Hey <br><br>Has anyone ever heard of the ATAX Survival Tool.Made by Hoods Woods.It does everything.Check it out at www.survival.com

I owned one briefly. The ATAX, along with the Spetsnaz survival tool and WSI's ranger knife may be thought as fixed tang variants on the Swiss Army Knife or Leatherman tool family. Some features will be used often, some almost never. the Sak and multitools concept is based on small well made tools. The second family tries to do this on a single billet of steel. I personally found the concept clumsy except for one offering. I prefer several dedicated tools of proven design. If I lose my traditional Ulu, the other knives still work.

What is the best multitool for your money, the Leatherman Wave?

I think Doug's review of mulittools is on the money.

The wave is my choice and I own the gerber 600 as well.

Both makers make good tools but the wave is just better in the end IMHO.

RE ATAX: I never used one but can't see the added value over several good cutting tools of dif sizes.

Seems realy gimicky to me. No doubt Ron knows his stuff but keep in mind he makes money off the ATAX. <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Mike

Yes, I use a leatherman Doug gifted me daily.