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SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September

au Offline Echotech

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #630 on: September 27, 2025, 02:01:30 AM
 :hatsoff:

Thank you my friend, must admit I hadn’t thought of that….im just a youngster myself, 63 :rofl:

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #631 on: September 27, 2025, 02:02:31 AM
Day 24: Channellock 11--late '70s-early '80s timeframe.

Opened a new drawer pull in preparation for fixing up a 1950s "Tanker" style desk. It's been the workbench in the basement's shop for 50 years or more.  I wanted a second one as a PC desk, but A: it would be hard to move and B: I'd be better served by a purpose-built workbench.  I also have a second PC down there (for my sim racing/truck sim/flight sim setup), and it's currently on a flimsy folding table.

That being said--I don't recommend moving one. Mine weighs at least 150 lbs.

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #632 on: September 27, 2025, 02:05:04 AM
Day 25:

An oddball out of my collection that I don't use.

I've been told it was Soviet-era; and a common pattern of pocketknife over there at the time. The tool on the end of the bottle opener is another type of cork/bottle opener I've read about here, but can't recall the post.

Blade was never sharpened from the factory (in fact, it's blunt). I don't think it's ever been used. Most of the time when you find these, it's from former Soviet Bloc countries for exorbitant prices. I think this one came from a member here--and in the US.


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #633 on: September 27, 2025, 02:06:57 AM
Day 26:

Cut a few things with the Crater C33T.

I also mounted an acrylic display case in the basement. I had originally planned to go all brands--but it's almost full of just Matchbox (and only those with actual agencies on them). Thus, I started moving the Hot Wheels emergency vehicles (I don't own that many--mostly Rescue Ranger or Fire Eater) to the smaller Hot Wheels branded display that stayed upstairs.  The finer stuff (various vintage brands, German 1:87, Siku, Greenlight, Etc) will go in the china cabinet.

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #634 on: September 27, 2025, 03:07:03 AM
Day 26

Opened a cardboard box of canned tomatoes.

Now how am I supposed to get into the cans  :think:


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #635 on: September 27, 2025, 03:19:15 AM
I spent much of today out and about, and didn't get home until about 2030. Most likely I'll be going to bed after the Tigers game. But I did want to relay a story similar to those Gary has previously told. Lately I've been getting ads from eBay, trying to goad me into buying an autographed photo of Michelle Rodriguez. She looks great in the photo (it helps that I'm very attracted to women with brown eyes), but she definitely has her issues.

Okay, enough rambling...

Day 26

Ol' Farmer X just had to try a new nicotine-containing product.

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The jury is still out on these, but they seem to run out of both flavor and nicotine in a hurry.

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #636 on: September 27, 2025, 03:45:10 AM
   I had to look up that young lady.  She is a looker.  I can't write down her name in my reply.  If I do, I will start seeing Mxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxxx flaunts her huge size in photos that leave nothing to the imagination.  Or maybe the same person in a Bikni.   
   I figured out what a Bikni was, and evidently the huge sizes must refer to bust measurements.  The latest despicable ad from some AI fiend for someone flaunting her huge size is targeting a lady on a news program.  She recently had a child and when she went in for a prenatal exam, the doctors found breast cancer.  She is doing fine and has a good sense of humor.  On the air she laughed and said she wasn't about to risk her life for a pair of 32Bs.  She and her child are both healthy.  This young woman didn't weigh a hundred pounds to begin with and is still a tiny little thing.  Nothing huge about her but her courage. 
Best wishes, G
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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #637 on: September 27, 2025, 03:58:52 AM
It is fantastic that she yet uses her knife from when she was 8 or 9!   

But, then we must understand that she is most likely way younger than some of us old goats. 

She maybe awl of 30 or 32 today.    Would not surprise me if much younger than that, as I am really guessing. 
A youngster for sure!

😎
You might be a little off on that guess, considering 30 years ago I was deployed on a Navy ship.

I didn’t get the knife the year it came out but you get the idea.

Oh my!  I thought it was bad manners to discuss her weight!!!

Age was to be excepted if you are way older, I am, pushing 72 next month!

And, shucks, I was just protecting my friend Echo, if he was implying if SOS ‘s Girl Scout knife was a relic of sort. ☺️
Weight is a definite non-no, but age depends on the woman.  I don’t really car, but some do get sensitive.
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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #638 on: September 27, 2025, 04:04:36 AM
   I never knew there was a Brownie knife.  Learn something new all the time here.  I'd like to see another Fisher photo before the challenge ends if it isn't too much trouble.  Best wishes.  Gary
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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #639 on: September 27, 2025, 04:47:53 AM
Oh wow!  Didn't know about the brownie knife also.  I was going to bid on a GS knife (green is my favorite color) until I saw that the price went close to $50 pretty quickly.  I never checked back to see what it ended up at.

