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Six months of Spirit.

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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #30 on: June 24, 2016, 08:48:37 PM
Cause it is one of the coolest folders I have seen 8) 8)


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #31 on: June 24, 2016, 08:49:15 PM
New page banana man dance

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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #32 on: June 24, 2016, 08:59:26 PM
5.5 inches.

Your right I don't think I would cut my hand off with that blade :think: I would cut my whole arm off :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :D It really is a sweet looking folder :tu:

Agreed, very sweet folder. Just way too large for my needs. Once the blade exceeds 4 inches, it is excessive for what I use it for regularly. My sweet spot is a 3.5 inch blade.

Yeah that is more in my blade range size as well :cheers:
Do I have the need for a blade this big, normally no, thank heaven.
But I do take pride and joy carrying it.
If I do find myself in a dire situation, it would be there for me.

I totally get it and if I thought I could carry it myself without getting those looks I'd be right there with ya in carrying it Kamp :cheers: but unfortunately even in the area I am in people aren't as tolerant to blade as they should be :(
I live in the liberal infested SF Bay Area of California, I feel ya brother.
For normal cutting tasks in public I would use the butter blade on my Spirit to avoid unwanted attention.
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #33 on: June 24, 2016, 09:37:40 PM
Same here, I arry an Xl but never shows and nobody knows it's there





Jeez, obviously the cutting chores and mundane tasks are the Spirit's butter blade purpose





I thought that was obvious... ???
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #34 on: June 24, 2016, 09:40:30 PM
Sure those mega folders don't carry as well as other average size folders, but really not as bad as you imagined.
You will know what I mean after carried it for a couple days.
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #35 on: June 24, 2016, 11:03:09 PM
What do you cut with those things
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #36 on: June 24, 2016, 11:49:45 PM
What do you cut with those things

More like what can't you cut with those things :D


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #37 on: June 25, 2016, 10:22:15 PM
What do you cut with those things
Car hoods, ox skull, flying pig, hanging meat.

More like what can't you cut with those things :D
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #38 on: June 26, 2016, 03:17:33 AM
What do you cut with those things
Car hoods, ox skull, flying pig, hanging meat.

More like what can't you cut with those things :D

Don't forget lots of vertical ropes.


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #39 on: June 26, 2016, 12:10:03 PM
What do you cut with those things
Car hoods, ox skull, flying pig, hanging meat.

More like what can't you cut with those things :D

Don't forget lots of vertical ropes.
Ropes! Now that is crazy, there is nice pair of scissors on spirit for cutting ropes.
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #40 on: June 26, 2016, 03:50:48 PM
What do you cut with those things
Car hoods, ox skull, flying pig, hanging meat.

More like what can't you cut with those things :D

Don't forget lots of vertical ropes.
Ropes! Now that is crazy, there is nice pair of scissors on spirit for cutting ropes.

But the capability is there :whistle:


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #41 on: June 27, 2016, 08:44:20 PM
I found a older production model with logo on pliers head, handles alignment is nearly perfect.
This is going to be my EDC, sorry Z Man.
« Last Edit: June 27, 2016, 09:27:37 PM by Kampfer »
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #42 on: June 27, 2016, 10:15:58 PM
Great "new" EDC, Kampfer.  :tu:



Can't beat the Spirit + Cold Steel folder for every day carry, huh?



Thanks for the Wave mode you taught me!   :salute:

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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #43 on: June 27, 2016, 10:26:14 PM
Great "new" EDC, Kampfer.  :tu:
Can't beat the Spirit + Cold Steel folder for every day carry, huh?
Damn right!
Thanks for the Wave mode you taught me!   :salute:
You need bigger nuts for reliable erection deployment. ;)
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #44 on: June 28, 2016, 12:38:41 AM
What do you cut with those things

It is like the question, where does a Tiger go?

Wherever he wants of course.


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #45 on: June 28, 2016, 11:44:48 AM
Omnia vincit amor. Vae victis.


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #46 on: June 28, 2016, 01:46:21 PM
Today I used the Spirit to open up the package containing...



a new Spirit I got from eBay!



It is used lightly, with great worn sheath and all accessories.



Only MT I now have double of, and pretend on using both. It's too shiny and beautiful, as well as versatile, not ot have a backup and not to put it to use.



Long live Spirits!

