Yes, I see a "four layer" club and various other ways that the Mountaineer could be included into some club. I even though about asking about joining the Huntsmans club with it, reasonably sure of being accepted, what with the only difference being a different type of saw... a METAL saw!However, I believe the Mountaineer deserves a club of its own. While not rare, I understand that they are not common in the US.Mine has no large driver half-stop, has the groove in the cork screw, the snap ring on a shim, a screw holding the scissors together, and no sewing hole in the awl. I place it between 1974 and 1985. If I am wrong, please let me know.Here are a couple of pics:
Mountaineers.The red one is an older version with 8 blades, including a grooved corkscrew. The blue and onyx are 9-blade versions.
If it has a corkscrew, I'm a fan. Sadly, I have sold or traded off the 2 mountaineers I've had... I haven't discovered the beauty of the large file YET... but the day will come. I'm sure of it. At any rate, I am pleased to see another model-specific club has sprouted.
Nice knife TB!! I only know of one other person that packs one, and she absolutely loves it!
I have one exactly like that!
I finally have a Mountaineer, but I had to build it. Does it qualify for this thread?
I have one but TBH it's probably my less carried SAK. I feel it's too heavy for its layers/tools and I've never had much love for the file, if I carry one it's usually on my Champion or Swisschamp.Not that it doesn't have its merits but to me it's a very limited model
Oh no! Now I'll end up buying a mountaineer next! I gotta stop looking at these individual model threads, I'm running out of space! Great thread TB
Quote from: ThePeacent on November 05, 2017, 12:35:37 AMI have one but TBH it's probably my less carried SAK. I feel it's too heavy for its layers/tools and I've never had much love for the file, if I carry one it's usually on my Champion or Swisschamp.Not that it doesn't have its merits but to me it's a very limited model I hear you, and agree that the wood saw, for example, is more useful in general. That being said...My Tinker Deluxe has the same number of layers, but the plyers layer is quite wide. That makes it wider and heavier than the Mountaineer. Plus Tinker Deluxe plyers leave a lot to be desired.The Mountaineer file is really a metal saw on one side, with a nail file on the other, and nail cleaner end. So I find use for it. It will cut your beer and tonic cans open to make those emergency stoves.Once in a while I pocket it, but it often is in my backpack
Quote from: Spartan19 on November 05, 2017, 02:30:25 AMOh no! Now I'll end up buying a mountaineer next! I gotta stop looking at these individual model threads, I'm running out of space! Great thread TB You know it makes sense S19. And if they're not that common your side of the pond ... why wouldn't you ? We'll all back you.
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on November 05, 2017, 02:37:09 AMQuote from: ThePeacent on November 05, 2017, 12:35:37 AMI have one but TBH it's probably my less carried SAK. I feel it's too heavy for its layers/tools and I've never had much love for the file, if I carry one it's usually on my Champion or Swisschamp.Not that it doesn't have its merits but to me it's a very limited model I hear you, and agree that the wood saw, for example, is more useful in general. That being said...My Tinker Deluxe has the same number of layers, but the plyers layer is quite wide. That makes it wider and heavier than the Mountaineer. Plus Tinker Deluxe plyers leave a lot to be desired.The Mountaineer file is really a metal saw on one side, with a nail file on the other, and nail cleaner end. So I find use for it. It will cut your beer and tonic cans open to make those emergency stoves.Once in a while I pocket it, but it often is in my backpackit's not a bad tool at all but I feel that my Surge and Gerbers with swappable blades are much more apt to any cutting task, and I always pair a SAK with a MT so it's usually a redundant implement on my EDC, and this one is not replaceable so I prefer to wear out and use blades that I can easily change and buy new for little price(Image removed from quote.)
I've 3 SAK files and can't recall using them since all my m/t's have them. I have to say I'd get a Mountaineer for the name alone!