canyonhunter47
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I’ve carried a Havalon and leatherman (usually skeletool) for a quite a while but I’m looking to change it up and I’m not sure which direction go and and pare down to what I truly need.
For 8-ish ounces the havalon & skeletool combo covers a skinning knife, general use knife, pliers (good for cactus!), and a bit driver. It’s not bad but for that weight I wish it had more utility and I don’t like how much the Havalon folder gets gunked up (same with the outdoor edge)
This year I’m thinking of switching to a scalpel with a fixed handle and/or light fixed blade. (Plus using hemostats and a mini Swiss Army knife for cactus/cuticles/hangnails/leukotape for ~1.7 oz).
I’m not really a “knife person” but I like the idea of the fixed blade (benchmade’s, argali’s, esee’s, mora?) that can cover general use and field processing but there’s nothing quite a like a scalpel and the fixed handled ones are ~1 ounce. I’ve never really used a saw but I’m waffling on the bit driver and I’d prefer to at least break even on weight
Any thoughts?
For 8-ish ounces the havalon & skeletool combo covers a skinning knife, general use knife, pliers (good for cactus!), and a bit driver. It’s not bad but for that weight I wish it had more utility and I don’t like how much the Havalon folder gets gunked up (same with the outdoor edge)
This year I’m thinking of switching to a scalpel with a fixed handle and/or light fixed blade. (Plus using hemostats and a mini Swiss Army knife for cactus/cuticles/hangnails/leukotape for ~1.7 oz).
I’m not really a “knife person” but I like the idea of the fixed blade (benchmade’s, argali’s, esee’s, mora?) that can cover general use and field processing but there’s nothing quite a like a scalpel and the fixed handled ones are ~1 ounce. I’ve never really used a saw but I’m waffling on the bit driver and I’d prefer to at least break even on weight
Any thoughts?
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