Will the new MacGyver MT be a SAK?

[Grant Lamontagne]

I think it was the Victorinox Unspecified that he carried through most of the old TV show too, wasn't it? 

Or was it the Wenger Generic.... 

Def

[Jothra]

He used a wide variety of Vics--especially Spartans and Tinkers, I think. The knife in the title sequence is a Wenger, though, and in the series finale he uses an ironic knockoff.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Yeah, you should probably not take most of my posts seriously....

Def

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[stealth007s]

Yeah, you should probably not take most of my posts seriously....

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[Jothra]

Until now, I was unaware of the exceptional amount of time and energy people have spent trying to identify every single knife (or knives, occasionally) he used in every single episode. It's amazing in exactly the sort of way I should probably try to avoid.

[Pine Box Parkinson]

It's got to be a SAK. I was just watching the old episodes on Netflix. Such a good show. I wouldn't mind if they updated it a little and he was rocking a Vic MT but other than that I'm not interested.

[styx]

Imagine if they gave him a Gerber or a SOG that no one would think to tie with MacGyver

[Goatlord666]

Imagine if they gave him a Gerber or a SOG that no one would think to tie with MacGyver

hahaha true. I guess it was more about McGyver's character which leaned toward being the peacemaker/pacifist type. I still remember that It's always been a swiss army knife for Mac & a Switchblade for Murdock (his Arch-nemesis).

On knife identification, there's also a part of the intro where you will see the orange peeler/screwdriver from a victorinox executive protruding from his hands while opening a film vial

[pfrsantos]

Edit: Ok you had me super curious on this one.  I found a reference to a PST being used in season three.. but by the enemy chick trying to kill MacGyver, not by Mac.  Very telling eh, the good guy using a SAK, the evil woman using a Leatherman! 

I just confirmed it, I looked up the episode on netflix, here are some screen caps.  She uses a PST to install some device in an electrical outlet.

PST baaad, SAK gooood...
 

[pfrsantos]

Here is something you might like:

http://www.macgyveronline.com/pages/saks.html

 

[sir_mike]

It just wouldn't be the same if Mac didn't carry a SAK.  No MT for him!

I thought there was a movie in the making.  Did it get sidelined or what?

My wife found the whole series on dvd plus the movies and some extra's awhile ago while for $60 at a FYE store and bought them for me! 

The best two weeks ever was watching them all in order including the movies! LOL

[detron]

The best two weeks ever was watching them all in order including the movies! LOL

I watched the A-team like that.  I bought the whole set, and it came in BA's van



back on subject,  I love macGyver, and he always amazed me as a young adult.  I also noticed the A-team would sometimes be very MacGuyver'ish with their plans

[sir_mike]

I picked my first sak while watching the MacGyver shows and it was the small Tinker, which I still have!  Now I carry the Explorer Plus most of the time.

I was in a FYE with the wife browsing around and came across the movies and shows on dvd's so I seen the MacGyver sitting there on the shelf in season 5, I think it was and thought about getting it because it was only about $17 for the one season.  Anyway, decided not to and said that I would look for the whole series and they had them in a different spot so I asked the worker if they had a full set and she found one but is was marked $149 or $159, cant remember exactly but she said she would scan it to see if it is on sale and guess what $59.99 so before I could say "sweet", my wife says "we'll take it".  The rest is history!

I still dont think he would use a MT but if he did, it would have to be a Vic one! LOL

[Faiaoga]

From checking an internet site about MacGyver, I understand that his most commonly used tool was a Victorinox Spartan (like the one I carry everyday),  Victorinox Spartan with a Tiny Screwdriver inside the corkscrew is the Myopic Schoolteacher Total Ultimate Survival Tool.