MINI CHAMP EDC

colt 1911 · **on:** March 04, 2013, 03:52:31 PM

Hey guys,

Do you find the mini champ suitable as a edc, or more of a key chain tool ?

cbl51 · **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:08:43 PM

I'd like a mini champ, but the orange peeler and cuticle pusher is a turn off to me. It's like they should offer a mini champ minus.

Mud Shrimp Moe · **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:42:50 PM

It's too heavy for a keychain tool, per my preferences. But plenty of people disagree.

I EDC my Mini-Champ from time to time, usually on urban carry days at the office where I figure the odds of needing to skin a bear or chop down a mighty oak are minimal. Honestly, the Mini-Champ or the Executive are what I carry when I figure the biggest needs I'll have are peeling some fruit or taking care of my fingernails.

Oh, and the "orange peeler" makes a fantastic clamsheel pack opener. I like the "orange peeler." It's great for packaging, cutting strings and .... erm .... peeling oranges.

Syph007 · **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:05:56 PM

I like the mini champ, but I agree a mini champ minus would be best overall. I would remove 2 tools, and I think it would be the cuticle pusher and 'emergency' blade, or wharncliffe, or whatever its called.

Sidhartha · **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:35:25 PM

i edc mine, you can´t ask for more! i carry it on the small pocket of my jeans.

Echo · **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:38:41 PM

Sidhartha - seriously nice knife

. Are those custom scales? The scales and lanyard combo look amazing.

jrp316 · **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:51:36 PM

Quote from: Sidhartha on March 04, 2013, 09:35:25 PM

i edc mine, you can´t ask for more! i carry it on the small pocket of my jeans.

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I like it...it makes me think of cake frosting...I'm not sure whether to eat it or carry it

. Seriously though, nice work on that.

For me, I'm thinking that if I did EDC a 58mm, it would probably have to be the Rambler or something similar, maybe a Midnite Manager. I might have to hit up Syph for one of those alox T&T holders if I do another 58mm.

Sidhartha · **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:53:16 PM

thanks Echo, those are desert tan G10 scales i made, they feel great in the hand

some more colours http://sidhcustoms.blogspot.mx/2012/11/coleccion-minichamp.html

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:03:37 PM

Quote from: Syph007 on March 04, 2013, 09:05:56 PM

I like the mini champ, but I agree a mini champ minus would be best overall. I would remove 2 tools, and I think it would be the cuticle pusher and 'emergency' blade, or wharncliffe, or whatever its called.

I feel both those tools are surplus to requirements, and the tool would be better off without them

nuphoria · **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:16:58 PM

I agree with the losing tools concept too

I am however carrying the Wenger Pocket Tool Chest at the moment instead and find the tool selection in it more useful over all

kkokkolis · **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2013, 05:11:19 PM

I EDC it, usually on my keychain, now that I am abroad without my car on my small jeans pocket.
It is so small that a couple of blades more or less aren't destructive. The peeler is very handy as mentioned, the Warncliffe is the sharpest blade I ever met in my life and the pusher is used as a gentle scraper. There are other models in the line between the Classic and the Minichamp if you prefer.