SAK EDC: Single or Combo?

[gustophersmob]

Just curious, for those of you that EDC a SAK, do you prefer to have one that does it all, or do prefer a combo?

[IMR4198]

Just one for me.  I don't expect any pocket carry to do everything, just some basic things.  I was happy with just one Vic Trooper for decades.  Best wishes.  G
 

[z1913]

I am a combo man. Usually 84 single layer + any 58 for scissors.

[psyjohn]

I'm almost always a combo guy. After carrying dozens of different SAKs I have settled on an Executive and a Pioneer. Once in a while I'll swap the Pioneer for an Alox Bantam, or really go crazy and go with a Sportsman and Director or Alox Executive.

[nate j]

Pretty much always a combo these days, since I’m starting out with my key chain Rambler and wallet Alox Bantam, and adding whatever else I feel like.

[Steelej1976]

Combo: Recruit or Cadet and Classic SD. 

[Old Boy]

I voted single SAK. But technically combo my Cadet with the LM Mini tool and a Delica.

[Petri Lipponen]

Rambler on keys and 91mm in pocket

[pfrsantos]

Combo. The Midnite Manager is awlways with me, but I need a bigger blade, too. I prefer to have another SAK than just a "normal" pocket knife. More fucntions for the same weight/space.

 

[psyjohn]

 

[stugumby]

Vagabond on keys, Swiss tool or spirit on belt, 91mms in pocket. Work bag has the Swiss champ and the other spirit or full Swiss tool, 111mms dual pro x and 58mm mini champ. Serrated Spartan in car first aid kit with Swiss card. Kitchen drawer has waiter and medicine cabinet has original mini champ.

[Jackpine54]

I usually carry a combo. Most often rambler on my keys and a farmer in pocket. If I'm out doing outdoorsy things it's a alox minichamp and a swisschamp on my belt. As long as I have tweezers I feel safe!

[elitist]

I voted for single as my climber is all i need when outdoors walking.😊

[gustophersmob]

I usually carry a combo. Most often rambler on my keys and a farmer in pocket. If I'm out doing outdoorsy things it's a alox minichamp and a swisschamp on my belt. As long as I have tweezers I feel safe!

Interesting that you swap out the farmer when outdoors. Seems like that's a favorite for outdoorsy stuff.

[FolderBeholder]

I voted single because it always seemed as though I was looking for that one multitool option that works best.
I am currently carrying a Camper again and it really does do well for the majority of things I do in an urban environment.

[VICMAN]

I voted single because it always seemed as though I was looking for that one multitool option that works best.
I am currently carrying a Camper again and it really does do well for the majority of things I do in an urban environment.

 

[powernoodle]

For the longest time, I have carried something like an Explorer Plus or Swiss Champ along with a Manager.  I like having the Manager for the mini phillips mostly.

But as of late, I have not carried the Manager because I have so many toys in my pocketses that I have to prioritize what I carry.  And somehow I have survived without the Manager.


Legacy photo from the Powernoodle Archives.

[cbl51]

Sometimes I carry a classic as my sole EDC, but it's a bit small so it gets teamed up with a larger SAK very often. Just got back from a two week trip to the daughter's place in California, and the carry for the duration of the trip was my classic and Wenger SI. The classic is in a keyring leather sheath and the Wenger SI is in a belt sheath behind my right hip. They did everything I needed.

I used to team up the classic with a smaller SAK like a bantam or recruit, but over the past few years I've come to think if I carry a larger SAK, may as well go with the alox 93mm. I like the bomb proof build of the alox SI/pioneer SAK's.

[gustophersmob]

Sometimes I carry a classic as my sole EDC, but it's a bit small so it gets teamed up with a larger SAK very often. Just got back from a two week trip to the daughter's place in California, and the carry for the duration of the trip was my classic and Wenger SI. The classic is in a keyring leather sheath and the Wenger SI is in a belt sheath behind my right hip. They did everything I needed.

I used to team up the classic with a smaller SAK like a bantam or recruit, but over the past few years I've come to think if I carry a larger SAK, may as well go with the alox 93mm. I like the bomb proof build of the alox SI/pioneer SAK's.

That’s my basic thinking as well, Carl.

Do you find you use the tweezers and toothpick on the classic much?

[gustophersmob]

For the longest time, I have carried something like an Explorer Plus or Swiss Champ along with a Manager.  I like having the Manager for the mini phillips mostly.

But as of late, I have not carried the Manager because I have so many toys in my pocketses that I have to prioritize what I carry.  And somehow I have survived without the Manager.

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Legacy photo from the Powernoodle Archives.

It would be cool if Vic could incorporate a small Philips like the manager/rambler into the 91mm frame.

[gustophersmob]

I voted single because it always seemed as though I was looking for that one multitool option that works best.
I am currently carrying a Camper again and it really does do well for the majority of things I do in an urban environment.

In my ideal world, I’d have a one SAK solution. Unfortunately they just don’t make it. And I don’t even know if I’d like it as I prefer the smaller 58mm scissors, but pretty much everything else I use would be for the 91/93mm frames

[marlowe221]

Always a combo for me, unless I am participating in a forum challenge.

I always have a Rambler in the 5th pocket of my jeans. But I also always carry a 84 or 91mm SAK too. The larger SAK varies. I've been carrying my Explorer a lot lately though. But other favorites include the Tinker, Spartan, Climber, Huntsman, and Deluxe Tinker.

[zenostoic]

Just one for me, covers most of my needs. My Victorinox Compact has served me well for years.

[powernoodle]

It would be cool if Vic could incorporate a small Philips like the manager/rambler into the 91mm frame.

Fo shizzle.  Many of us imagine what it would be like to design the perfect SAK.  I would take an Explorer Plus, lose the small blade and replace the corkscrew with a small phillips like you say.

[Farmer X]

Single for me.

In the past five years, my carry has changed considerably. One thing I realized is that I rarely need to pull out a knife or multi when I'm out and about. (The last time I did was so I could open a bottle of Jarritos.) So it makes zero sense to carry more than one. Yet I feel incomplete and unprepared without a blade. I'd carry a fixed blade if knife laws in my present state weren't so smurftarded.

[smiller43147]

A Pioneer X does it for me 95% of the time.  A Farmer X for the other 5%.