:eek1 The vehicle was upside down, one occupant was already out of the vehicle by the time I got down the hill (possibly ejected as the car flipped?) the driver was cut and bleeding but suspended upside down by his seat belt, and unfortunately a third occupant wasn't wearing their seat belt, was partially ejected, and then crushed by the vehicle. Less than a week later I was driving up Monarch Pass and the car in front of me veered off the road and plummeted down a steep incline, rolling several time before it got caught in the trees. About a year ago I was chatting with a co-worker about knives, and he was surprised I didn't carry a knife on me because I guess I'm just "that kind of guy" that you would expect to have one I took his comment seriously, and when I got home a put a knife back in my pocket. I used to carry a knife at all times when I was in the Army, and through deployments to Iraq & Afghanistan, but when I returned to civilian life I lost the habit and didn't carry one anymore. I carry a folder in my pocket (I like Spyderco, but that's just personal preference), and a Leatherman in my little backpack that goes just about everywhere with me. I used to have their Swiss-Tech Micro Tool clipped onto the same keyring, but that rattled off while riding the bike, so it's long gone. I've also got the Swiss-Tech Utili-key on my keychain. On the side opposite the knife, I'd have a thick-ass prybar on pivot designed to carry 600ftlb of torque. If it were my choice, I'd have tossed the can opener (it's not a camping knife, it's an EDC knife.you don't have a fucking can opener at home that can open that can 3 times faster than this?), and moved the bottle opener to the other side. I'm tempted to take the clip off of the gerber use a tap and mount it on the trekker just to see how it fairs. I would probably have even picked the Victorinox one-hand trekkers, but they don't come with a clip. Jeezus friggin christ, at least give me one goddamn pry bar. I find it absolutely retarded that classic folders that sport multiple implements sport.more blades. Secondary criteria is the most basic of tool implements that you'd have a reason to reach *often*, and that can be implemented well in a form factor that fits where you normally carry your EDC. EDC criteria for the folder aspect, which to me means supreme ease of access, and supreme speed to deployment. I'd gladly have paid four or five times more for something of better quality. Specs are pretty much what I'd ask for, but Materials are cheap, fabrication is cheap, so it's cheap. Their execution sucks, though, bcs it took 3 tries to find one that had a decent build quality (good action on the knife opening, and locks that work). Belt clipped so it sits at the top of your pocket, or iwb. It's not svelte, but thin enough that you would want to carry it. bottle opener for those that haven't figured out how to pop the top off w/ the heal of their EDC. Right now, I carry the Gerber Obsidian, because they were pretty much the first ones that figured out what a decent mix might look like. I *really* friggin wish somebody would put a friggin belt clip on a friggin multitool that I'd actually want to friggin carry. There is *no* reason why there isn't a goddamn multitool option out there that fits decent EDC folder criteria. But dammit, it shouldn't be an either or question.
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