[pct-l] Swiss Army type knife

[bodhisattvavow at hotmail.com (Hotmail)]

Ooh, is that the mora knife by Frosts?  I haven't used one but they have an
excellent reputation and are really cheap.
Peace and Love,
Matt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Kraft" <wayneskraft@comcast.net>
To: <vichanson@juno.com>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>; <pct2006@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Swiss Army type knife


> Why not a Victorinox Classic (knife, file, screwdriver, scissors,
> tweezers, tooth pick -- weighs less than 1 ounce) and a Coghlan's can
> opener (2 for $1.40 at REI, weighs almost nothing)?  You can usually
> get good used Victorinox Classics cheap on ebay because so many were
> seized from airport passengers and sold as scrap by airline
> security.   I understand the rules have changed and now you can carry
> them on the plane, so the supply may dry up, but at this moment there
> are three pages of them on ebay.   Having said that, I have recently
> decided (for reasons I'll go into if anyone is interested) that it
> would be prudent to carry a more substantial knife.   After much
> rumination (and a tragic ebay auction where a I lost a cool antique
> patch knife by 50 cents) I settled on a Swedish Mora knife with  an
> orange plastic handle and a  3 1/2 inch carbon steel blade.  I
> haven't used it yet, so I can't tell you yet whether it turns out to
> be worth the weight or not.
>
> Wayne Kraft
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Vic Hanson wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for a good small, light, Swiss Army type knife
> > (Victorinox doesn't make one) that has a knife blade, can opener
> > and a sissors. I have a larger one, the "climber", but it has many
> > more tools as well and weighs 3.5 oz. I would like one that weighs
> > about 1oz, 1.5 oz max. Anybody know of one?
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >
> >   Vic
> >
> >
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