I have both, and prefer the Hiker. I find the difference in thickness negligible, and the saw is super handy for more serious work. The saw can do things that would require a hatchet in the outdoors, and do it more cleanly. It is also handy during home improvement projects.
Quote from: an0nemus on August 06, 2017, 04:46:37 AMQuote from: theonew on August 06, 2017, 04:42:32 AMQuote from: El Corkscrew on August 06, 2017, 04:31:20 AMDid you notice how I did not push my corkscrew agenda? ?I'm on it: the back-layer phillips is more useful until you actually need to use a phillips.got it TBH, I never warmed up to the aesthetics of a corkscrew. Its "cleaner" or "smoother" to look at a folded Philips. purely personal opinion here Ohh that thought does bring me back some memories... I admit i thought the same for quite some time, and still do in some way, but to a much lesser degree.These days i'm pretty much split between the corkscrew and the Phillips as far as feel and look. The Phillips still has the edge with me as far as actual usefulness as a tool but only for very light torque and occasional SD use. It's not that i love that Philips for his terrible usefulness in that position, but much more for the aesthetics and smoothness and less bulk in the pocket. The corkscrew despite being more bulky does give it that lovely classic look, and while less smooth on the hand, it does help to grip the Sak much better in some uses, and it holds the micro SD too... So i would say in my case it's a 55% (Ph) vs 45%(Cs).... Between the Tinker and the Hiker, i love both and also carried both for long periods of time. The difference in thickness is negligible, but the wood saw is usually not terribly useful in a urban regular edc environment (a scissors is way more...), so it all depends of what you need, and your uses. Both are great sak's, but right as far as 2 layers go i'm firmly on the 84mm camp
Quote from: theonew on August 06, 2017, 04:42:32 AMQuote from: El Corkscrew on August 06, 2017, 04:31:20 AMDid you notice how I did not push my corkscrew agenda? ?I'm on it: the back-layer phillips is more useful until you actually need to use a phillips.got it TBH, I never warmed up to the aesthetics of a corkscrew. Its "cleaner" or "smoother" to look at a folded Philips. purely personal opinion here
Quote from: El Corkscrew on August 06, 2017, 04:31:20 AMDid you notice how I did not push my corkscrew agenda? ?I'm on it: the back-layer phillips is more useful until you actually need to use a phillips.
Did you notice how I did not push my corkscrew agenda? ?
When I was in the Victorinox retailer store awhile ago, I was almost tempted to buy an 84mm Tourist instead or 91mm Spartan instead (as there was no Tinker available), thinking that its slimmer than the Hiker. But I really couldn't bring myself to like the looks of a corkscrew. Again, its purely subjective. So I bought the Hiker instead and am one happy dude!
Quote from: an0nemus on August 06, 2017, 03:18:00 PM When I was in the Victorinox retailer store awhile ago, I was almost tempted to buy an 84mm Tourist instead or 91mm Spartan instead (as there was no Tinker available), thinking that its slimmer than the Hiker. But I really couldn't bring myself to like the looks of a corkscrew. Again, its purely subjective. So I bought the Hiker instead and am one happy dude! Glad you liked the Hiker mate, it's a great sak for sure But about the 84mm's, you mentioned you where tempted to get the Tourist, but didn't they had any Small Tinkers there (84mm)?A 84mm Hiker would be a great thing, and Vic already has all tools on current production to produce them, it would be great it they decided to make some. Much more useful IMO than the Walker model.I still use 91mm's sometimes and own dozens of them, but not as regular urban edc anymore. I honestly find them just too big and bulky on the pocket for what i need these days.I found that the Small Tinker (or sometimes the Tourist) along with the alox classic on my keys is all i need for urban edc. I only carry the bigger and larger brothers when i head um to the country or on holidays
I would go with a Super Tinker before a Hiker. Same with Yeoman and Passenger. Three layers SAKs are sweet.
why you go bladeless Pablo ? I recently got a Hiker - I'd done a bit of research over the last couple years, wanting a SAK for my kids and the hiker fitted the bill for what they'd use it for. And after playing with theirs i wanted one too Up to when i got the hiker i'd only usually carry a juice, but had both the hiker and juice with me recently when i had an equipment malfunction - was kayaking and the backrest fell apart, conditions were such it would have been real uncomfortable paddling like that. Problem turned out to be a nut/bolt had worked loose so used the pliers on the juice and the philips on the hiker to reassemble everything and saved myself a lot of backache. Also answered my question of why people carry multiple tools Prefer the phillips over the corkscrew as other then the obvious i don't see much need for the corkscrew. So yeah the hiker rocks