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
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
I carry nail clippers, but no knife type tool.
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!
I'm a big fan of the Leatherman Micra. Knife, scissors, tweezers, and nail file all in a tiny package.
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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!
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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.
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
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.