It's still looking good.....
I started with the cheapos. I don't remember buying them, but there was usually a crappy one in the house, which I probably received as a gift. However, I was more of a pocket knife person, than a pocket tool person. The "real ones" just seemed so expensive, and I really didn't understand all the fuss about those cheap red plastic handled Swiss things...I decided to try a Gerber Suspension. It was a price I was prepared to gamble on, and if they were just as naff as the other garbage, I hadn't lost much. It was noticeably better. There were still a lot of inadequacies, but it was certainly a step in the right direction. I did some research, and decided to get a "proper" one. I went for the Swisstool CS Plus. The one that is the arms and walking stick in my avatar.Wow. Just... wow. It all made sense then. These were decent pocket tools that I could actually get useful stuff done with. It was a bulky item to carry around every day though, and there's the locking blade issue too...I figured if the Victorinox pliers tool was that good, then the knife thingies were probably worth a try after all. Again, I thought I'd just dip my toe in the water, and get a simple one. I got a Tourist. I learned the error of my ways within a very short space of time. The knife was great, really great, but I had to keep getting the big pliers tool out, because the knife didn't have scissors. That was the last Swiss knife that I bought to carry, that didn't have scissors. I soon realised that tools were like shoes, and different tools were better for different occasions, and different environments, and the exploration began. That Suspension has now gone, and so has the Swisstool. The Tourist now lives in the kitchen drawer. Many other tools have passed this way, and I learned a lot about them, and about my own preferences too, but they were the ones that started it all off.
A Victorinox Champ @1963 , and a Leatherman PST , @ 1984 .Best Regards ,Chris
Quote from: Old man Chris on September 14, 2018, 01:39:09 AMA Victorinox Champ @1963 , and a Leatherman PST , @ 1984 .Best Regards ,Chris . You had a PST one year before I was born. Very cool, sir! Do you still have that Champ, Chris? My father would have only been 13yo when you got your first Vic. Sadly , the Champ has been lost in the Swirling mists of time . My First Leatherman ended up in the purse contents of my second ex wife , and noe belongs to my Grand daughter !Best Regards,Chris