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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	do you take a multi tool Mar 28^th, 2014 at 4:26pm	Quote Print Post
	I have always been tempted to take a multi tool, but so far I have never had the need to have used one if I had taken one in. Care to share how a multi tool has been helpful or even saved your bacon on a trip? Leatherman has a lightweight model that has piqued my interest and as my gear starts getting some mileage I am getting suspicious, maybe a multi tool could be useful. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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zski Inukshuk Offline Posts: 447 Location: IL Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #1 - Mar 28^th, 2014 at 4:34pm	Quote Print Post
	Brought one twice, used it zero It's definitely not lightweight


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Paddle_Guy Inukshuk Offline Posts: 300 Location: Western Michigan Joined: Feb 10^th, 2003	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #2 - Mar 28^th, 2014 at 4:39pm	Quote Print Post
	I always take a multi-tool. It keeps me from taking several other tools (pliers, knife, file, etc). I use it all the time, and there have been times when I have had an equipment failure and really needed a screwdriver. I use it all the time when fishing to cut line or take out hooks...It is a tool I don't leave home without. It is one of those things that you don't really know if you need it, until you need it, then you are really glad you had it.


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Kerry Inukshuk Offline Posts: 427 Location: Toronto Joined: May 13^th, 2010	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #3 - Mar 28^th, 2014 at 6:44pm	Quote Print Post
	I kinda agree with Zski. Leatherman's are big and bulky and you have to dick around just getting the tool you want out. When I want a knife, I want a knife, something with heft and a serious blade. I don't need a Leatherman to cut line, I have a pair of pliers for that that are easy to grab when I need them. And I certainly don't want to be fussing with a multi-tool when I'm dealing with a hooked Northern. As for screw drivers, there are a number of tools out there that are very small and quite inexpensive. I carry one of those in a repair kit bag and it's been fine for the number of times I've needed it (which might have been once or twice over the last 5 years.) Hey, MT, read the quote for the item you're considering - "Perfect for the hobby box, junk drawer, or glove box." Really? This is what you want to carry with you into the bush? I know you and you know me, we both like buying sh#t. But you already have a good knife and pliers. Do you really need a pair of dinky scissors and a can opener?


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #4 - Mar 28^th, 2014 at 9:07pm	Quote Print Post
	I hear ya Kerry. Right now I have a Seal Pup knife at my side and a pair of P-line aluminum pliers. I like both and would be loathe to be on a canoe trip without them. In defense of the Leatherman juice S2 however The author of this book (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) says this....."This tool has been with me on every single trip in the last 5 years" and further states "I've repaired stoves, skis, trekking poles, tents, jackets, pads, packs, bags, cook pots and more with the S2" He is a gear tester for BackPacker magazine. Certainly someone who has been around. The Juice S2 is an editors choice award winner. So it got me thinking......I wonder if anyone on the QJ forum says "ya, having a multi tool really saved my posterior"...... That being said.......I am probably inclined to get one but will likely take it backpacking instead of canoeing. Just thought I would see what experiences folk have had.


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Kingfisher Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1814 Joined: Mar 8^th, 2004	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #5 - Mar 29^th, 2014 at 4:36am	Quote Print Post
	I have an older Gerber needle nose multitool. The pliers can be deployed with one hand so I use it when fishing often. I can hold a fish with one hand and then reach to my belt for and deploy the Gerber pliers with the other. I've also used the knife and screwdrivers often enough to warrant having it on every trip I've made in the last 10 years. I'm not sure how many multitools there are available that can be used quickly with one hand but I would not want one otherwise.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5465 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #6 - Mar 29^th, 2014 at 7:04am	Quote Print Post
	I brought a leatherman for years specifically for the pliers' side/wire cutters aspect in case I hooked myself. Now with barbless I no longer have that concern. Lately I'll bring a phillips screwdriver shaft that's bent at a 90 that I've always intended to pound/file a flathead bit on the other end of but I've never gotten around to doing that. I did pick up a heavy-duty hemostat last year. I bring a small 1 blade locking pocket knife for cutting cordage and sausage as well as a key-chain size swiss army knife for the awesome tweezers, nail file and it's mighty fine scissors. My heavy and hard to deploy leatherman gets used often at home to fix things I'm too lazy to repair at that moment. It's saved me many a long, arduous trip to the basement. The thing I never liked about my leatherman past it's weight was it's potential to rust if I didn't pay enough attention to it.


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jimmar Inukshuk Offline Posts: 868 Location: SE Michigan Joined: Feb 1^st, 2006	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #7 - Mar 29^th, 2014 at 11:37am	Quote Print Post
	Used one to disconnect my thumb from a huge thrashing Northern I tried to land by cutting the hook with the wire cutters. The barbed hook was buried in my thumb all the way up to the shank and had to be eventually cut out with a scalpel at the hospital in Atikokan. If I didn't have my multi-tool right there I'm sure this would have been much more traumatic. Mine is a smaller older Leatherman that I now keeped strapped to my PFD.


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Jim J Solo Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1195 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Joined: Apr 6^th, 2007	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #8 - Mar 29^th, 2014 at 3:23pm	Quote Print Post
	I carry one. It does duplicate a lot of other things I carry, fixed blade knife, hemostat w/scissors, etc. But it kind of "backs up your back up". Kind of like 2 light sources. MT, know what I mean My fixed blade knife is carbon and if I'm cutting limes I want the stainless steel blade on my multi tool. I also used it to remount seats, thwarts, and end caps on trips were we flew in with nested boats (nobody packed tools ) But really it's just nice to have it all in one instead of different tools here and there. Just my personal opinion. I'm sure some duct tape would have done the job instead


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Old Salt Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4871 Location: Crossville, TN Joined: Jun 17^th, 2004	Re: do you take a multi tool Reply #9 - Mar 29^th, 2014 at 6:44pm	Quote Print Post
	I have a Gerber that sounds like the one KF uses. I find it very handy when fishing. It replaced most of my repair kit since it has every tool I might possibly need. I like its onehandedness deployability.


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