I'm just waiting to see the new MacGyver use it to zip line away from the baddies.
Medical Bill strongly discourages grabbing a hot oven rack with bare hands! Another great use for the hook when the SAK you have in your EDC has one and you don't want to don oven mits just to check on something that's broiling or baking . . . or to stir or baste it periodically . . . as they're cumbersome to handle implements while wearing them. Use the hook to pull the rack out. You don't want it to hook completely around the wire rack (most rack front rods are too thick) or you'll have to fiddle with it to get it unhooked. Just grab it enough with the end of the hook to pull on it. Use the bottle opener (or combo opener) to push it back in.I've used this successfully numerous times when baking in the lower oven. Recreated how I do this using the upper one (easier to photograph ).John
For those that have a Plus model with the hook, it can be used to hold the pen.Open the hookPlace pen between the liners; you may have to turn it for it to fitClose hook on pen to secure itStart writing using body of SAKMuch easier than trying to hold the pen by itself! Photobucket is completely and utterly FUBAR today, so I'm uploading the photos as attachments.John
If they'd just put a file area on the back of EVERY hook, it would be used way much more... IMO anyway...
Quote from: Mechanickal on October 26, 2016, 12:51:38 PMIf they'd just put a file area on the back of EVERY hook, it would be used way much more... IMO anyway...Indeed - do all models sold by default with Plus scales get the hook?
Quote from: Oxford_Guy on October 26, 2016, 01:14:56 PMQuote from: Mechanickal on October 26, 2016, 12:51:38 PMIf they'd just put a file area on the back of EVERY hook, it would be used way much more... IMO anyway...Indeed - do all models sold by default with Plus scales get the hook?They don't get the file hook... as far as I know the only models with the file hook are Compact, DofE and the supergiant SwissChamps - XXLT and XAVT. Even the SwissChamp XLT doesn't have it!
Quote from: Oxford_Guy on October 26, 2016, 01:14:56 PMQuote from: Mechanickal on October 26, 2016, 12:51:38 PMIf they'd just put a file area on the back of EVERY hook, it would be used way much more... IMO anyway...Indeed - do all models sold by default with Plus scales get the hook?The hook is paired with the scissors. The 2016 catalog shows the following Plus model options and models with Plus scales. All but one have scissors layer with the hook:Explorer PlusCompactTravelerHuntsman LiteTraveler LiteCybertool LiteCybertool 29 - [size=78%]pen with no scissors or hook[/size]Cybertool 34SwisschampSwisschamp XLTSwisschamp XAVT - what doesn't it have? (Didn't see a kitchen sink though.)The only difference in the 2015 catalog is the discontinued Expedition, a Traveler with additional layers.John
Do all of these have the nail file on the hook, though? Of the above I've only owned the Compacy (nail file) and CT 29 (no hook). The normal Explorer doesn't have the nail file, does the "Plus" model?
Quote from: jalind on October 26, 2016, 05:29:14 PMQuote from: Oxford_Guy on October 26, 2016, 01:14:56 PMQuote from: Mechanickal on October 26, 2016, 12:51:38 PMIf they'd just put a file area on the back of EVERY hook, it would be used way much more... IMO anyway...Indeed - do all models sold by default with Plus scales get the hook?The hook is paired with the scissors. The 2016 catalog shows the following Plus model options and models with Plus scales. All but one have scissors layer with the hook:Explorer PlusCompactTravelerHuntsman LiteTraveler LiteCybertool LiteCybertool 29 - [size=78%]pen with no scissors or hook[/size]Cybertool 34SwisschampSwisschamp XLTSwisschamp XAVT - what doesn't it have? (Didn't see a kitchen sink though.)The only difference in the 2015 catalog is the discontinued Expedition, a Traveler with additional layers.JohnDo all of these have the nail file on the hook, though? Of the above I've only owned the Compact (nail file) and CT 29 (no hook). The normal Explorer doesn't have the nail file, does the "Plus" model?
The Traveler Lite has the nail file hook.
I meant that my Swissbianco Yeoman has the nail file on the hook.Which I wish it didn't, as manicure features make a SAK look kind of "girly" in my head.
Good for pulling out some of those brass staples on larger heavy duty boxes too.
Chuck Norris can kill people with the multipurpose hook.