Europe knife Questions

[Stiffe]

Friend is going travelling to Europe for two months

Decided to buy a knife for them in their travels. My friend will be backpacking around so i thought it would be good. I could buy a swiss army knife but another other brands out there? I think he might just want a knife with a blade however to carry.

Thoughts suggestions? Brands? Company? Anyone have a good knife they use when they travel or anything?

Thanks

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Stiffe
Decided to buy a knife for them in their travels. My friend will be backpacking around so i thought it would be good. I could buy a swiss army knife but another other brands out there? I think he might just want a knife with a blade however to carry.

Swiss Army knife or leatherman-style multitool is decent. Allows you to slice your bread and cheese, open wine bottles, and do minor repairs, and doesn't look suspicious to The Authorities.

I use a Gerber multitool, and I used to have one of the small-size Swiss army knives (scissors, blade, flathead/nail file). The good thing about the Swiss army knife is that it has too little metal to be picked up by metal detectors at the airport, assuming you don't have change in your pockets as well, so you can take it on the plane. Bad news is the blade is too small for sammich making.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/5a09/

Get Him this. It has something for everything you can imagine.

 

[BriGy86]

I've got something like this
http://www.kershawknives.com/productdetails.php?id=41

speed safe opening is like a switch blade but legal

this is exactly how mine works
http://video.google.com/videop...&type=search&plindex=1

 

[bmacd]

I'm a die-hard Gerber fanatic.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
I've got something like this
http://www.kershawknives.com/productdetails.php?id=41

speed safe opening is like a switch blade but legal

this is exactly how mine works
http://video.google.com/videop...&type=search&plindex=1

What for? Skinning a wild boar in the Pyrenees?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
I've got something like this
http://www.kershawknives.com/productdetails.php?id=41

speed safe opening is like a switch blade but legal

this is exactly how mine works
http://video.google.com/videop...&type=search&plindex=1

I think he's going to Europe as a tourist, not a mugger

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Try one of these.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: BriGy86
I've got something like this
http://www.kershawknives.com/productdetails.php?id=41

speed safe opening is like a switch blade but legal

this is exactly how mine works
http://video.google.com/videop...&type=search&plindex=1

I think he's going to Europe as a tourist, not a mugger

You never know when you might need to mug someone.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Try one of these.

Jesus, that guy's more of a douche than the Cold Steel guy.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Try one of these.

Jesus, that guy's more of a douche than the Cold Steel guy.

You're buying the knife, not the huckster. There are many other manufacturers of similar belt buckle blades. I've found this to be a useful tool because it's always there.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: DangerAardvark

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Try one of these.

Jesus, that guy's more of a douche than the Cold Steel guy.

so the point of that knife is to stop people from touching him or his wife or he will poke your eyes out

 

[Mo0o]

Knife for selfdefense or knife for other uses? Because swiss army knives are a little too slow to whip out in case he needs to defend himself but theyre really handy for all the random things that international travel seems to create (minus the mugging)

 

[ItsOnlyMe]

Now THIS is what you call a multi-purpose knife.

http://www.swiss-army-knife-we...nife_giant_wenger.html

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
I've got something like this
http://www.kershawknives.com/productdetails.php?id=41

speed safe opening is like a switch blade but legal

this is exactly how mine works
http://video.google.com/videop...&type=search&plindex=1

i love the kershaw knives. i have a Leek and its great. for the times where i dont carry it, i have a swiss army knife, and i often have a leatherman handy. i got used to wearing it to work and just keep it around now. i have a leatherman Micra on my keyring as well.

 

[Stiffe]

I looked at all the knives you guys suggested ahah some of them are pretty amazing
I decided on a swiss army victorex? scissors two blades all the regular stuff jsut in case he needed more of a utility knife thingie. I also bought him a buck sing blade knife that folds up so he can keep in his pocket for "self defense"

Thanks for yuor sugestions!