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knife vs multitool

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graver555

Nov 6, 2012
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Monticello IN
#1
I was going to ask this on the recent knife thread but did not want to jack it.

How many people like swiss army style knifes compared to multi tools? In my opinion a knife should just be a knife. 1-3 blades depending on the kind. If you want something to do many things buy a multi tool. It even has a knife in it. (When I carry a multi tool I also carry a regular knife too as I dislike trying to get the knife out of all the attachments)

Any one else feel this way? Mayby my experience was ruined by cheap swiss army knifes.

On a side note is it knife or knive or is it knife and the plural knives?
 
#2
Multi tools require a belt sheath. I like a knife that fits in my pocket comfortably. I have a Victorinox sentry. It has one blade, and a tweezer and toothpick. I pretty much use the toothpick and the blade.

Multi tools are cool if you need a screwdriver or wire snip on a gig, but I find them bulky as an everyday accessory.
 
#3
I carry a Kershaw 1670(Ken Onion design). The (only) blade is part serrated and part straight with a Tanto point. So it is kind of like several blades in one. But I prefer a knife to a multi-tool. But a good tool kit rides around in my truck so I am never far from strippers and a 10-in-1 and several other go to tools.
 
#4
Phalex said:
Multi tools are cool if you need a screwdriver or wire snip on a gig, but I find them bulky as an everyday accessory.
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They are a bit bulky, but the solution is to either throw it in a gig bag or I always have one in the center console of my car.

two fingers said:
I carry a Kershaw 1670(Ken Onion design). The (only) blade is part serrated and part straight with a Tanto point. So it is kind of like several blades in one.
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I have a Gerber Evo which is a cheaper but similar design blade like that. Its a bit sharper angle on the end and more so since I reshaped it after breaking the tip off. I really like that blade design. Good for cutting and the length fits perfect in my hang when I need to really scalpel something with the tip.
 
#9
At work I carry just a knife, my toolbox is just *right over there* should I need anything else. Single blade is all I really use so being easy to get open is convenient. Multi-tool pliers can be handy for smoking something down to almost the very end though.
 
#14
When I was serving a soldier attacked his First Sergeant so our brigade commander banned all knives. So we all got multi-tools. They were a new item then and cheap copies were not easy to find. Of course the next brigade commander ordered us all to carry bayonets even though as a tank unit almost all of us had grease guns and not M16s.

So there is that advantage, it does not look like a knife.
 
#15
Jhengsman said:
When I was serving a soldier attacked his First Sergeant so ou brigade commander banned all knives. So we all got multi-tools. They were a new item then and cheap copies were not easy to find. Of course the next brigade commander ordered us all to carry bayonets even though as a tank unit almost all of us had grease guns and not M16s.

So there is that advantage, it does not look like a knife.
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That is a big advantage. People look at multi tools and think utility, knifes are "weapons"
 
#19
graver555 said:
That is a big advantage. People look at multi tools and think utility, knifes are "weapons"
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Bizarre, but true. When I was stationed in Europe, and had to travel by air to different bases, my Swiss Army knife was regularly confiscated and locked up during the flight. My Leatherman tool, with a blade an inch longer than the knife, never was. I asked about it, once; the answer (with a perfectly straight face) was, "Swiss Army Knife - Leatherman Tool, sir." :hmm:
I tend to favor the knife a little more, now that I'm a civilian. At work (bank vault security) or on a motorcycle trip, I usually have the knife and a micro-tool as well. I like the Gerber one especially; it has a very nice pair of small pliers, as well as other things, that compliment my knife very well.
 
#20
When I was in the Army I carried some form of multi-tool (most recently and most happily a Leatherman Wave) every day except for basic training and AIT. Carrying a Swiss Army Knife is likely to get you laughed out of your mission brief. But the pliers, philips and flat head screwdriver, and the knife are the most-used tools.

BTW, most multi-tools do require a belt pouch, but they are making good tools for relatively little cash that are fairly compact, I keep a tiny one in every gig bag and hard case for quick fixes and stuff.

Peace,
Greg
 

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