Day 26

I broke out the Gerber Bear Grylls multitool for these next few days.  I think the design is cool but the tools can be a bit of a nail breaker.  Nothing to write home about but it's a fun one.  Used the knife to open some snacks.




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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #640 on: September 27, 2025, 04:49:56 AM
Day 25

Speaking of can openers, here's FRED, the smurfing Ridiculous Eating Device Field Ration Eating Device. Mine is made in China, but they were designed for the Australian military. Just enough spoon to eat with, small/flat enough to fit in a wallet, and a solid bottle/can opener. I suppose the back end could probably make it as a light scraper/pryer/flathead if it had to. I've dabbled with trying to put a (very slight) edge on one side. Not enough to be a "knife" just enough to help it open a box or badly cut a donut or something in portions. It's a nice compliment when I'm carrying a basic folder, and I probably use the emergency spoon 2 or 3 times a year. Kind of reminds me of (but tastes better than) the wooden ice cream spoons one of you mentioned a few days back.
Marbles make a version of the FRED that is a little bigger and the spoon has tines and a little depth
Day 26:

Cut a few things with the Crater C33T.

I also mounted an acrylic display case in the basement. I had originally planned to go all brands--but it's almost full of just Matchbox (and only those with actual agencies on them). Thus, I started moving the Hot Wheels emergency vehicles (I don't own that many--mostly Rescue Ranger or Fire Eater) to the smaller Hot Wheels branded display that stayed upstairs.  The finer stuff (various vintage brands, German 1:87, Siku, Greenlight, Etc) will go in the china cabinet.

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Nice collection
Day 25:

An oddball out of my collection that I don't use.

I've been told it was Soviet-era; and a common pattern of pocketknife over there at the time. The tool on the end of the bottle opener is another type of cork/bottle opener I've read about here, but can't recall the post.

Blade was never sharpened from the factory (in fact, it's blunt). I don't think it's ever been used. Most of the time when you find these, it's from former Soviet Bloc countries for exorbitant prices. I think this one came from a member here--and in the US.


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Interesting can opener tool.  I’ve noticed many European makers like to do the combo style tool.


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #641 on: September 27, 2025, 05:09:27 AM
Those are some very good looking blue Swizas up there.

Day 4

This was my first time using this kind of can opener.  I think I would've starved before being able to open a tin can with it.  I struggled more than I thought I would.  I think I find the dog leg style of can opener easier.


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I have to find one of those can openers! :like:


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #642 on: September 27, 2025, 05:13:46 AM
Day 26
Opened some new coffee


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #643 on: September 27, 2025, 05:25:15 AM
Day 12

Finally, some can opener action.

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It got the job done. The word I'd use is "arduous." I'm not sure if it's not sharp enough, the hardness is a little off, or it's just a bad design. I had to exert too much force with every cut. Pushing away from myself was even worse than pulling towards myself. Perhaps I'll try it again sometime, but it now stands as one of the worst multi can openers I've tried. And yes, I eat counterfeit Spaghetti-Os for breakfast.

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And now for something different...

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That is a Schrade 707UH. It measures 2.875" closed, and features a clip point blade, scissors, and an itty-bitty bail. If memory serves my correctly, it wasn't in the line very long, so I'm guessing it wasn't a brisk seller. I also believe it was the only Uncle Henry model with scissors. This one was made in USA; I don't know if it was resurrected after Schrade went bust.

I haven't tried a Swiza... Interesting. :cheers:


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #644 on: September 27, 2025, 05:25:57 AM
Day26
Haven't opened a bottle yet...
So today's lunch is fried Spam w/ Velveta on toast with Cajun mayo and a 'Mexican Coke'

I used to be a lot of things, and someday will again.
But for now I'm just a lost jack of trades with neither mastery nor home. ~NoaIsumi


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #645 on: September 27, 2025, 05:27:07 AM
Day 26

RRR Common Stockman

F&F excellent.  D2 steel, micarta slabs, brass liners, stainless steel bolsters



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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #646 on: September 27, 2025, 06:37:45 AM
Day 26

Changing the battery in my wife's car fob. I like the telekinetic adult playing keep away with the kid on the package.


