Leatherman
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Hello Tommy!
Okay - great suppliers in Toronto. Depends on whether you have a car, but if you are near the downtown you need to go to Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) .
There are 2 camping shops across the road there so you can shop about.
Walmart will work, also CanadianTire.ca (if you are downtown, use the postal code M5V3K8 to give you proximity to shops there.
Finally, if you are driving up north from Toronto, on your way into Algonquin Park or there abouts, make sure you stop at Bass Pro Shops - Select the 'Vaughan, Ontario' location - lots of items (though not as many as MEC).
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Mungo
Okay - great suppliers in Toronto. Depends on whether you have a car, but if you are near the downtown you need to go to Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) .
There are 2 camping shops across the road there so you can shop about.
Walmart will work, also CanadianTire.ca (if you are downtown, use the postal code M5V3K8 to give you proximity to shops there.
Finally, if you are driving up north from Toronto, on your way into Algonquin Park or there abouts, make sure you stop at Bass Pro Shops - Select the 'Vaughan, Ontario' location - lots of items (though not as many as MEC).
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Mungo
Tommy,
I can more than second Bass Pro, I did'nt realise they had them up in Canada. If you are over there with the other half make sure she has something to do when you visit Bass Pro.......its like Disney Land........oh, and leave all your money and credit cards in the hotel.
My first experience at Bass Pro was a combination of Disney Land, and also that vast warehouse scene at the end of the Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark movie when a worker wheels a box containing the Ark into a warehouse with enormous shelves.
Mungo
Mungo
You're probably correct there Mungo - out in the woods is where I use the multitool least of all. Here in UK it's frowned upon to go around with an array of sharps upon your person (not like Canada where people just assume you've been out in the woods!) - sad but true.. A multitool is an acceptable EDC here in the UK (less threatening) so that is what it is to me - an EDC tool - in fact, much like a watch, I feel naked without it now.
I envy your trip to Canada tommy - I have spent a fair bit of time in the Canadian Rockies - one of the last great accessible wildernesses on Earth. But wherever you go, you're never far from pristine wilderness - it's heaven!
Coollll AddyB would love to but on a tight window so will probably be out in the summer and hope to see Van Island then as it has to be on anyones list!
Cheers for the links Mungo my mate's first job was at Canadian Tyre in the parts/ service dept so he can show me that (he's now moved to another company)
Incidentally I am well looking forward to it!!! Been nearly 10years since I was in Alberta tooooo long just hope the girlfriend likes it so we can emigrate!!!! She's the ticket in as she is a teacher....hell might even get married if it helps!!
Ta Dave
Cheers for the links Mungo my mate's first job was at Canadian Tyre in the parts/ service dept so he can show me that (he's now moved to another company)
Incidentally I am well looking forward to it!!! Been nearly 10years since I was in Alberta tooooo long just hope the girlfriend likes it so we can emigrate!!!! She's the ticket in as she is a teacher....hell might even get married if it helps!!
Ta Dave
Never been out to Alberta, but would love to go one day. A friend of mine worked with lumberjacks in the mountains of British Columbia and really liked it out there.
Nothing wrong with marrying the teacher, just make sure you couch the rationale in somewhat obscured phraseology e.g. "I would like you to be my wife - but not so as to significantly improve my emigration options, etc...".
Mungo
Few main reasons,
First is PLIERS they are loads stronger than my hands and they dont burn as easily
Second is wire cutters for old bits of fence etc
Third is scissors.
Never really used the knife or the other bits but if i HAD to choose between my bushy knife or my 10 year old gerber the gerber would win every time
Finally got remembered to take photos.. Even though this thread is probably finished. Ah well. I'll post them anyways.
Leatherman wave and goodies packed up:
Leatherman wave unpacked with goodies (Knife sharpener, Firesteal & AAA Mini-maglite):
Leatherman wave and goodies packed up:
Leatherman wave unpacked with goodies (Knife sharpener, Firesteal & AAA Mini-maglite):
Red
Now that Leatherman vista looks good. First time I've seen secateurs on a leatherman. Can anyone say how good these are in the woods? Robust? Handy? What are the other bits on them?
Cheers,
Pablo.
I see your point. But if your *were* buying a multi tool for the trip, would this be better in the field than a standard leatherman.
Pablo.
it appears to me to look a nice bit of usefull kitt pablo--if some nice person would like to loan me one I will gladley feild test it
I like my gerber scout tool. I have a leatherman wave, but I'm not a fan of the grind on the screwdrivers. the one handed opening knife blades are nice though.
given the choice I'd take a gerber tool. the flick 'o the wrist plier opening is the deciding factor for me.
given the choice I'd take a gerber tool. the flick 'o the wrist plier opening is the deciding factor for me.
Pablo,
They are an excellent bit of kit in their way. The secateurs are first rate and really very useful for cutting thatch, bedding etc. The saw blade is first rate and the screwdrivers are....screwdrivers.
The knife blade is small and semi serrated (which is damned handy for cutting rope but less so for wood). The odd shaped thing is a choke key for your shottie
.They were designed for hunters building hides so are a corking pocket tool for shelter building etc. (and very handy as a pocket gardening / farm tool too). They are though an "as well as knife" rather than "instead of knife" tool (hunters are pretty certain to carry a knife so they are built with that in mind).
Bushbaby usually carries these when we are out and about with a small fixed blade knife. There isn't much she can't achieve with them both.
Red
I got a Leatherman Surge. I never leave home without it (in the city). When I go to the woods, I replace it with a Victorinox Hunter.
Surge hasn't failed me yet. And I (ab)use it a lot.
I love it, and would recomend it to everyone. Some say it's too heavy. But that's a man's tool.
Surge hasn't failed me yet. And I (ab)use it a lot.
I love it, and would recomend it to everyone. Some say it's too heavy. But that's a man's tool.
