Originally Posted By: snoman
Originally Posted By: Yuccahead
I am a little curious about the hacksaw blade. I am apparently too narrow minded to come up with a reason for carrying this. While I can imagine using your saw held in your multi-tool pliers to cut through smaller metal objects, what other ideas have led you to include this?

As a striker for the ferrocium rod. Stainless knives don't throw sparks very well.



Stainless steel knives can throw sparks just as well as the hacksaw blade IF they are set up properly.

All you need is a square sharp edge....the hacksaw blade is set, but you could square the spine of that knife and it would perform just as well.

There is no validity to the notion that you need carbon steel on a ferro rod. Anything sharp can throw sparks. Here is stainless from my Farmer tossing some sparks from the sharp awl.







I am not sure how you might get that handcuff key out of that container.....in handcuffs. So I might move it.


Edited by Schwert (11/20/08 11:32 PM)