies. However, if I am backpacking in a remote area alone or with a friend I forget about whatever I am reviewing or anything new. I go with what has been proven and what I know works without fail. That is when the RC-3/SAK combo is put into effect. Even on survival trips to Peru, Alabama, Mexico, or Philippines, these two always go! I always seem to disappoint fellow survival/knife enthusiasts when they ask me what I use the most in the bush. I actually have grown to like the slow look of disappointment mixed with utter surprise that appears on their face when I pull out my small Vic Hiker.
OHT
RAT-RC-3 and Victorinox Hiker
Hiker
4.Travel/Work- Victorinox Swiss Champ or Swiss Tool X. Sometime in 1999 I started traveling playing music for artists and nothing beats a Swiss Champ or multi-tool for having on the job. I often use the wire cutters for cutting the wires on my brushes and for cutting bass/guitar strings. The blade quickly shaves off wood splinters that start to protrude off the wood and make the stick unbalanced. The screwdrivers are always used to tighten up drum hardware and stubborn wing nuts. Anyone on stage can use it without having to be “knife literate.” The Swiss Champ has actually been to Mexico, Philippines, Australia, South Pacific, basically 6 continents without any custom officials having a problem with it. I have recently replaced it with the Swiss Tool X as my main travel tool because of the "tool vibe" it gives off, less customs officers question it as they know most photographers and hikers don’t travel without one. Also, the fact that it is not a one handed opening tool makes it legal in almost every part of the world.
Swiss Champ in the jungles of Bora Bora.
Swiss Tool X http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=694633
Well, here is my list. Maybe it isn't too interesting or original but these are tools that over the years and through the trends have always been what works for me.
Please, feel free to add your own combos!
but these are my "standards".
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), hardly even know it's in my pocket
Lulz! OMGWTFBBQ!!!!! 