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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #47 on: June 28, 2016, 04:58:33 PM
I love using a MT to open another MT :dd:


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #48 on: June 28, 2016, 06:32:57 PM
I love using a MT to open another MT :dd:

Or a folder to open another folder... :dd:


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #49 on: June 28, 2016, 06:51:04 PM
I love using a MT to open another MT :dd:

Or a folder to open another folder... :dd:

Yeah that is nice too  :dd:


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #50 on: January 19, 2017, 09:47:24 AM
Over a year of carrying the Spirit now.  :D
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #51 on: January 19, 2017, 09:58:35 AM
Over a year of carrying the Spirit now.  :D

There must be a badge for that too!!! It is a great looking tool.


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #52 on: January 19, 2017, 10:14:27 AM
I couldn't ask for a better MT and folders

« Last Edit: January 19, 2017, 11:09:07 AM by Kampfer »
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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #53 on: January 19, 2017, 04:48:12 PM
Still my favorite as well.  I could never carry such a large folder with it though.  I usually carry a much smaller and less intimidating knife around 2.5 to 3 inches, but if anyone asks I always say it is much bigger.  I'm carrying my Spirit today with a recently acquired CRKT Drifter.  The plain edge of the Drifter will cut most things and the serrated edge of the butter blade in the Spirit will cut anything else.


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #54 on: January 20, 2017, 07:39:06 PM
The Spirit is precise and well made but I dislike the design. Nothing is very convenient to get. I actually find Leatherman "toolbox" designs easier to get the tools because I can loosely use any of my fingers. With the Spirit you have to use the thumbnail to efficiently get at most of tools. The fact that all the tools are on the outside of the Spirit is not a feature to me because they're not as easily deployable as other designs. I think the Wave/Charge/Surge format is a much better design than the Spirit. But I also think that if Victorinox ever made a tool with the Wave format it would likely be the best multitool you could own. I also dislike the Spirit scissors, too small a cutting area for taking up a large space. The chisel/scraper multi-function tool is brilliant, more MT companies should embrace that design.

If you carry a folder I can see how the Spirit would be a perfect compliment. Also if you live in a country where OHO is illegal or restricted I can also see how the Spirit design isn't a negative.
« Last Edit: January 20, 2017, 07:48:45 PM by gregpost »


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #55 on: January 20, 2017, 09:03:51 PM
The Spirit is precise and well made but I dislike the design. Nothing is very convenient to get. I actually find Leatherman "toolbox" designs easier to get the tools because I can loosely use any of my fingers. With the Spirit you have to use the thumbnail to efficiently get at most of tools. The fact that all the tools are on the outside of the Spirit is not a feature to me because they're not as easily deployable as other designs. I think the Wave/Charge/Surge format is a much better design than the Spirit. But I also think that if Victorinox ever made a tool with the Wave format it would likely be the best multitool you could own. I also dislike the Spirit scissors, too small a cutting area for taking up a large space. The chisel/scraper multi-function tool is brilliant, more MT companies should embrace that design.

If you carry a folder I can see how the Spirit would be a perfect compliment. Also if you live in a country where OHO is illegal or restricted I can also see how the Spirit design isn't a negative.

You have a very well thought through opinion, which I fully respect! :salute:

BUT:
The Spirit has a very high tool density, lies very comfortable in hand and as you mentioned, has everything on the outside.

A Charge imo is not a toolbox design. A Rebar for example is.

Compared to a tool like that, nothing beats a Spirit.

The Wave/Charge platform is awesome! ... In it's own way.
The Spirit Is awesome! ... In it's own way :tu:

Can't give my 50c on the scissors though, I've got the dual blade variant.


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Re: Six months of Spirit.
Reply #56 on: January 20, 2017, 10:34:35 PM
You didn't get what I was saying, sorry if I wasn't clear.

I prefer the Rebar/ST300 toolbox design to the Spirit design. The outside tools of the Spirit offer no advantage to me because I still have to use two hands to access them like a Rebar/ST300. The tools on the Spirit are also harder to remove with any finger(or any part of your finger), it is much easier IMO to remove tools on a Rebar/ST300. The clumping on a Rebar/ST300 which many consider a flaw to me is a feature because I can more easily find the tool I want. I am sure many everyday Spirit users have built up the muscle memory to know where to locate everything, but when I try to use it I find myself flipping the tool around looking for the implement I want. And then if you then look at Leatherman's other design Wave/Surge, for my needs it's so clearly superior.

 But basically to summarize, I don't like the Spirit design. That's what stops me from carrying it. It's made better than probably any multitool but who cares if I don't want to carry it.
« Last Edit: January 20, 2017, 10:38:59 PM by gregpost »


 

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