Ever have trouble...

[Guest CCPT]

...leaving your number one?

I think this would be the right forum for this topic, but if not I apologize. See I have a Victorinox SAK (Fieldmaster to be precise) that has long been my EDC. Since her inception, I have purchased many others, only to retire them to the safe after a day or two. No matter how much I try, I can't not EDC my SAK. Tell me guys and gals...am I alone here, or does anyone else find it difficult to carry alternate blades?

V/r
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[UncleJak]

Yep
Old habits are hard to break.
I have knives I really like, and I usually end up carrying my cold steel that I have always carried.

Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

[whitewolf001]

...leaving your number one?

I think this would be the right forum for this topic, but if not I apologize. See I have a Victorinox SAK (Fieldmaster to be precise) that has long been my EDC. Since her inception, I have purchased many others, only to retire them to the safe after a day or two. No matter how much I try, I can't not EDC my SAK. Tell me guys and gals...am I alone here, or does anyone else find it difficult to carry alternate blades?

V/r
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I believe that's called Stockholm Syndrome. ;)

[willis68]

I guess that all depends on the knives that you own. I go from custom to semi custom to production knives on my carry rotations. All of my folding knives make excellent carry knives so I rotate them quite frequently.

[Guest CCPT]

Well to be honest, the SAK has been such a great and useful knife that I feel naked without it. A knife with nothin but blades leaves me longing for my screwdriver and toothpick...

[MacGyver]

Easy solution. Just carry them both.

[Monkeyman2500]

I have just been upgrading since I was about 5. Started with tiny folders, then a little bigger name brands, then Swiss army's. Had a great switch blade for a while till it was lost. Then got into the auto, and assisted ones. Wore out two SOGs pretty quick then got a ZT0350 two years ago and it's held up well. All my old folders have been put away as valuable to me. I'm hard on knives.

[Guest CCPT]

Easy solution. Just carry them both.

I do have the small classic SAK on my key ring so I can at least have my toothpick if I carry a normal folder. But I like your thinking.

[Guest CCPT]

I have just been upgrading since I was about 5. Started with tiny folders, then a little bigger name brands, then Swiss army's. Had a great switch blade for a while till it was lost. Then got into the auto, and assisted ones. Wore out two SOGs pretty quick then got a ZT0350 two years ago and it's held up well. All my old folders have been put away as valuable to me. I'm hard on knives.

I have a couple of autos that I carry at work. I'm not too hard on em, I just don't take to change I guess. You mentioned your old folders and it reminded me...not long ago I found my first pocket knife that I bought myself hiding in a box in the garage. It is an old Frost Bullet I with the frost wood handles and back when they used Japanese steel. Nothing special, but brought back a lot of memories...

[Monkeyman2500]

Yep still got the first one I bought. Got it at the old knife store that used to be on the main drag in Gatlinburg.

[Citizen_B]

I've carried a Spyderco Delica most days for the last at least 15 years. Got several other folders I carry from time to time, but keep going back to the Delica. For me it's the perfect blend of size, weight, and utility. If what you're doing isn't broke, don't fix it.

[Major Kong]

Easy solution. Just carry them both.

Or the Oh Shoot version. Just carry them both and about five more. :D

[Guest Emtdaddy1980]

Easy solution. Just carry them both.

^+1. I edc my case xx AND my Izula EVERY day.

[JAB]

Easy solution. Just carry them both.

 

That was going to be my suggestion.  I have a Victorinox SAK Tinker that is my EDC.  I always carry it but I sometimes also have my Kershaw Crown clipped to my pocket.  There are also times when I carry a neck knife of one kind or another with the SAK and other times when I carry all three.  Then there are times I carry the SAK in my pocket and a small, fixed blade sheath knife on my belt.  I do that because I think of the SAK as more of a mini tool kit that happens to have a blade in it.  The blade works fine for many applications but sometimes a 'dedicated' knife makes a better tool - but I use the other tools on the SAK often enough that I don't want to stop carrying it in favor of only carrying a 'regular' knife.

 

I feel largely the same about multi-tools.  The blades on them are useful but, again, almost an afterthought and not as convenient as using a 'regular' knife for certain applications.

Edited October 7, 2013 by JAB