[pct-l] Fwd: Re: How Small is Too Small?

[g l]

g l <gailpl2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:  Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:18:37 -0800 (PST)
From: g l <gailpl2003 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] How Small is Too Small?
To: Will Hiltz <will.hiltz at gmail.com>

Mine doesn't have a serrated blade.  And my criteria are my criteria!  I use my scissors, toothpick and tweezers a lot out on the trail.  I just can't find that combination with a decent sized blade.  Gack!  (In the words of Vera).

Will Hiltz <will.hiltz at gmail.com> wrote:   Get JUST a knife... you don't really need that serrated blade anyways


Easy

On Nov 17, 2007 10:26 PM, g l wrote:
> 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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