What do you consider your primary tool?

[Mr. Whippy]

It seems to me that people can be catagorized by their primary tool on the EDC.  For me,  I generally prefer pliers for my EDC.  I'll use the wire cutters to cut bale strings rather than pull out a blade.

My wife, she's a knife type.  Cutting, makeshift screwdriver, pry (prise) bar, hoof pick. 

She carries a SAK and really works it over.  Me? I've sent my PST back to Leatherman 3 times for warranty repairs (broken small screw driver, snapped off the blade and torqued the plier jaws so badly, the tips didn't overlap at all.)

How about you?

[jzmtl]

I have to say my knife blade is the most used tool.

[Benner]

It's the knife blade for me too. 

[duckman1975]

I use my knife more often so one hand opening blade is also a must for me. Welcome to the forum Mr.W!

[Sea Monster]

Knife,

Followed probably by Pliers.

[hawkchucker]

Pliers here. However I do use a dedicated knife taht is also carried so if I did not have the second blade on me it would be the blade on the Multi.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I'm going to be predictable and say knife blade too

I really hardly ever use the pliers to be honest, that's why i lean more toward saks

[Smitty44]

I was into aircraft maintenance before I retired,and the pliers are my #1 tool,then the phillips screwdriver,followed by the knife blade.

[EZ822]

Pliers for me.

[parnass]

Knife blade, then pliers.

[Teofilo]

Pliers for me too! Welcome to the Forum Whippy!

[Neil]

Nail file

Neil

[donvito]

Blade first, pliers and drivers second, oh and a pen of course.

[Poncho65]

Well I probably use a blade the most but it is usually from a plier based MT

So I voted for the pliers I just really like having pliers on me since I started MT carrying and would consider it the primary tool.  Of course it's then the blade and I usually have another knife with me

[Gadget Guy]

Blade, then pliers. Oh so boring! 

[Freudian Frog]

Blade, then a screwdriver!

[I'm Still Bison]

Pliers,blade and Phillips driver,in no particular order

[cliosguy]

pliers, drivers and then knife

[Anthony]

Pliers.  There are many ways to "cut" something..but only a few ways to grab something/twist something with force

[David]

Knife followed by pliers.

[Benner]

I am really surprised how many claim to use pliers more than a knife. 

[Dtrain]

It depends, if I pull out my Swisstool, it is primarily for the pliers, sometimes for the various drivers when a bit more torque is required than I feel applying to my SAK.

Dtrain

[joebw]

Blade - Pliers - SD

Joe

[hawkchucker]

Again still pliers. Spent all morning with Mom helping put up Christmas decorations. and used the pliers all morning cutting florist wire to hang her 34 wreathes.

[ephraim]

I believe that I would have to say that during the winter I use the knife more, cutting string, rope, food prep and opening package. In the summer time I think that the pliers are used more as I do Airconditioning service and I carry my leatherman core in the attic with me to cut down on the weight and possble loss of tools while in a dark cramped space. I then use the pliers as my needle nose, wire cutters wire strippers and also the screwdrivers (phillips) and the knife then becomes in last behind the other tools.

[Poncho65]

I am really surprised how many claim to use pliers more than a knife. 

If you want to get technical I use a trowel more than anything It is as sharp as a knife after some use so I don't have to pull a blade out when doing certain cutting tasks So on a MT I use the pliers the most

[NutSAK]

Knife blade, definitely.  I rarely use pliers, relatively.

[Leatherman123]

Knife blade..

[Gareth]

Knife blade.  In my last job, as a maintenance engineer, it was the pliers but I hardly every need them now.

[Splat]

Of my EDC, which is a Cybertool 34 and (now) a Boker CLB Trance.... the Phillips or flat-head screwdrivers and the Trance's knife get the most useage.