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all i know is my leatherman has served me well over the last 7 or 8 years...

i have a friend with a really nice gerber tanto knife and when ever he wants to cut something he says, " hey can i barrow your leatherman real quick, i dont wanna get my knife all messed up". i say "sure, you can barrow it". i let him use it, i wipe it off on my pants and put it back. its saved my lots of times and if it ever breaks I'll just buy another one.

Is your Leatherman the "all you can eat" variety like I have? You know the ones with with a file, screwdriver, flux capacitor, etc etc.

..flux capacitor..

starman wrote:..flux capacitor..

No, it could work.
The stainless steel construction of a leatherman will have a beneficial effect on the flux dispersal. Only problem is getting it to 88 miles an hour. Could fire it from a cannon I suppose.

I would send you the maths to prove it's possible, but my stomach is kinda angling for some lunch right now.

Radiation wrote:Is your Leatherman the "all you can eat" variety like I have? You know the ones with with a file, screwdriver, flux capacitor, etc etc.

phone, MP3 player, GPS, internet, television, a drill press, a compressor, MIG welder, lathe, rocket boosters, extrusion press, nuclear reactor, lolcats, a power-level meter AND... a knife!



Its over nineTHOUSAAAAAAAAND!

I've only broken the tip from my Kershaw once, which was when I dropped it onto a hard surface.

Guys, what about keeping the knives sharp? I use on of theses. It is a diamond coated stone. It works so much better than Arkansas stones and all.

For the other cutting tools I have (mechete, etc) I just use one of those pull down the edge type sharpeners. They won't put a razor edge on the blade, but it works for its purpose.

hubb017: It's the most reliable knife I own; in three years under somewhat abusive use it hasn't dulled.
In Boy Scouts I was taught the very useful skill of lashing sticks together, and I just like the sort of old, makeshift look it gives to my projects (mainly things I've built for my haunted house).
This knife usually ends up doing the work of a hatchet, when I'm too lazy to saw a piece of wood or just want to give it a more makeshift, non-tool assisted look.

Okay, maybe the fixed blade is a bit much, but what can I say: I like it. It's a nice knife.

Radiation: You ever read Blade? It's the best knife magazine that I know of.

http://www.samys.com/product_detail.php?item=9544

this is what i everday carry. its a basic stanley utility knife. it holds about 6 extra blades in the handle which is very nice. its saved my skin a couple of times at least.

Here Are Some Of My Knives.

The "Rambo" knife is just for the sake of having a big knife, really no use for it.

2nd is my Full Size Gerber Evo

3rd Is my Gerber Assisted Opening knife

4th is my Gerber Aluminium 3.0 Assisted Opeing Knife, Very Well Built[/img]

There are quite a few dual-metal knives out there which have a blade with, essentially, two different types of steel in them. Hard on the edge, and soft on the spine. They keep a great edge and aren't too brittle. What they do, is they temper it differently at the same time, I have no idea really how they do it exactly.

Daltonultra wrote:Two of em. They keep a great edge, but the tips are just too delicate.

You aren't supposed to use them for prying lol. That is a screwdriver's job.

EDIT: I have one of these...
http://www.thekershawstore.com/Kershaw_ ... 1470st.htm

But it is the original, which has a sort of tanto style blade instead of the curved edge. I like the original look much better.

EDIT: Here is a pic of my current collection.



The knives with the wooden sheaths were hand made by a friend of my great grandpa over 50 years ago. There is two Buck's. The dark grey knife is a buck with a titanium blade. The little clip-on is a CRKT, and that fat thing with a grip handle is an ancient Gerber. I'll give more pics on that thing later. It is a TANK. At the bottom is my Kershaw Storm, and a really old Kamp King. The silver thing to the right is what I believe is a US Army issue multi-tool. The blade says "Camillus, 1959." Of course, there is a Gerber Recoil multi tool with scissors, a can opener, a blade, a wire stripper, and a phillips and flat head screwdriver. Most importantly, it has spring assisted needle-nose pliers that shoot out when you press a button. It is cool! There is one more Gerber here, the one with the weird ring thing, but I think it is a knockoff. The handle is of horrible quality plastic, and the blade says G E R B E R, P O R T L A N D, O R. In other words, the spacing is really unneccarily wide, and it looks sorta cheap. But the ring part was cool so I kept it. The other knives are Old Timer's a Stanley carpet knife, and I don't know what the white and the black one are. Not a bad collection eh?

http://www.chrisreeve.com/greenberet.htm

I have the 7" version

Hey Ammo, is the white handled knife with the fish scaler made by Case?

ammosmoke wrote:

Daltonultra wrote:Two of em. They keep a great edge, but the tips are just too delicate.

You aren't supposed to use them for prying lol. That is a screwdriver's job.

You aren't supposed to use them for prying lol. That's is a pry bar's job;)

frankrede wrote:

ammosmoke wrote:

Daltonultra wrote:Two of em. They keep a great edge, but the tips are just too delicate.

You aren't supposed to use them for prying lol. That is a screwdriver's job.

You aren't supposed to use them for prying lol. That's is a pry bar's job;)

But screwdrivers and pry bars are not in my reach and I hate to walk downstairs to get tools.