[pct-l] How Small is Too Small?

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You gotta admit....I DO have a way of getting your attention.......
   
  Anyway, I'll be having a lot of gear questions over the next couple months and here's one of them:
   
  I used to carry a big honkin' Swiss Army Knife on the trail....had a lot of the gadgets and gizmos that I never used.  Then, several months ago, in my effort to drop pack weight, I bought a small (about 2 inches) Swiss Army knife.  My knife criteria are:  A blade, scissors, toothpick and tweezers.  Trouble is when I hiked with the small one, the blade was so ridiculously small that when I fantasized about having to fend off a wild beast with it, it would be more like, "Thop you thilly thavage"!!  If you get my drift.  Here's the rub:  I'm sold on Swiss Army knives in general, but there doesn't seem to be anything inbetween the big honkers and the "Playschool" version.  Suggestions?
   
  Danke,
   
  Wheeew

       
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