Swiss or Leatherman?

“Got my six year old his first pocketknife last summer. Victronix, bought in Grindelwald, Suisse. :D”

“best knives, made in the USA”

“Try the Benford 6100! gotta 2.5 hp motor...pulled me outta dat swamp!”

“hey strat - who you think your kidding with that "my company will get me any tool" stuff. Next thing you will be trying to convince us that your employer actually values your services.

er... BTW - who'd ya say you work for? are they hiring? :)”

“I gotta Leatherman Pulse for work and a Swiss Army Mountaineer that I take hiking and travelling.

I whinged to the Leatherman People that they didnt make a locking tool with a corkscrew and scissors, their advice was to buy another tool with a corkscrew and carry two. She was serious!!! Obviously I was far too stupid to think of that myself.”

“After the first couple of posts I thought this was going to be yet another lederhosen thread. Who could've known that the Swiss Leatherdude and Richard Gere had so much in common?

ANYway...

I've got a Victorinox Adventure somethingorother (the one with the slightly larger blade that locks). I got the one with Phillips head rather than the corkscrew --- I can always find a stick to jam the cork inside the bottle if necessary. And I really dig those crazy tweezers.”

“I prefer Leatherman. I met him in Sipsey he was very nice. Oh wait a minute--that was Leatherneck.

;0”

“I got a Gerber I carry everywhere. I like the way the pliers slide into the handle.”

“Oooopps - that was another thread at another time..LOL

Swiss armay knife is always close by within grabbing distance.

Don't leave home without it!

However, my 4" Switchblade I keep in my car "just in case".”

“The Pulse has one fatal flaw as compared to the Wave. You have to completely unfold the tool to access a knife blade, then fold it back up to use it. Then reverse the process to store the knife blade.”

“I always have a swiss army knife in my pocket, when fishing, camping, hiking its either the Gerber multi-tool or a Leatherman Wave, Wave is nice to be able to open knife without opening the pliers. Mine has scissors.”

“The human Swiss Army Knife
November 13 2002


Lyon, France: An eccentric Frenchman who goes by the name of Crazy Eric has entered the record books for the unusual feat of carrying permanently about his body more than 1,000 useful objects.

Dubbed the human Swiss Army Knife, Eric is a 30-year-old electrician from the central-eastern city of Lyon who has a psychological obsession with neatness and an ingenious line in clothes design.

"It all began very gradually about 10 years ago. First of all it was a screwdriver, then a pair of scissors, then some snack-bars and a torch ... just in case," says Eric, who refuses to give his family name.

But quickly the backpack which he used became too heavy, so he decided to "integrate my things about my person".

The result is a sartorial tool-kit comprising a panoply of pockets, folds and attachments that puts any one of 1,300 items within immediate hand's reach.

The number has been verified by the Guinness book of records, which in its last edition grants Eric a slot as owner of the world's "most practical suit of clothing".

Eric's outfits weigh 15kg - 12 kilos of which are gadgets of every kind.

Among his latest innovations is a Velcro leg-pocket containing a fold-up umbrella and a paint-brush.

"I use the brush a lot because I often end up sleeping in odd places and this is the best way I have found for removing dust," he says.

Elsewhere he carries a shaving kit, comprehensive first aid gear, a mini-saw, blow-up mattress, spare batteries, a change of clothes, a water-pouch, a water-filtering unit, soldering iron, tape-measure, digital camera ...

Eric says his aim is not self-publicity but simply to be prepared for all eventualities.

"It is like a doctor with his medicine bag. I always have my kit," he says.

"But if I don't need something, I don't bring it. I used to carry a pedometer, for example, but I've just taken it off. I never found I needed it."


The Sydney Morning Herald”

“What? No Picture?”

“I hope he has a life jacket in there somewhere. B-)”

“Not exactly an ultralight wanker.”

“Define "Wanker"”

“That fella teetered right off the edge. BTW I didnt know crazy mike had kin!”

“With all the Swiss Army knives in America,the Swiss Army's not far behind.”

“man, lemme telly sumpthin. i am in the maintaince feild of working and i have tried them all. even thoug theleatherman have great products i have found that they dont hold up to the real world as well as the swisstool does. it's just a matter of practicality. SWISSTOOL RULES!”

“stratdewd, too true on the swisstool. I love mine and use it often.”

“Nothing is more dead useless weight than a swiss army scrap pile.”

“ugh, it's not a swiss army knife.... it's a swisstool, by victronox, so if you are done, why don't you take a flying leap you dirty rotten scoundral!”

“piece of cwap”

“i got da cwap one time.......”

“made in the USA...support our own devices.”

“i got a SA knife, and bought it in canda. lol. I like it though. Its called a "deluxe tinker".”

“I saw a nice catalog that had all kinds of Swiss stuff in I think that ther stuff is way pimp but it is very $$$$$.

8)”

“where's canda?”

“go to detroit and make a right”