Whoaaaa, I get A.D.D just thinking of all those pieces! I'm glad it works for you, but I guess I'm trusting my history of never having lost my knife in over 5,000 miles. I guard it with my life! I keep my pack assembled like a mini- house.....a place for everything and everything in it's place. Every pocket carries exactly the same thing every morning when I break camp. Cuts down on the Alzheimers factor....<br><br>Also, never use moleskin and have never had problems using the SAK scissors to cut stuff. I like em! I use thread for dental floss as to me, dental floss is too thick and just slides off the tooth tartar anyway- due to the wax coating. So my thread does double duty too and I find it more effective to get the grunge off my teeth. Man, we're getting way too personal now!!<br><br>Wheeew<br><br><b><i>Judith G <twolegs@roadrunner.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid
rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> In the matter of choosing between separate pieces of gear, and having <br>a single multi-tool knife, I prefer the separate pieces of gear.<br><br>I primarily need scissors for cutting tough stuff like moleskin, so I <br>carry a small fine pair of fingernail scissors (actually the blunt- <br>end, straight blade type used to trim nose hair) and keep it with my <br>foot-care supplies. I am not able to cut moleskin with a tiny <br>scissor like the Swiss army knife kind because of arthritis in my <br>fingers, but the real point is if I lost a Swiss army knife, I would <br>lose my one blade plus all the other things I need on it. So I <br>choose to carry sharp little scissors with the foot care supplies, <br>and a small spool of dental floss with my personal hygiene supplies <br>(dental floss serves just as well as a toothpick for my needs, plus <br>it can be used as sewing thread too), plus a lexan knife in
my food <br>bag for slicing cheese and spreading peanut butter, and finally a <br>tiny but completely adequate single-blade knife on a string with my <br>photon light (and a quarter-sized washer for opening my Garcia bear <br>canister when I'm carrying it.)<br><br>If I lose that little knife (and I have), then I still have my other <br>gear in other places and I'm not completely helpless in the cutting <br>and spreading department.<br><br>This is offered only as a thinking point for anyone still trying to <br>make this sort of decision ... YMMV, HYOH, etc.<br><br>Two Legs<br><br>> From: g l <gailpl2003@yahoo.com><br>><br>> Yep- they still sell em. I'm just trying to avoid having a bunch <br>> of separate pieces of gear..........<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pct-l mailing list<br>Pct-l@backcountry.net<br>To unsubscribe or change list options (digest,
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