Fingernail clippers, tweezers

[Panzer1]

I don't feel that the sizzors on the swiss army knife does a good enough job so I always carry a small fingernail clipper.

Although I do like the tweezers on my Swiss army knife.

Panzer

[ScottP]

I carry nail clippers, but no knife type tool.

[turtle fast]

I did not know of the Wegner Swiss Clipper that has the knife and nail clipper, etc. Having a can opener, knife, nail clipper, toothpick, fine point tweezers is probably the basic needed tool. The Wegner giant tool is ridiculous...I think its for collectors rather than any real useage!

[Odd Man Out]

...The Wegner giant tool is ridiculous...I think its for collectors rather than any real useage!

Yea, but it's funny. And check out the price - a real steal at $2149.95

[Winds]

Yea, but it's funny. And check out the price - a real steal at $2149.95

And that's the true joy here. When they got the price below $2,150 - now most of us can buy and enjoy such a neat little tool for backpacking, or just a spare for the glove compartment.

[Grumble]

I'm a big fan of the Leatherman Micra. Knife, scissors, tweezers, and nail file all in a tiny package.

[JaxHiker]

I'm a big fan of the Leatherman Micra. Knife, scissors, tweezers, and nail file all in a tiny package.

I carry the Style CS. All the tools I need and just 1.5 ounces. Bought a Gerber something and at 2.2 ounces it feels like a brick in my pocket. :-)

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[Moose2001]

As for tweezers, my SAK has a fairly useless pair. A pointy tip tweezer would be good for tick removal. Given the Lyme Disease threat in some areas, this may be essential. Is there a good way to get ticks without a tweezer? The only other use I can think of would be for splinter removal, but I usually dig those out with a sewing needle, which I carry with some thread for sewing repairs.

Here's a better option for removing ticks. It works very well and weighs a lot less than tweezers! http://www.rei.com/product/407279/pr...removal-system

For clippers, I go to the store and buy a nail clipper made for babies. Much smaller and lighter than even a small size clipper. Works well!

[MuddyWaters]

the little tweezers that come with knives arent useful. They are too thin and flexible to pull a tick out. Either bring a tick removal key or tool, or a sturdy pair of tweezer.

[springerfever]

I picked up a couple of these a while back. Seems to be the best and lightest solution.

http://www.otom.com/otom-tick-twister-hook

[Odd Man Out]

the little tweezers that come with knives arent useful. They are too thin and flexible to pull a tick out. Either bring a tick removal key or tool, or a sturdy pair of tweezer.

When this came up here a couple of weeks ago I e-mailed both SAK makers and suggested they modify their tweezers to make the suitable for pulling ticks. Both companies wrote back and thanked me for the suggestion and said they would look into it. I don't expect them their tweezers to become more useful in the near future, but I'm glad they took time to write back. If more people did this, maybe they would listen. It takes all of a couple of minutes to find the "contact us" link on a web page and send the message.