This week is definitely going better

Nov 11, 2008 17:18

I haven't found the mysterious Micheline Poirier. I'm a little frustrated, but once all my active leads didn't pan out, I didn't hold out much hope ( Read more... )

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Gah! fearsclave November 11 2008, 22:34:24 UTC
Which model SAK did you buy!?! Victorinox or Wenger?

ARGH!

*dies of couriosity*

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Re: Gah! mousme November 11 2008, 22:35:51 UTC
Victorinox. They didn't have any Wengers. :)

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Re: Gah! fearsclave November 11 2008, 22:36:24 UTC
But what model!?

*head explodes*

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Re: Gah! mousme November 11 2008, 22:39:16 UTC
The "Sport" model with 12 functions.

1- large blade
2- small blade
3- corkscrew
4- can opener
5- small screwdriver
8- wire stripper
9- reamer
10- key ring
11- tweezers
12- toothpick

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Re: Gah! fearsclave November 11 2008, 22:48:00 UTC
OK, cool. That one is pretty comprehensive, and a handy size.

I <3 SAKs. My last few SAKs (since Grade 9) have been a Wenger Cyclist, a Vic Tinker, a Vic Super Tinker, another Vic Super Tinker, a Vic Rucksack, and now a Vic Hunter.

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Re: Gah! mousme November 11 2008, 22:56:08 UTC
Neat. They had very few models at the Canadian Tire, and it took forever to find a little man to open the display case for me, so I didn't have as much time as I wanted to debate which model I wanted.

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Re: Gah! owldaughter November 11 2008, 23:50:01 UTC
*dies at icon*

Mine's a camping model and sounds very, very similar to yours, although I suspect the reamer isn't one of my gadgets. Was very, very upset when I thought I'd lost it about seven years ago. talyesin gave it to me nigh on fifteen years ago now. One of the best gifts I've ever received.

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Re: Gah! mousme November 11 2008, 23:54:38 UTC
'Tis an iconsbycurtana icon, naturally. :D

I lurves me my SAK. Was devastated when I lost mine a few years back.

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OMG!!!11!!1 owldaughter November 11 2008, 23:58:28 UTC
For years I envied people's SAK with saws. I just hit the website to check out the model and there's a shot of it open... with the saw.

So I opened absolutely everything. And that bit in the middle I thought was solid? IS A SAW. There's no groove on the back to pull it open, which is how I dismissed it.

So now I have a saw. And I can see how truly dusty my SAK is from being carried in my purse. And... I'm also bleeding. Ahem. (I have done that exactly never. First time for everything, I guess.)

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Re: OMG!!!11!!1 mousme November 12 2008, 00:00:29 UTC
Oh no!

Bandaids. Bandaids are a must.

But yay for a saw!

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Re: OMG!!!11!!1 bodhifox November 12 2008, 00:12:42 UTC
I'm sorry I laughed that you blooded the blade. :(

I did that when I discovered the saw in my knife when I was seven.

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dizietsma November 12 2008, 05:25:05 UTC
I lost my first SAK blood to the awl/needle thing on the back when I was about 12. I was holding the knife in my fist, awl sticking out between my fingers, using it to drill a hole into the top of a plastic bottle to create a water gun. It closed on me. I still have a little crescent-moon scar on my ring finger to show for it.

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Re: OMG!!!11!!1 owldaughter November 12 2008, 13:22:28 UTC
I wouldn't have shared if I hadn't wanted people to laugh. :P

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Re: OMG!!!11!!1 pasley November 12 2008, 01:22:47 UTC
If there's no groove, then how do you open it out (she asked, as she tried to find the saw in her own SAK)?

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dizietsma November 12 2008, 05:22:19 UTC
the tip of the saw sticks-out a fraction from the body of the tool, and it's blunt for the first 5mm or so.

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owldaughter November 12 2008, 13:22:57 UTC
Exactly. Which I found out *after* I'd opened everything else.

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