Recently had to travel with just cabin luggage, meaning no tools or blades of any kind (I know, theoretically some airlines and airports allow 60 mm non locking ones, but how to find that combination and phase of moon is beyond me). So is there a decent CHEAP replacement, just good enough, that can be given away or just thrown?
A burner SAK
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That's the best solution, post the tools you need to yourself at your destination then home again when you leave. No compromise on tool choice that way.
If you're thinking of buying when you get there then it would depend on local availability and the time you're prepared to spend sourcing them. CHEAP doesn't spring to mind in that scenario.
Some airlines allow some tools so it's feasible to take some basic individual tools that would suffice but not be too much of an expense to replace. That way if there were an objection to a particular tool, the rest would still be there to use, rather than a multi tool where the whole thing would be confiscated.
At the end of the day, cheap tools suck anyway.
That's the best solution, post the tools you need to yourself at your destination then home again when you leave. No compromise on tool choice that way.
If you're thinking of buying when you get there then it would depend on local availability and the time you're prepared to spend sourcing them. CHEAP doesn't spring to mind in that scenario.
Some airlines allow some tools so it's feasible to take some basic individual tools that would suffice but not be too much of an expense to replace. That way if there were an objection to a particular tool, the rest would still be there to use, rather than a multi tool where the whole thing would be confiscated.
At the end of the day, cheap tools suck anyway.
When you are going to a destination with no road access I would not really trust the posting option (as I did) or living in hotels. I agree that most of the time cheap tools suck (excepting a vacuum cleaner) but does an option exist?
SAKs aren't exactly expensive anyway but buying used would help.
Sanrenmu used to make some decent quality folders with other tools built in, like a SAK, for very little cost. Probably need to buy used now though, and more than likely for more than they cost new.
There's always the Amzn garbage.
Assuming we're talking hypothetically here, you could just buy a jar of Vaseline and....stow them?
Sanrenmu used to make some decent quality folders with other tools built in, like a SAK, for very little cost. Probably need to buy used now though, and more than likely for more than they cost new.
There's always the Amzn garbage.
Assuming we're talking hypothetically here, you could just buy a jar of Vaseline and....stow them?
What are you looking for? the blade or the tools?
Some SAKs are flight safe with no blade but do have the tools.
If you want a blade then surely any local hardware store or fishing shop etc would be able to help there.
Perhaps thats the answer...
A flight safe SAK that you can take without worry (as it has no blade teamed) with a cheap local knife you buy on location and can sharpen on a rock or whatever without tears?
Some SAKs are flight safe with no blade but do have the tools.
If you want a blade then surely any local hardware store or fishing shop etc would be able to help there.
Perhaps thats the answer...
A flight safe SAK that you can take without worry (as it has no blade teamed) with a cheap local knife you buy on location and can sharpen on a rock or whatever without tears?
I am afraid there is no such thing as flight safe anything on Helsinki-Vantaa airport, last 2 times they have complained about my bird guide. By their opinion it looks too dark so it could act as cover for something. Idiots. In the last 25 years I think I have gone through the check only once without any hassle and that was because the whole airport was in complete chaos and they just pushed people into planes.
In that case the only option would be to buy on arrival and cheap but usable for me, and relatively easy to find, would be Hultafors or Opinel if you want folding. Whoever you gave them to when you left would have something worth carrying as a gift too.
You can substitute Mora/Marttiini for the Hultafors option and countless locally produced folders for the Opinel, depending on your destination.
If you know you're gonna need a knife though, whether cheap or not, you've gotta pony up.
I guess it comes down to this really. OK: I normally carry a mid size SAK and a Leatherman, they do cover my normal usage in town quite well. When trekking I have a full sized puukko almost always, on more remote areas a folding saw too.
Fairly basic for a Finn of my age and level of cynicism.
So I guess an opinel would cover the blade part but some more complex tool would be nice, pliers. Tweezers and an awl, can and bottle opener - and + screw driver. That would have been enough in the Danube delta. Nothing fancy really but even no sharp multitools have been taken in airports and there is nothing one can do about it, if they like it they take it.
Hmmm... I seem to have kind of defined it, a separate simple (preferably locking blade) and a pliers tool for the rest. Comes to price and availability then.
I don't actually need a knife all that often but when one needs one, one needs one, also I feel a bit naked without even a small one.
Would they then qualify as concealed weapons ?
A lot of reeds and a lot of wet area that probably is not walkable. I have a few pics but they really do not show how it feels. So birds everywhere and beware of the sun. Choosing footwear is slightly problematic as the ground is silt everywhere and it is very fine.
If I ever go there again I'll try to get a canoe type of boat maybe with electric motor and find a nice place to float and just look around.
For the smaller channels certainly as I had no chance to try I don't know how open or closed the reed areas are but I suspect most of it is not usable by any normal boat type.
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