I always believe that carrying anything that might fail, could endanger my life, knife, or whatever. I have not had good luck with simple tasks applied to Leatherman tools and would not ever again carry one on a serious trip. In fact the only two I have left are a micro and a mini and have not used them for much, nor will I. My old Swiss Army knife has yet to fail me or to become bent or overly dull. It is a Farmer model, which I see is available again, heavy knife blade, I do wish it locked open though. Cheers!