#263178 - 09/02/13 11:59 PM
Re: Role of a single-blade folder?
[Re: Denis]
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Registered: 04/01/10
Posts: 1629
Loc: Northern California
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A single-blade folder is my most most fundamental survival tool. If there room for only one tool to carry, it would a single-blade folder. I might be walking/jogging while wearing workout shorts. I would not be able to carry a multi-tool because it's too heavy, but at least I can have a single-blade folder in my right front pocket.
When I get dressed, it's like clockwork. My single-blade folder goes on me every time for any kind of attire, including suits, jeans, shorts, etc.
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#263275 - 09/05/13 03:25 PM
Re: Role of a single-blade folder?
[Re: Denis]
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Registered: 12/06/07
Posts: 418
Loc: St. Petersburg, Florida
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If I do not have "equipment" that requires pliers (locking caribiners for one), I carry a pair of hemostats in my FAK for porcupine quills and cactus spines. Lots lighter than most pairs of pliers. I have never needed anything larger for just woods loafing. Often when I have other purposes for going in the bush. Then I carry a pair of pliers best suited to the equipment I carry. I have yet to be sold on the MUT for most things in the bush.
I also carry a pair of bandage scissors (or more recently sometimes EMT shears) in my FAK.
Respectfully,
Jerry
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#263277 - 09/05/13 04:40 PM
Re: Role of a single-blade folder?
[Re: JerryFountain]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3842
Loc: USA
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I have yet to be sold on the MUT for most things in the bush. I like the MUT but it lives in my range bag or MOLLE'd onto my hydration pack for 3-gun. It's too specialized, in my mind, for me to haul around at other times. I could imagine putting it on my belt if I'm carrying my AR, but that's not exactly a standard hiking accessory for me. For "woods loafing" (stealing that phrase!) it would be a LM Wave for me, possibly the Surge if I felt like I needed something bigger.
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#263290 - 09/06/13 12:29 AM
Re: Role of a single-blade folder?
[Re: chaosmagnet]
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Old Hand
Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 870
Loc: wellington, fl
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I carry a single blade folder cuz when I carry a sword, people look at me funny. Big lock blade is as close as I can come to a broadsword, and dragons are smaller now, anyway.
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#263311 - 09/06/13 05:52 PM
Re: Role of a single-blade folder?
[Re: nursemike]
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Registered: 10/14/08
Posts: 1517
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I carry a single blade folder cuz when I carry a sword, people look at me funny. Big lock blade is as close as I can come to a broadsword, and dragons are smaller now, anyway. LOL, loved that post Nursemike!
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#263467 - 09/12/13 09:55 PM
Re: Role of a single-blade folder?
[Re: AKSAR]
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Registered: 03/01/07
Posts: 1034
Loc: -
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For example, what is the point of scissors? Scissors are precise tool compared to a knife. My LM Wave scissors are fantastic on tin and aluminum cans, when I need to improvise something more sophisticated than just a boiling vessel out of them. Also they are much better than a knife at trimming hair (esp. facial), toenails, or sewing thread.
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