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    Dale Wambaugh
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    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Anbody use Tool Logic knives? My latest surfing project has been on multi-tools (the Micra holds up well, but I still want pliers AND scissors).

    Anyway, I came across the Tool Logic products. Tool Logic has been making “credit card” tools that I have seen before, but the surprise was their folding knives with LED lights, whistle, fire starter and water tight compartment (read medications or matches). Check them out at http://www.toollogic.com/folders_section.htm The ones that caught my eye are the SL1 Mini light and the SL3 Fire (at the bottom. I found the SL3 Fire on Ebay for a mere $15.

    Anybody know what the quality is like with these tools? Are the blades any good?

    #1351693
    Joshua Mitchell
    Member

    @jdmitch

    Locale: Kansas

    quality seemed shoddier than I would want to rely on outdoors

    #1351820
    Mike Storesund
    Member

    @mikes-1

    “(the Micra holds up well, but I still want pliers AND scissors)”

    Leatherman Juice S2 weighs just over 4 ounces has the Pliers/wire cutter and scissors, a straight blade knife, bottle openr and can opener and costs about $45 at major retailers, some will charge the suggested price of $60, but you can likely find better deals online.

    Or you could go with the Leatherman Squirt P4 (with pliers) in your pack and wear a Swiss Army Classic on your lanyard with whistle and Photon Freedom Micro light.

    #1351843
    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    There are so many paths to follow there! In my collection I have:

    Gerber Sport 400, 6oz.
    Swiss Army knife (Hunter??), 3.5oz.
    Leatherman Micra, 1.8oz
    CRKT Wrangler folding knife, 1.6oz.
    Victorinox paring knife, 0.7oz.

    And the Tool Logic SL3 Fire just arrived in the mail. It weighs 2.7oz, has a 3″ blade (50/50 straight/serrated) and there is a decent whistle built into the handle, along with a Swedish Firesteel firestarter. The blade has a special knotch at the base for scraping the firestick. There is a lanyard hole and a steel clip. The blade has an oval hole for one-handed ambidexterous openeing and it has a liner lock. The quality is good, with all the components except the Firesteel made in Japan. Most of the screws are domed Allen-head, with one large slotted screw that holds the pod for the Firesteel.

    The literature says that a Mag-Lite Solitaire will fit in the same pod that the Firesteel uses. There are other models with an LED light option and I think I would go there before the Solitaire.

    So, your can play chess with tool options all night. Getting down to reality, I don’t need pliers for much. If I were working with climbing equipment or something with screws, springs, pulleys, etc, I might want something as heavy and complicated as the Gerber. I use it at work, so it goes in my commuter pack.

    The Micra has a lot of bells and whistles and it’s light. Score high for handling little cutting chores, trimming fabric, trimming finger and toenails, even nose hair for the brave of heart :) Tweezers too. I’ll slide that one back on the goes-with-me side. In fact, I carry it daily.

    Out with the ol’ Swiss Army knife– the Micra covers all the same bases. That goes in my car survival kit.

    CRKT Wrangler. Good basic knife, but I’d take the more multi-purpose Tool Logic rig for survival value, better cutting tool and easier opening. I just might Ebay it.

    The Victorinox paring knife. If I were going to go Spartan and have one single cutting tool at the lightest weight and the lowest cost, this one would win. If you were doing a lot of cooking, it would be great. It will go in the car camping kitchen kit for now.

    So I’m left with the Micra and the SL3 Fire at a combined weight of 4.5oz. That gives me:

    back-up fire starting
    3″ locking cutting blade
    whistle
    scissors
    bottle opener (shut up)
    3 screwdrivers
    nail file
    small knife
    tweezers
    some redundancy for loss or breakage.

    I could get along with just the SL3 Fire. It satisfies the RamboFactor and wouldn’t be half bad for cooking. I’ll pass on using it as a grooming tool!

    #1351847
    Mike Storesund
    Member

    @mikes-1

    “bottle opener (shut up)”

    Hey!!!! The only kind of ‘good’ beer comes in bottles and not with twist-off tops. I only bought canned beer to make some alcohol stoves.

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