Discussion
I bought a couple of “nice” folding knives over recent years, ones with good steel and designs that I like, and this year bought a nice fixed-blade knife for camping stuff, and have started wondering if there’s any step-up from a Victorinox Huntsman to stick in the bag to use in holiday.
This is for opening bottles of wine, removing splinters, cutting string, cutting cheese, poking a lace back though a lace hole, that sort of thing, not hunting bears.
While it serves just fine, it’d be nice to know if there’s one where the blade is a bit more robust, the scissors a bit better, the screwdriver a bit less rounded, and so on.
This is for opening bottles of wine, removing splinters, cutting string, cutting cheese, poking a lace back though a lace hole, that sort of thing, not hunting bears.
While it serves just fine, it’d be nice to know if there’s one where the blade is a bit more robust, the scissors a bit better, the screwdriver a bit less rounded, and so on.
Lots of discussion from a previous thread > https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
okgo said:
Leatherman if you don’t have custody of your kids anymore. Or just any knife and a basic cycling multitool for anyone else.
My cycling multitool sadly came without a corkscrew.Putting a wine bottle in a shoe and smacking it against the wall keeps waking the children up on holiday.
Lionsteel Jack3. UK legal and has the appropriate accessory blades. Considerable "step up" on Victorinox quality.
https://heinnie.com/lion-steel-jack-3-wood-folding...
https://heinnie.com/lion-steel-jack-3-wood-folding...
808 Estate said:
Lionsteel Jack3. UK legal and has the appropriate accessory blades. Considerable "step up" on Victorinox quality.
https://heinnie.com/lion-steel-jack-3-wood-folding...
Thanks, that looks like just the thing.https://heinnie.com/lion-steel-jack-3-wood-folding...
My Grandad bought me a swiss army knife when I was in primary school, I can't recall what age.
Got the b
king of all bkings at school from the headteacher for taking it into school one day. I do remember being sent home with it though, it wasn't confiscated.
The mini french dynamites on the other hand.....
The idea of my own Dad buying my own kids a little multi tool knife in this day and age sounds nuts
Got the b
king of all bkings at school from the headteacher for taking it into school one day. I do remember being sent home with it though, it wasn't confiscated.The mini french dynamites on the other hand.....
The idea of my own Dad buying my own kids a little multi tool knife in this day and age sounds nuts
JimmyConwayNW said:
My Grandad bought me a swiss army knife when I was in primary school, I can't recall what age.
Got the bking of all bkings at school from the headteacher for taking it into school one day. I do remember being sent home with it though, it wasn't confiscated.
The mini french dynamites on the other hand.....
The idea of my own Dad buying my own kids a little multi tool knife in this day and age sounds nuts
Same here, including the ludicrous French bangers.Got the b
king of all bkings at school from the headteacher for taking it into school one day. I do remember being sent home with it though, it wasn't confiscated.The mini french dynamites on the other hand.....
The idea of my own Dad buying my own kids a little multi tool knife in this day and age sounds nuts
We all loaded up on them in Normandy, and as we were worried about having them confiscated all hid them in our underpants.
Ruskie said:
Leatherman with a lifetime warranty. Had mine 4 years, expensive but brilliant.
Bought my Leatherman Wave in 2000. Done so much with it over the years, and it still looks and performs like new. Worth every penny, and more.Random story - flew to Finland, pre-9/11 with said Wave in my hand luggage, nobody cared. Coming back though, security said I couldn't take it on board, so they put it in a little box and checked it in to the hold for me. As I was travelling light, it was my only hold luggage so I stood at the carousel for ages waiting for a tiny box with a Leatherman in it.
I expect they'd just confiscate it now.
I have a leatherman wave i've had since 2004, it's been a great tool, I had it replaced once under warranty when it seized it quite badly so I guess it isn't the same tool but the first one lasted me 15 years or so, I have found the warranty isn't as good now, they replaced my first one no questions asked but I have snapped the tip of the blade on the current one and they wouldn't assist without a proof of purchase so i've left it.
Boker Tech Tool 4 - use it every day, it's brilliant.
Had mine a couple of years, the scissors and the pliers are great and useful!!
https://heinnie.com/boker-plus-tech-tool-4-folding...
Had mine a couple of years, the scissors and the pliers are great and useful!!
https://heinnie.com/boker-plus-tech-tool-4-folding...
Another shout out for Leatherman - Bought the multi-tool (the predecessor to the wave) in 1998 or 1999. Used HARD till 2007, then used occasionally since. In about 2010 I took it into Cotswolds shop as they offered sending the tool to Leatherman for a service, had a phone call 2 days later - "sorry, tool is too worn out to service, may we swop it and give you a wave?" - I declined as I really like the multi-tool - still have it!
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