Think I've discovered why I'm not a SAK person....

[Fisting_Chili]

I don't have fingernails.  Makes it a pain in the donkey to get the tools out.  Grrrr.....

[glorn]

Were you born without them, or do you remove them voluntarily with your teeth?

I would suggest that a SAK makes one consider and maintain one of the more useful features of fingers... nails. Since being reintroduced to SAKs myself, I now take better care of mine.

[Reinier]

In the factory, they use a small tool to open the tools They should add such a tool to a small SAK that you can use to open all your other SAKs with

That SAK-opener-SAK should be dog bone shaped of course

[nuphoria]

Maybe you could attach something like a Key Sergeant to it?

http://www.keyringopener.com/buy-keyring-opener-retail.html

They now make them with lights and cutters built in so can have many uses 

[Neil]

The original serves its purpose well (John (GG) sent me one to play with ) but I think the new ones look much more useful.

[lovenhim]

I too biye my nails (bad human), therefor a SAK can be hard for me to use.  If I want to really use my SAK then I have got to figure out a way to stop biting my nails and then keep from doing it again. 

[Mike 56]

+1 on the key sergeant. I had crappy nails thin break all the time. I started taking supplement Biotin now i have finger nails that grow fast and are much stronger.

Mike

[parmenides]

As someone who used to bite his nails I'm dismayed to see my 10 yo son bite his clean down... However, I know what a hard habit that can be to break.

But, I'll tell you - if you've been a long-time biter and you can manage to lay off of it and grow them out they turn out to be very useful.  You'll find yourself tapping them on table-tops and generally appreciating them.  Plus, your fingers look a lot better with them grown to a reasonable length.

Not like you need a reason to buy a new toy but maybe it would help to use one as a goal...  once the nails get grown out (no biting for say 60 days, only trimming) you get to celebrate with a nice new knife!   

[glorn]

Stop biting them and buy one of these:



Come on! This is a win-win! The perfect excuse to buy more tools!

[gustophersmob]

Stop biting them and buy one of these:

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Come on! This is a win-win! The perfect excuse to buy more tools!

I don't have one of these, but this general idea is why I settled on a Cadet for my EDC knife, the file.  I bit my nails so much, it was actually hurting my teeth, so my dentist said, "no more..." 

At least now I have an excuse to use my knife all the time (the nail file is probably my most used tool)

[Benner]

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The original serves its purpose well (John (GG) sent me one to play with ) but I think the new ones look much more useful.

That looks pretty cool.

[Neil]

We need a review.  Who's going to buy one?

[ari6126]

We need a review.  Who's going to buy one?

I might. Shipping from their site is less than $1, so overall the tools are quite cheap. The question is if I need all the different versions or just the newest one.

[grimm_kaosboy]

Another tip for growing strong nail...eat more Jell-o.

[ducktapehero]

Just use your teeth like a real man. 

[edcgear]

As someone who used to bite his nails I'm dismayed to see my 10 yo son bite his clean down... However, I know what a hard habit that can be to break.

But, I'll tell you - if you've been a long-time biter and you can manage to lay off of it and grow them out they turn out to be very useful.  You'll find yourself tapping them on table-tops and generally appreciating them.  Plus, your fingers look a lot better with them grown to a reasonable length.

Not like you need a reason to buy a new toy but maybe it would help to use one as a goal...  once the nails get grown out (no biting for say 60 days, only trimming) you get to celebrate with a nice new knife!   

Been there, and just LOVE to tap them so I get on everyone nervs!! 

As a matter of fact, I still byte, but just one, left hand pinkie (is that how you call smallest one oposite to thumb??)....

My son byte his fingernails ocasionally, but I have found nail polish (no color, no shiny reflection, you just wont notice it's there) with horrible taste, and it helps!! 

[fishrule]

I bite my nails off completely, I know its a terrible habit but one I've been unable to kick since I was a kid. I just use the tweezers on my SAK to get the other tools out  

[Grant Lamontagne]

I used to be a hardcore nail biter as a kid, but when I got my first SAK I actually stopped biting my right thumbnail- at least not as often, because that was the nail I needed to open the tools!  Then when I was in high school I stopped biting them almost overnight when a girlfriend of mine commented that my fingers were gross.  I pretty well had to agree and actually quit cold turkey, although I don't really think there was ever any actual decision to do it.  I just did it.

I actually had a nail file that I EDC'ed for a few years until I got my first Wenger with the nail file (Wenger Adventurer) and I pretty well used that exclusively.  I prefer Wenger's nail file to the Victorinox file, and none of the others even come close.

Some things are worth giving up your bad habits for.  A SAK was mine!

Def

[edcgear]

I used to be a hardcore nail biter as a kid, but when I got my first SAK I actually stopped biting my right thumbnail- at least not as often, because that was the nail I needed to open the tools!  Then when I was in high school I stopped biting them almost overnight when a girlfriend of mine commented that my fingers were gross.  I pretty well had to agree and actually quit cold turkey, although I don't really think there was ever any actual decision to do it.  I just did it.

I actually had a nail file that I EDC'ed for a few years until I got my first Wenger with the nail file (Wenger Adventurer) and I pretty well used that exclusively.  I prefer Wenger's nail file to the Victorinox file, and none of the others even come close.

Some things are worth giving up your bad habits for.  A SAK was mine!

Def

Nice motivation story mate!!! 

[Grant Lamontagne]

Every man faces a challenge in life, and it's a measure of his ability to overcome adversity.  I'm lucky, I got off easy! 

Def

[Dunc]

I bite my nails but not my left thumbnail .Then everyso often I cant resist and bite it  then spend a couple of days struggling to open my SAKs 

[edcgear]

Every man faces a challenge in life, and it's a measure of his ability to overcome adversity.  I'm lucky, I got off easy! 

Def

Yes, but not manny of them can make good motivation story out of it....

[Stirling3749]

I just trim the ol claws every now and then with my Swisstool Spirit scissors, the Victorinox Site even has that listed as a suggested use for them.
Just keep the thumb nail a tad longer.

Whats with all the nail biters here? 

[ari6126]

I just trim the ol claws every now and then with my Swisstool Spirit scissors, the Victorinox Site even has that listed as a suggested use for them.
Just keep the thumb nail a tad longer.

Whats with all the nail biters here? 

Benner's red button makes us nervous.

[Benner]

 

[Stirling3749]

lol