For sure Merc. To add to the wire cutter talk I believe we get the softer steel for corrosion resistance IIRC. I also use my eyeglass screwdriver for pokey stuff and the flathead as a wedgie bar. I could do without zytel too. Gimme G10 any day. Also it looks like awls are good and bottle openers bad? I could handle that too. Stay multi my friends
I would personally like to see more blameless tools.
I usually carry a dedicated knife so the blade doesn't matter to me but I understand the point for other more common people. :-)I would personally like to see more blameless tools. For example, a Skeletool with scissors instead of a knife would be perfect for me and would likely have a large following in Europe. I don't care for corkscrews, lights or toothpicks either but I do use the straight pin when available.
More and more , I'm thinking I could do without the pliers ! hardly ever use them , mostly carry my SAK . Cast pliers are pretty doubtfull at the best of times .
It is a very broad question. One could say, for example, that a chainsaw is an inappropriate tool for a MT...
Quote from: mvyrmnd on April 25, 2012, 03:03:33 AMIt is a very broad question. One could say, for example, that a chainsaw is an inappropriate tool for a MT...I dunno, if you fit a powered chainsaw in one of the OHO slots in wave, I wouldn't say no to it.
...blameless.....
Shouldn't have? Can't answer a question that open, otherwise we've all got the same need and the same enviroment and the same tool.Corkscrews can be on a multi, if it one set up a sommelier tool. Were I think the Flair went wrong was that it tried to also be a regular multi. Most folks want a knife becuase they carry the multi and that is it. I carry two SAKs, a pocket knife and often a small fixed blade in my pack- I don't need another blade in my multi. For the same reason, some people want a pair of scissors. However, they must not suck, but that is because so many scissors suck.While I agree with the usual logic that light should be seperate from the tool, what if it is a module that you can remove easily but carries in the tool? Is a tiny flashlight like a photon or an eGear EDC hanging off the keyring part of the tool or not? That's an almost philosophical question. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations of Tools may be the most logical mind setOK, actually, there is one thing- a pozi driver bit. Who actually uses those things?
I use the toothpick on my SAK all the time, ALL the time. I clean it often too. I have been doing this for years and never got a gum infection once. Hell, the tweezer/toothpick is one of the main reasons I carry a SAK. That and they are flippin awesome.
Quote from: Mercury on April 26, 2012, 02:17:15 AMI use the toothpick on my SAK all the time, ALL the time. I clean it often too. I have been doing this for years and never got a gum infection once. Hell, the tweezer/toothpick is one of the main reasons I carry a SAK. That and they are flippin awesome.Same here. I use the toothpick multiple times every day, it's just one of those things that you don't realize you use all the time until you don't have one.