Your pocketknife today

[Texas Star]

Bob-

I'm sorry that you don't appreciate SAK's, but you raised a good point: if one has a lot of stuff in his pockets, don't carry a knife there.

Keys, Chapstick, coins, and other stuff tear up a knife handle, scarring it badly. If you carry a pocket gun, wear the SAK in a belt pouch. They sell some (Swiss Army Brands) or various retailers offer good plain Cordura pouches that don't shout "knife" to an observer.

The only thing that goes in my knife pocket is a handkerchief!

 

[CW Spook]

I have a Gerstner quarter-sawn oak toolchest full of Kershaw, Benchmade, SOG, Al Mar, Cold Steel, Spyderco, Puma, Buck and others, but it's an SAK that's always in my pocket, regardless of what else may be there.

 

[mooshoo]

case lock back with stags made in the 80"s. If you don't have a case in your pocket you might as well leave your pant at home.

 

[straightshooter1]

Well, maybe I've been a little harsh on SAKs. Here's another of my problems with the ones I've seen besides thickness and bulk.

The screwdrivers, the flat heads, are just general bits and I probably could do as well with a dime. A dime held by a set of needlenose pliers would, I am sure, work better.

If someone made a SAK with a quality set of flat head and phillips bits, I might be interested.

I bought one of those Wilson 1911 screwdriver, and other implements about 15 or so years ago (whenever they came out), but it was worthless for most anything but a 1911 gun.

Other than duct tape, an essential item for most emergencies, quality screwdrivers are the next most essential thing along with pliers and a blade.

Find an SAK with good tools, not general use, not real high quality ones, and I might be a buyer-might even consider carrying it, though it would probably go in my car.

Bob

 

[Texas Star]

Bob, you can usually turn Phillips-head screws with the small screwdriver on the Victorinox can opener blade. And a Phillips-head driver is an option on many models.

Not all SAK are thick. The Executive is quite thin, and the screwdriver works on all Phillips-head that I've tried. The large models with pliers also work. Coins are usually too thick on screws.

Granted, a larger set of pliers is better, but I can't carry pliers and the other tools in my pants pocket. The basic Spartan model is amazingly versatile. The Camper, which adds a saw, is the thickest I ever carry in trousers. Thicker SAK go in the briefcase. Carry in a glove compartment may damage the handle pieces in hot weather. Also, DO NOT EVER leave binoculars in a glove compartment. The heat in summer will vaporize the rubber seals and fog the lenses and prisms.

I have a Buck Tool in the glove compartment for tasks requiring larger pliers.

I do have a SAK Tinker in a zipper pouch with maps, a tire pressure tool, flashlight, etc. under the car seat. Summer heat has not been a problem.

 

[Denver Dick]

I prefer the either the Soldier, Electrician or Pioneer Rancher models.

 

[Stu Honea]

I gotta' real fightin' knife in my pocket right now.
Sod Buster Jr! Good fer fightin' with ropes and tangled up weedeater line.

 

[holo]

benchmade doug ritter custom grips

 

[sierra255]

Benchmade 5500 Mini Auto-Presidio is my choice . Carried it on and off duty during my LEO days...........

 

[LouisianaJoe]

Spyderco Byrd Wings and a Buck mini trapper.

I used to carry a Victorinox Tinker. I had one, broke the blade on it doing something stupid, then bought another. I sent the broken one to Victorinox 10 years later and they sent me a new one. I have that one in my Racquetball bag.

 

[s2harry]

Lost my SW HRT got a Leatherman c33Tx while on vacation in Vietnam. Im going to 2 knives from now on.

 

[DCWilson]

My daughter and SIL gave me a Buck folding Hunter for Father's Day a couple of years ago. It is always in one pocket or another -- usually right hip, but sometimes in a side pocket of my usual denim jacket if I'm going to be in and out of chairs for a period. Before I came into this knife I had a smaller Buck knockoff that I got just because I needed a knife one day and took what I could find at the local hardware store.

Never had any SAK. Guess I should look into one.

 

[brucev]

My knife today? A nice Case Camping knife. We are about to run the Easter Egg Hunt at the Church. I'd doubtless need it for the whatnot jobs that come up at such events. Otherwise... my Benchmade Auto-Presidio would be clipped on my pocket.

 

[bennettfam]

Fav Swiss? Rucksack, my backpacking companion.

 

[BruceB]

Somehow, I tend to lose knives clipped to a jeans front pocket, so mostly it's a cheap folder, but there is always a small leatherman in the bottom of a pocket. That gets me by on work days when anything more dangerous looking will get me in trouble.

 

[tyusclan]

Bone-handled, ss Case trapper in pants pocket, and a Gerber Diesel Multi-Plier in a belt pouch.

 

[enfield]

A Leatherman every day, also, depending on mood/destination, a Case medium stockman with stag grips, or a Kershaw 1560, or a CRKT M-16.

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[Marshwheeling]

Today I put my CRKT M21-14SFG in my pocket. I won't do that again soon. It's pretty big and heavy, over 5" closed and almost 9 1/2" open.

 

[DesertFox]

S&W Border Guard has become a virtual appendage. On my person 99% of the time.

My favorite Swiss Army Knife is the CyberTool. It is in my computer case, not pocket, but I use it nearly daily as well.