Welcome to ETS!

<<...with the essentially useless corckscrew...>>

Now, where did I put that "warm welcome" flamethrower... probably most folks agree with you, but some do not.

The "Fieldmaster" or BSA Huntsman is the same knife as the Huntsman but with a Phillips screwdriver instead of the corkscrew. Similar variants exist for most models equipped with a corkscrew.

So you guys leave my corkscrew alone and go cut off your Phillips screwdriver instead <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I'm curious how it will be scraped if it is permanently attached to the SAK - does that mean a second knife or scraper? If you want to give this a shot, maybe you could cut off your phillips screwdriver (why not the parcel hook instead?), attach a socket to the sawn-off stub such that it will hold a sparking rod. Flip it open, remove rod, and scrape with an SAK blade... just a suggestion. It might be difficult to hold onto, but if you give it a shot, please give us a report - pics, too!

***EDIT Hard to quickly measure, but the OD of the corkscrew looks to be about 7.75mm - about 0.3 inches. The Phillips screwdriver-in-lieu-of-corkscrew appears to be about 5.5mm or around 0.213 inch, give or take. Easy to cut either down to a stub (maybe try to keep the stub at least 1 diameter long) and epoxy on a piece of 1.2" to 1.25" long tubing. Probably some aluminum arrow shafts are close and for certain one could get some K&N brass or aluminum tubing from a hobby store in a close enough diameter. A piece of brake line (preferably stainless steel) may work or may be too soft (bend on opening?) In any event - That way, one could slip a rod into the tubing. Or cut the tubing shorter and use it as a socket (see above) to epoxy in a section of rod. Still dunno about graspability and other practical matters, so I'm interested in reading about it if someone takes this on. Someone who has no use for a corkscrew want to volunteer? END EDIT***

No flames, really - I understand that many folks don't see a need for the corkscrew. But if y'all will check around, you almost certainly can find the model SAK you want with some other tool in lieu of the corkscrew.

Hope you have as much fun learning here as I do.

Regards,

Tom