Keychain Knives?

Carry/use keychain knives?

  • Yes

    Votes: 45 65.2%

  • No

    Votes: 22 31.9%

  • Stop asking me questions!

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • I shall never tell

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • Total voters
    69
Boattale said:
Dude. We were in the Badlands of South Dakota and I lost my wife on a hike. So I went back to the truck, left a note I was looking for her and asking for help. Then started to search those winding canyons that all look alike. After a three day search the volunteers all left. So the sad part is we never found her so she's out there still. I did leave her a note where the truck had been parked. But still, lo these many years later, breaking news, this just in - still no wife.
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The next time I had to leave a note we were lost at sea. Had an empty bottle, paper but alas no pen. But wait! I always have my Compact with me, so I wrote a note, put it in the bottle, corked it and wished for the best after throwing it in. I was later rescued, but sadly, my wife was lost surfing a giant wave in Portugal. DO NOT leave home without your SAK Compact.
 
Alox Minichamp does it for me; before that it was a Midnite Manager that gave me the Rambler tools and orientation with the light and a pen. Granted they're not strictly on my keychain, which is a mess, but on a separate keyring with items I refuse to leave home without.
 
Boattale said:
The next time I had to leave a note we were lost at sea. Had an empty bottle, paper but alas no pen. But wait! I always have my Compact with me, so I wrote a note, put it in the bottle, corked it and wished for the best after throwing it in. I was later rescued, but sadly, my wife was lost surfing a giant wave in Portugal. DO NOT leave home without your SAK Compact.
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Okay that post made me feel better. After the first one, I was thinking "wait is this guy serious?." After the second post I realized, " well of course he is!". Whew.
 
Victorinox Swiss Army Classic(s) here, although at the moment the keychain is unadorned.
 
Used to carry a key chain auto stiletto, in hindsight, a terrible idea, it would pop open at times and I would get stabbed/cut, the spring even died a early death so it turned useless AND dangerous
 
Sometimes I think about attaching a light weight keychain knife to a badge retractor, and then to my backpack but
Haven't done it yet
 
I carry either a SAK Rambler or a Manager (which is a Rambler with a pressurized ball-point pen instead of a toothpick), but I don't carry them on a keychain. Just thrown in a pocket - they're so slim and light you don't really know they're even there.

By far the things I've used the most are the nail-file, tweezers, and pen (Manager). The bottle opener has come in handy several times as well.

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Stringjam7 said:
I carry either a SAK Rambler or a Manager (which is a Rambler with a pressurized ball-point pen instead of a toothpick), but I don't carry them on a keychain. Just thrown in a pocket - they're so slim and light you don't really know they're even there.

By far the things I've used the most are the nail-file, tweezers, and pen (Manager). The bottle opener has come in handy several times as well.

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Got one in my shirt pocket (rambler)
It's causing me to sweat under my left teet
 
Stringjam7 said:
I carry either a SAK Rambler or a Manager (which is a Rambler with a pressurized ball-point pen instead of a toothpick), but I don't carry them on a keychain. Just thrown in a pocket - they're so slim and light you don't really know they're even there.

By far the things I've used the most are the nail-file, tweezers, and pen (Manager). The bottle opener has come in handy several times as well.

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ts6jnn9.jpg
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I really like that yellow one, going to have to find one.
 
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