Folding knife recommendations
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That is beautiful, but the lock is imo an extremely useful feature!The SAK Forester has a decent locking blade as well as the saw, very useful and functional bit of kit. Lacks the wooden handle but not difficult to do yourself, I took the lock off mine at the same time.
I have tied to use the saw. Useless. The branches that can be sawn with that saw I can break against my knee, or with my foot.
If they are lucky.....
When I say ‘wide open’ I mean their walkets!
I have tried the saw several times, but found it was quicker to just break the branches.
When I needed straight poles fir my dhelter or fishing, it was quicker to cut a trench around the sampling with the blade, then just breaking it.
I always thought another blade would be mote useful, in case the first ine snapped.
When I say ‘wide open’ I mean their walkets!
I have tried the saw several times, but found it was quicker to just break the branches.
When I needed straight poles fir my dhelter or fishing, it was quicker to cut a trench around the sampling with the blade, then just breaking it.
I always thought another blade would be mote useful, in case the first ine snapped.
Ha! Good one! You had me going slightly nuts there. Luckily, I found that I actually did have the Compact with me here.
It has a cap lifter on it, not a can opener.
Maybe a mistranslation. A cap lifter has a big screwdriver blade on it and is also used for getting the metal lids off bottles (and stripping wire). A can opener is curved and sharp and is used for opening tins.
Anyway, the Compact has a cap lifter. At least this one does. I wonder if there is a difference in the models
Hold on a minute and I'll post a pic
Here -this is the Compact at the bottom and a Huntsman at the top showing the caplifter and the can opener ... and now I wonder if you mean that you can use the cap lifter to open a can ... I am just going to perform an experiment
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Ha! Again.
You are right .. well, you live and learn. Its not the same shape as the usual can opener, is blunt and and it works the other way round, cutting clockwise rather than anticlockwise, but it does work just absolutely, perfectly fine ... better possibly than the sharp version, I'd say
I am pretty happy now
Thanks for pointing that out
You are right .. well, you live and learn. Its not the same shape as the usual can opener, is blunt and and it works the other way round, cutting clockwise rather than anticlockwise, but it does work just absolutely, perfectly fine ... better possibly than the sharp version, I'd say
I am pretty happy now
Thanks for pointing that out
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With pleasure, my dear!
Yes it is a combi tool:
cap lifter AND can opener!
It doesn't work as well as the other one but as you see: It opens the can too!
That's why I recommend the Victorinox Compact as the best trekking and travelling pocket knife in the world!
It is completely equipped with every thing you need in the woods and nothing more, so it is light and compact!
Yes it is a combi tool:
cap lifter AND can opener!
It doesn't work as well as the other one but as you see: It opens the can too!
That's why I recommend the Victorinox Compact as the best trekking and travelling pocket knife in the world!
It is completely equipped with every thing you need in the woods and nothing more, so it is light and compact!
Did you find the blade and the scissors?
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No, I think the rest is visible!
Only If people watch the knife in internet and fast in the shop, they could not understand, that there is a file at the peg hook, which other hooks on other Victorinox Knives don't have.
And of course the ball pen is a bit hidden and unusual too. That all together is the reason for the a bit higher price.
By the way: Every younger Victorinox with plastic handle and kork screw has the hole for the blister needle, but not every knife has the needle in regularly. But nearly every body can attach it later.
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No, I think the rest is visible!
Only If people watch the knife in internet and fast in the shop, they could not understand, that there is a file at the peg hook, which other hooks on other Victorinox Knives don't have.
And of course the ball pen is a bit hidden and unusual too. That all together is the reason for the a bit higher price.
By the way: Every younger Victorinox with plastic handle and kork screw has the hole for the blister needle, but not every knife has the needle in regularly. But nearly every body can attach it later.
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The gut hook is really useful too.
Desoite bagging 500+ pheasant and duck in UK only, I have managed not to use onr.
Desoite bagging 500+ pheasant and duck in UK only, I have managed not to use onr.
I’ve used it to pull out tentpegs and hang a torch up in my tent.
Yep, works fine, it's all in the technique
The scissors are probably the main reason I carry a SAK in the woods - cutting broken fingernails with a fixed blade is impossible!
I have a little keyring with several little lifesvars on it ... a loupe, fauxton, sliver grippers etc. There is a small pair of nailclippers there too. Nothing worse than a torn nail for causing strife and inconvenience.
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