I'm on the look out for a Multi-Tool for Bushcraft / Survival use and to be honest I wanted abit of a point in the right direction.
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Multi-Tools for Bushcraft?
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Brands? Most offerings fron leatherman and Victirinox.
Gerber are either loved or hated
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What are you after it doing? There is such a vast variety, it'll be difficult to narrow one down.
The best multitool for bushcraft is the Victorinox Compact. The Victorinox Climber is very well too.
Pliers and screw drivers are only needed for bicycle use, ski bindings, modern snow shoes and similar technical equipment.
If you don't make wire snares you don't need a Lestherman or whatever for usual bushcraft use.
Pliers and screw drivers are only needed for bicycle use, ski bindings, modern snow shoes and similar technical equipment.
If you don't make wire snares you don't need a Lestherman or whatever for usual bushcraft use.
You don't need a multitool at all for Bushcraft. However since op said bushcraft/survival, there are quite a few situations in which a multitool with said functions could be of use.
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Victorinox Outrider and pair of sprung needlenose pliers. Just another option. 
You could clip a fauxton, a loupe and some sliver grippers to it. You could run a MASH unit with that set up.
I have a LM Charge, which I more or less regard as an ornament, but lots of people here really rate them for camping. The LM Juices were OK, but they be gone now.
The Victorinox Spirit and SwissTools are great. Get the socket set with it and a clip of tools. Same wiht the Leatherman. Those socket sets are really handy. But not for bushcraft ... unless you need to tinker with the car a bit.
You could clip a fauxton, a loupe and some sliver grippers to it. You could run a MASH unit with that set up.I have a LM Charge, which I more or less regard as an ornament, but lots of people here really rate them for camping. The LM Juices were OK, but they be gone now.
The Victorinox Spirit and SwissTools are great. Get the socket set with it and a clip of tools. Same wiht the Leatherman. Those socket sets are really handy. But not for bushcraft ... unless you need to tinker with the car a bit.
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Tried them all over the years, Gerber (used to be great) Leatherman (same) and now its the Swisstool which is a world above the former.
Good multi-tool is invaluable in the woods and anywhere to be honest. Aside from the usual tools for fixing stuff its the pliers that cant be missed.
Good multi-tool is invaluable in the woods and anywhere to be honest. Aside from the usual tools for fixing stuff its the pliers that cant be missed.
Multitools are for urban bushcraft not wilderness bushcraft. I carry one most of the time and it has saved the day a few times. I have carried it while trekking because of the amount of tech one carries nowadays. Take everything to bare essentials and one does not need one anywhere else than the urban jungle.
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I've taken that view and, to tick that plier box, I usually slip a Leatherman Skeletool in to my pack on longer outings to the woods and elsewhere. It's a whole load lighter than the usual, even more modest Leathermen and isn't cluttered with a range of tools that I know I'll never need or use. Although it isn't required for bushcraft per se, it has been very useful for repairing stoves and, yes, for those (admittedly few!) occasions when I've made a snare.
As snare hunt is interdicted in Germany and I use a streamlined basic equipment I survived pretty well without pliers in the woods during the last 45 years.
My pots have bails and butterly handles attached.
To be honest, even Victorinox Compact or Climber are mainly useful because of the well stored nail scissors.
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The rest of the tools is only needed if one touches the civilisation if travelling, but than it is the most handy item I know.
And most people aren't kicked out of an airplane and walk through a jungle during the holydays, but visit from time to time a little town too. I don't live of blueberries and forest mice.
My pots have bails and butterly handles attached.
To be honest, even Victorinox Compact or Climber are mainly useful because of the well stored nail scissors.
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The rest of the tools is only needed if one touches the civilisation if travelling, but than it is the most handy item I know.
And most people aren't kicked out of an airplane and walk through a jungle during the holydays, but visit from time to time a little town too. I don't live of blueberries and forest mice.
I think we're getting off subject as I wanted recommendation's for a Multi-Tool if I chose not to carry a pen knife, for either scenario.
And of course Multi-Tools have a Use in Bushcraft as I don't carry Pliers in my Bergan or trousers pockets.
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And of course Multi-Tools have a Use in Bushcraft as I don't carry Pliers in my Bergan or trousers pockets.
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Do you want the multitool to function as your pocket knife too or is it as an extra to pack away just in case?
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