Keychain Carry Decisions

[Viper]

This is just my two cents, but isn't the point of the Utilikey to blend in with your other keys? I don't think that it should make a noticeable difference to keep the Utilikey and then add either the Wenger or the Vic in place of the Bug. It seems the greatest shortcomings with the Vic and the Wenger (lack of, respectively, a eyeglass and phillips screwdriver) are both covered by the addition of the Utilikey. Since the Vic seems to be the cosmetic favorite, why not have the Utilikey and the Vic? Furthermore, since you save some weight and space with the Vic as opposed to the Wenger, you can choose to add the Bug or another dedicated folder for a better blade than is offered by the SAKs.

Hope this helps

[50ft-trad]

Thanks Viper, good point!

I'm now moving towards trying something out. I'm just waiting for a package to land from DX, which will allow me to be a little more flexible, though with far greater redundancy. I've realised I have a humongous amount of keys for various different things, but don't always carry everything all at the same time.

I'm going to break them all down into home, work, car, boat, boatyard etc and aim for getting a small blade, a bottle opener, a mini lighter, and a fauxton type light on each cluster so no matter where I am or which bunch I happen to be carrying, I'll have the basics. The truth is that all these are excellent little tools so it makes sense to split them all up and increase the chances of having access to one or another. I'm also going to be tagging a fauxton onto my most carried SAK's. I know it might seem like over kill, but I have been in situations where having several lights really saved the day.

The Alox Rambler is the exception though. That won't be going on a key chain, it will be paired with a shiny light from 4sevens for those lightweight days. The PTC, utilikey & manager will be split up between home, car and work keys as these are the most frequently carried (unfortunately  )

[Zed]

I do this as have a seperate section of keys i use for work and take them off when not needed, although i havnt even got a torch on there at the mo as broke it  so ill sort that out before the winter as i use the torch in the shed when getting my bike out 

[Ashley]

On my keys I carry a vic mini champ. It is one of the best keyring knives imho. You have a lot of choice there so good luck figuring out which one to choose.