Is it just me...?

[Dunc]

Dunc,

That plank that you've walked yourself out there on doesn't look too safe.  I appreciate your guts, but I can see somebody with another multitool saw starting to eye the near end of that plank. 

Tom

I'll be waiting  The only way I could be in trouble is if they use another Swisstool 

Dunc

[Dunc]

Wow, that was more coat hanger cuts than I've ever made with any one tool. Is there any sign of "notching" on the cutting surfaces of either one?

No notching at all  Both tools came out of it unmarked . Even looked at them through a magnifying glass .

Dunc

[Dunc]

That poor hanger didn't stand a chance!

Was it that you were more used to the feel of the SwissTool, or that it was a better cutter that allowed so many, and faster cuts with it?

And did you feel the compound leverage made any difference?

Def

Youve raised a couple of good points here that I hadnt thought about , yes I am more used to the Swisstool but I found that due to the compound leverage on the Sog you had to open the handles a bit further to fit the wire in and that made it harder to get my hand round the handles and because of this it had a negative effect on the compound leverage as I had to overstrech my fingers and it seemed like I had to use more pressure . They still worked fine though as you can see .
  Glad you liked the OHT 

Dunc

[Viper]

I've got answers to the questions on the first page.

Why don't they use better steel? I, personally, don't see anything wrong about their steel.
Why have their designs changed so little over the past __ years? They don't need to change! The design is excellent.
Why don't they offer different blade shapes? They do.
Why are their tools so slick in the hand? I'm not so sure what you mean by that, maybe it's the oil?