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Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 05:00:07 No.944111 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>944112 >>944178 >>944747 >>946631 >>950690

Help me decide between the Cold Steel SRK and the Leatherman Surge. I already have a cheap Gerber folding knife and I already have a Leatherman Wingman, so either choice will be a nice upgrade for me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 05:02:05 No.944112 Report

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>>944111
The Surge would be for every day carry (I dont mind the weight) and the SRK would just be used occasionally when camping / hunting / killing a chicken at my mother-in-laws house

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 05:39:12 No.944138 Report

Quoted By: >>944140

Multitool bro.
It's better!
-Love Anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 05:43:34 No.944140 Report

Quoted By: >>944776

>>944138
Thanks, I was leaning towards the MT. I bought a Swisstool RS off Amazon on Monday and it didn't lock up, so I exchanged it. Got a replacement one on today, same problem, sent it back. Decided to look around at other options, but I think the Surge was always in my future...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 07:36:40 No.944178 Report

Quoted By: >>944210 >>944214 >>944215 >>944334 >>944338 >>944591 >>944748

>>944111
Honestly, multitools are a meme. Who uses pliers everyday (outside of a job)? If you somehow did, you would be better off carrying a good pair of regular pliers. You don't need a bottle opener, a screwdriver, or a dildo inside of your pliers.

Get yourself a good quality knife. Folding/pocket if innacity. Fixed sheath blade if innawoods. A knife will do everything you need.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 09:56:37 No.944210 Report

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>>944178
I do!
I'm a small engine mechanic for my day job.
Yes I have better tools than my multitool but fuck walking 15 feet to get the perfect pair of pliers when i have one at crotch level.

I use the screw drivers occasionally too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 10:00:02 No.944214 Report

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>>944178
thats why i like the freestyle. its just a knife and the pliers which i use the wire cutters on for the ends of guitar/mandolin strings

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 10:05:52 No.944215 Report

Quoted By: >>944600 >>944772

>>944178
You have a circle argument goin anon.
>outside of work
What if my work is a hobby?
>I do use the pliers and screwdrivers daily.
What if my multitool does have a dildo inside?
....might explain why my vagina bleeds so much.

Who uses a knife everyday?
>opening mail or a package
>>always having a package to open thus requiring a knife.
hmm....pretty sure my multitool HAS a knife!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 16:41:37 No.944334 Report

Quoted By: >>944600

>>944178
coming from somebody that has effectively used neither, surely

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 16:55:04 No.944338 Report

Quoted By: >>944591 >>944749

>>944178
>multitools are a meme
Spending $100+ on a multitool is, for sure. But ~$30 on a Skeletool or ~$60 on a Wave is not.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 17:09:09 No.944343 Report

Quoted By: >>944591 >>950690

any option that is not cold steel is the infinitely better choice

Get shit from a good brand that won't snap off in your hand after light use.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 01:30:02 No.944591 Report

Quoted By: >>944600

OP here, I got the Surge. It is an excellent upgrade from my WIngman.

>>944178
I was, at first, skeptical about carrying a multitool. Years ago I preferred my Swiss Army Knife. One day, I lost my SAK and bought the Wingman from Home Depot on sale for about $15. I fell in love with it! You would be surprised how frequently I use the pliers around the house (but I am also constantly doing home-improvement projects, so I might be the exception rather than the rule).

>>944338
I don't think that I would ever have spent this much money on a tool usually, but my wife and I got our tax refunds back and we both gave ourselves $150 to spend on whatever "luxury" item we wanted.

>>944343
You dislike Cold Steel? Interesting! I have always heard good things about them. Have you had a bad experience with one?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 01:40:14 No.944600 Report

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>>944215
No circle. Work cannot by its definition be a hobby.

>>944334
Great argument cock gobbler

>>944591
Perhaps a multi tool works for you around your home, but if I were you I would save some shekels and buy a toolbox with actual tools.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 10:12:43 No.944747 Report

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>>944111
have both!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 10:15:13 No.944748 Report

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>>944178
i'm a city guy i carry a multi every day and it's a convenience thing. i use it a lot instead of dicking around or go hunt for tools. if anything it saves time and expands your capability on the spot. yes you can use the pliers frequently enough and the blade and sometimes the screwdrivers. i used the bottle opener a lot too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 10:16:49 No.944749 Report

Quoted By: >>944751

>>944338
>~$30 on a Skeletool
are you sure those are not chink fakes?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 10:19:40 No.944751 Report

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>>944749
yeah i just looked up a skelly cx which i have is 99 at leatherman. i think i bought mine at $90 or maybe dollar was weaker then, but it's a several years old model a serrated 154cm fucking love it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 11:48:13 No.944764 Report

Quoted By: >>946663

Charge Tti vs Fällkniven S1

is the real deal

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 12:26:32 No.944772 Report

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>>944215
LONDON

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Feb 2017 12:55:58 No.944776 Report

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>>944140
Multitool, my dude. I have a Leatherman Rebar as an EDC and it's a blessing through and through. Use it at work, while I'm out, at home, etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Feb 2017 14:49:31 No.946631 Report

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>>944111
if you have a knife and a multitool, get a sharpening stone or buy something nice for your girlfriend, don't be a gear queer

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Feb 2017 16:54:03 No.946663 Report

Quoted By: >>948836

>>944764

+1 Fallkniven - If you have 100 bucks to spend on a San Mai, im sure you can swing slighlty more for something better, maybe fallkniven, maybe ESEE... pick your posion

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 12 Feb 2017 00:31:26 No.948836 Report

Quoted By: >>949953

>>946663
Should I get the F1 for my main knife instead of the S1? I don't do much bushcrafting and already have an axe. Or should I just go prolemode and get a mora?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Feb 2017 16:39:23 No.949953 Report

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>>948836
If you are going to bring an axe and a saw, the F1 would be able to handle the small work. If you only want to bring one wood processing tool, the A1 can be carried in the place of an axe, saw, and a small knife. I dont own one but I think the S1 is sort of a weird middle size that doesnt seem practical, just my thoughts

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 14 Feb 2017 10:46:41 No.950690 Report

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>>944111
I actually own a San Mia Recon Tanto (pic related) which is about the same knife as the SRK but in a tacticool sharp. I love it, the VG-1 maybe a little hard to sharpen though if you are not well versed in sharpening. I highly recommend the 3V variant, they were not around when I got mine, 3V is an AMAZING steel.

>>944343
Yeah want to see your evidence for this... I own many Cold Steels and only was really displeased by a really cheap one.

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