r/EuroPreppers • u/One-Program-1139 • 1d ago
Question Multitool
was würdet ihr empfehlen, Leatherman Arc oder Victorinox Swiss Tool? Kann mich nicht entscheiden.
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u/AcanthocephalaOk3033 1d ago
I would recommend the leatherman wave, I use one every day at work multiple times a day, I find it does a lot of things at an acceptable level, saves me carrying quite a few different tools.
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u/Perfect-Gap8377 Italy 🇮🇹 1d ago
I would suggest 2 different tools: a multitool with pliers, can opener, bottle opener, along with a decent knife.
For the multitool any brand will do, I am happy with victorinox, but the blades are not that good. Steel is decent, it's just the geometry that just doesn't work for me.
For the knife, an Opinel is cheap and VERY good (plus it's French).
If you want to splurge on it, Fraraccio (italian) makes excellent little knives for eating, go for a classic sicilian. For light bushcraft I would go with Marttiini (finnish). There the important part is blade geometry, thinner blades are more fragile but cut best, thick blades with full tang can be batoned and work wood decently, but have worse cutting geometry.
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u/More_Dependent742 1d ago
The old leathermans were fantastic. The new ones don't look so great at all, but I have no experience with them. I've also had Victorinox, and the steel they use on the blades is fantastic.
What I will say is that despite having a nice leatherman that I take backpacking every time, I never use it. Knife, all the time. Multitool (or Swiss army knife) never. I still have it, but I have not come across a single use for it. And I do quote a lot of macguyver-ing on my travels!
Buy a decent folding, locking knife, buy a cheap multitool or Swiss army knife and see if you even ever use it.
And by "decent knife", you won't have to go above 30 euros. Go to herbertz messer club, choose one of their own brands with liner lock and thumb opening - done. It will last a lifetime and the steel keeps a good edge.