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #647 on: September 27, 2025, 12:18:53 PM
Day 27

First time I’ve used the bottle opener on the T4, being thick, thicker than a a SAK for instance, really grips the bottle well, did a very good job



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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #648 on: September 27, 2025, 12:52:16 PM
Day 27

     It is getting down toward the end of the challenge.  I have done several challenges this year.  I thought about joining in on something next month but decided not to bore people with my daily posts for a while. 
     Still some stress with the hurricane possibilities.  After last year, the anticipation is much worse.  I guess we will all wait and see.  Having two trees down in my driveway after hard rains this week has not been pleasant. 
     How about a foggy morning photo?  Best wishes.  G
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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #649 on: September 27, 2025, 02:41:21 PM
DAY 27-After a day with the not so Wonder Knife, I'm going with the very SAK-alike Adler.

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #650 on: September 27, 2025, 05:05:12 PM
Day 27

I thought I was done with my Ozark Grey.   A task requiring scissors needed to be done.

Trim dead blooms off a geraniums hoping to encourage one more bloom session before fall weather frosts.

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If I start and end the day above ground, it is a good day!

Hope yours is as good!

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #651 on: September 27, 2025, 05:17:47 PM
Also,  receive email from.a Swiza distributor, examined the listings, the D07 caught my eye!

Locking blade, interesting, scissors appear functional, price  :dunno:   

Listing said BLACK, description says RED.   If there would have been a BLUE option, I believe I would have pulled the trigger as it would be a nice looking option for pocket carry.

Well not today, tempted, but attention diverted.

D07
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Hope yours is as good!

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #652 on: September 27, 2025, 08:20:30 PM
Marbles make a version of the FRED that is a little bigger and the spoon has tines and a little depth
I have one, but I don't recall ever having tested it.

     How about a foggy morning photo?
I don't see much fog anymore. That wasn't the case when I lived in the San Joaquin Valley. On at least one occasion, I drove through fog that was so thick that I couldn't see the front half of my hood. And I prefer that to snow.

Locking blade, interesting, scissors appear functional, price  :dunno:   
:iagree:

Day 27

I had plans to take an "SAK-Alike on the Water" photo today, but my best friend in the area decided his energy was best expended on other projects. So you get the "SAK-Alikes and Paracord" photo instead. Awl three blades performed well, but most surprising was the Curve. Its spring-loaded clip is very prone to colliding with the cutting edge when it's pushed to the open position.

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #653 on: September 27, 2025, 08:41:12 PM
Day 27 of 30

Today carried T4 but i didnt find any use for it so heres vanity picture

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #654 on: September 27, 2025, 10:59:11 PM
Day 27: Vanity pic today  :D
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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #655 on: September 28, 2025, 01:01:06 AM
Day 27

I didn’t really do much today; but I did think about what would happen if all I had on me was the Gerber Armbar and I was in a particularly difficult situation.

I do keep a multitool with pliers in my car for emergencies, and I haven’t encountered an emergency in quite a while. Off the top of my head, what the Armbar is lacking is a screwdriver.


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Reply #656 on: September 28, 2025, 02:43:08 AM
Day 27

I didn’t really do much today; but I did think about what would happen if all I had on me was the Gerber Armbar and I was in a particularly difficult situation.

I do keep a multitool with pliers in my car for emergencies, and I haven’t encountered an emergency in quite a while. Off the top of my head, what the Armbar is lacking is a screwdriver.


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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #657 on: September 28, 2025, 05:53:16 AM
Day 28

One I’d forgotten about but I don’t think counts :think: :dunno: the Spiderco clipitool

Quite a cool little knife, but it’s two blades rather than a blade and a tool. The SE is quite saw like but still a SE for cutting boxes and the like.

Anyway here it is with the Armbar





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Reply #658 on: September 28, 2025, 06:08:22 AM
Day 27

While the rubberized grips on the Gerber BG aid in getting a good grip on it, I know it will degrade with time.

I used both the blade and the awl today, trying to install a dash camera.  I did verify that the blade is plenty sharp when it bit me.  I had to use the awl to get the butt splice connector out of my crimpers.  The ones provided in the kit were a bit of an odd size.

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Re: SAK-A-Like / Off Brand Challenge - September
Reply #659 on: September 28, 2025, 06:59:05 AM
I have one, but I don't recall ever having tested it.
As a fork/spoon it is ok in a pinch.  As a can opener, not bad, about on par with P-38.  I keep it in my sling bag for just in case scenarios.

Day 27
Opened some dog treats with an additional picture of Fisher happily grabbing his treat.


 

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