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Try the Wingman. I'd be surprised if you didn't love it.



Travis

i carry a case trapper every day. very useful here on the farm. great for cutting the ribs out of crappie fillets and cleaning squirrels too.

Dude, last weekend I found a Leatherman when I stopped to open a gate.


It's outside but I thought it was a Wingman, gonna go check....

Sidekick...

Queen big chief

Sidekick is better if you're outdoors, anyway. More likely to need a saw than a pair of scissors....

I've got a Super Tool 300. Too big.
Rebar is nice, but have to open to get knife blade out.
Sidekick/wingman are "cheaper" but size/features just right and blade available without opening. Just wish they had a good wire cutter like the Rebar.

A couple of my old Case knives, A Hunter and a Trapper

Those little Gerbers were great no nonsense inexpensive pocket knives.

Often I'll have a Sodbuster or Sodbuster Jr. in my pocket.

That one is ALMOST as good. Only thing I don't like about it is that it's about $20.00 more so if/when you lose it, it hurts a little more.

But it has the spring loaded pliers and a bunch of other useful schit. Like the clip and thumb hole'd blade.




Dave

I checked over the main blade and it appears to be almost unused....

Probably a little fent or meth residue....

And noticed there is a spring loaded plier, yep.

Rub it against your gums.

And then see if it has scissors. I love them scissors.




Dave

I used to buy those el-cheapo $3 dollar knives at gun shows for work. I was always dinking around with them when they got loose. Finally I bought a Gerber E-Z Out with the pocket clip. I lost my first one but now I have a serrated one for work and a smooth blade for everything else. I'm never without it.

I have a small Leatherman that my engraver buddy engraved and gave me and the wife a matched set for our wedding. It's pretty small but still has 5 or 6 tools in it. I keep it in my daypack that I haul around when hunting or hiking and 4 wheeling, too bulky for my pocket but nice to have along for the pliers and screwdrivers.

I have a neat Sodbuster Jr that I've never seen another of. It's a John Deere green CaseXX with a 440 stainless blade. Case swore when I asked that they'd never made a SS Sodbuster but I've dang sure got one. The blade is hard as the hubs of hell, really hard to sharpen, but stays sharp once you get an edge on it.

This little bugger came in the shop one day in a little paste board box of assorted folders. I was one of the last to go thru the box and amongst the old Sabre and old Impérial plastic handled stuff lay this. Says Sheffield Made on blade. Nice handles too!



Got it for like $3 or $4.

Two bladed Buck trapper. Last thing my Dad ever handed to me.

I carry a Swiss Army Knife Hunter. Used to think that any knife that had scissors was a sissy knife. Turns out I use the scissors more than anything. I love them scissors too.

If I have got my pants on, I have a two bladed trapper with me. Don't know how any man gets through the day without a pocket knife.

Uncle Henry stockman at work. Case stockman or trapper at home.

My grandfather taught me when I was somewhere around ten that a gentleman was not dressed unless he had a pocket knife, a Zippo lighter, a clean handkerchief in one hip pocket and a clean, ironed, white handkerchief in his other hip pocket in case you should come upon a lady in distress. It is one of his old fashioned lessons I still adhere to almost every day with the execptions of when flying or at the VA hospital where all weapons are prohibited by federal law.

In the Nave at my first PDS I had a Master Chief for a boss and he hammered into my new guy soft brain a proper knife was sharp, could be in my hand quickly and easily, opened, used, closed, and put away all with only using one hand as aboard ship it could save your life. He would inspect me every day to see if I had it.

When dressed for a fancy occasion the knife is an old Japanese made Gerber folding pocket knife. In my normal jeans dress you will always a folding knife I would be willing to present is called upon bu that old Master Chief.

Today the idea of the zippo is kind of outdated but I still carry a real Zippo but it has a butane insert. As for the clean, white, ironed handkerchief, I have not given one to a lady in distress since yesterday afternoon. She was shocked and grateful at the same time. I have a new clean, ironed white handkerchief in my right hip pocket as I type this.