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Do you use two layers models?

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gb Offline EddieEnzyme

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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #30 on: May 19, 2012, 11:42:01 PM
I have a Midnight Manager in my pocket 24/7

Now THAT is impressive. You must keep it in your pajama pockets while sleeping then? And you wear clothes into the shower too? I won't even comment on lovemaking...  :D

It's always in my pocket but I didn't say where the trousers were  ;)  :D


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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #31 on: May 20, 2012, 12:07:16 AM
On the two layers models, you don't really gain many useful functions compare with a regular folder, you get the openers, but really how often do they get used?

Are you kidding me!? We don't even *own* a normal can opener in my house, the SAK opener is the only way we open our tins! Likewise bottles of beer! I EDC a farmer, but the saw only ever sees action in the woods, so I'd happily go down to a pioneer/soldier.
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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #32 on: May 20, 2012, 12:46:01 AM
Two layer SAKs that I own and love are; Vic Compact, Sportsman, Scientist, Cadet, Wenger Commander and SI. 
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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #33 on: May 20, 2012, 02:17:24 AM
Amici,
Don't use anything that small. All by SAK models are a 4 to 8 layer minimum.. I say go with the gusto!

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Do you use two layers models?
Reply #34 on: May 20, 2012, 02:24:35 AM
I'd kill for a reintroduction of the Scientist. A Phillips driver is one thing I'd like to have handy, even though the SD tip on the Classic works VERY well as a 2D Phillips. That, plus the great spearpoint blade would make me a happy camper. Not much else outside those two tools and scissors gets used in my day to day.


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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #35 on: May 20, 2012, 09:39:01 PM
I love my modded Scientist. Knife, bottle opener, can opener, flat screwdriver, awesome in-line phillips driver, magnifying glass, corkscrew, eyeglass screwdriver, pen, straight pin, toothpick, tweezers. That's a heck of a lot of utility in a tiny package. I carry it quite a bit. It's a great tool to have for urban leisure environments like making dinner and having drinks at a friend's place.


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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #36 on: May 20, 2012, 10:21:09 PM
My first SAK was a Tourist. Still got it, and it does come out to play occasionally.
I really like my 91mm Compact and 84mm Golfer, and the only reason I don't carry my Timekeeper is I don't want to damage the timepiece.
I do have other 2 layer SAKs, but they don't get much glory, purely due to lack of scissors

Forgot to add the D of E


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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #37 on: May 21, 2012, 01:10:08 AM
Blades tend to be my least used tools on a SAK,Good 2 layer models?Tinker,Compact,DofE,Mech Junior...

Tend to go bigger now,but thats more showing off than anything else
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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #38 on: May 21, 2012, 08:36:50 AM
I'm partial to a Farmer and a new Soldier/OHT, but far and away my favourite EDC is my blue Pioneer (see my avatar).

The tools do double duty in many cases:

-main blade does everything a blade should do, and I keep it sharp by stropping against my jeans after use.
-the awl pokes holes, cuts tape, lights ferrocerium rods and cleans burrs out of holes
-the big screwdriver/bottle opener is a great mini pry tool
-the tin opener opens tins in the kitchen (down here in darkest Africa we still get about half our tins without pull rings) and the screwdriver works as a phillips driver in a pinch

I have a Swisschamp, and I admire the engineering. But I can't help thinking that the next logical step up from a light, well considered toolset is a kitchen sink approach. If I need more than I get out of my Pioneer, I carry a Swisstool


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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #39 on: May 21, 2012, 11:24:57 AM
I usually carry Spartan or a Tinker.
I hardly feel them in my pocket, due to the slim and light design, and they have the  tools i need the most in my everyday life: knife, screwdrivers, bottle and canopener.
(I am thinking of buying a Pioneer to use as a EDC, but I am wooried it might feel to big and heavy in my pocket. :think: )
If I need any other tools than that I have a LM Wave in the car.
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Re: Do you use two layers models?
Reply #40 on: May 22, 2012, 02:36:13 AM
My most frequently carried (and used) SAK is my Executive.  I'm not sure it counts though, because while it is two layers, they're double sided because it's a 74 mm frame.

My favorite true, two layer model is my Compact, although my Exec typically beats it out for pocket EDC because of the nail file.

After those, I probably EDC my Work Champ most often, typically when camping or working in the yard or garage though.

I don't have many SAKs that are in the 5 - 6 layer range... I tend to carry/use either the thinner and smaller ones, or the full size kitchen sink models.  Usually, ones that are 2 - 4 layers are the ones I carry most often.
« Last Edit: May 22, 2012, 05:18:51 AM by Heinz Doofenshmirtz »
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