IvanDrago day 9/30Using saw, awl and knife I carved boat for my son from the thick piece of pine bark. He is 4 years old and did most of sawing, but I didn't take any photo of that. I was too absorbed not to let him cut himself (Image removed from quote.)
So this is day 10 of the 111mm Challenge.A few weeks before the challenge started, I got an old-school 108mm Safari Hunter. The big curved blade on that turned into my favourite apple-eating blade. It's just fun lopping chunks off with it.The 111mm gutting blade is serrated, meaning it's a better belt-cutter, but less ideal (I find) for apple munching. Still, it can be done - and I could of course use the main blade, which is non-serrated - but I miss my 108mm knife quite a lot.I also prefer the hefty "clack!" of the 108mm backsprings. I'm also thinking about how often (or not) I need a locking blade. The 108mm seems sufficiently solid without any locking mechanism.All of which has jumpin'-jack-do-do to do with my photographic effort of the day. It was cold outside when I went out this morning. There is frost on the ground. It looks nice but I'm gonna have to invest in some gloves....(Image removed from quote.)
Day 10This photo illustrates why I chose the Outrider for this challenge. I hate to be without scissors in my EDC. In this case Victorinox also fitted the inline Phillips under the folded scissors as long as they had the room for it. Although, it is a little irksome to have to open the scissors to get to the Phillips. The Malaysian military version of the Outrider is also on my want list.
Day 10The Malaysian military version of the Outrider is also on my want list.
Quote from: Alan K. on November 10, 2016, 05:36:01 PMDay 10The Malaysian military version of the Outrider is also on my want list.I don't know why they don't make these for people who aren't in the Malaysian military...! That thing has a fantastic bunch of tools.But the regular Outrider is pretty cool too.
Tool set is the same but the MAK is in camouflage and has the Malaysian crest.
Speaking of corkscrews, I haven't used mine once so far this month... nor have I used the super-tiny screwdriver cunningly hidden in it. Overall I find it an odd decision by Victorinox - I know hunters like to plod around half plastered but generally they aren't drinking bottles of Merlot in the middle of the forest. A backside Phillips screwdriver would be more useful to me and easier to clean for them - presumably the whole knife gets kind of yucky when its used for its intended purpose.