i am thinking about a future knife purchase and i have narrowed it down to these three knives.
which of these do you think i should get?

I'd say Spartan. Up until I got a Tinker for my birthday a couple of years back I always carries a Spartan. Good length blade and has the tools I use often.

Climber has a small pair of scissors, but how often do you need scissors of you have a couple of good blades? It also has that hook thing on the bottom, but no idea what it's for.

The Sportsman is basically a Spartan with a nail file sort of thing instead of a small blade. I have a knife with one of those and not only do I still not know what the hell it's for, but it annoys me no end when I go to use the small blade for some delicate cutting and find that stupid thing instead. Needless to say I don't carry that knife much.

If you're the kind of guy who uses your SAK as your first tool, I'd recommend a tinker which replaces the corkscrew with a decent sized cross head screwdriver. I was always one of those people that said the small screwdriver head on the can opener works perfectly well for cross head screws, but I was wrong. The screw driver on the tinker is far better. It fits a better range of sizes as well as allowing you to unwind screws which are sunk into holes. On top of that because it folds from the middle of the knife, it allows you to use the knife body as a T handle which means you can put a good amount of both downward and twisting force on the screws. The only down side to it is that you need a bit of room to be able to turn the knife when using the screw driver, but I've found that most times I use it this isn't an issue anyway.

thanks for the info.

Well if you allready have huntsman, then climber is basicly same knife without saw so its just little thinner knife. Sportsman is little shorter than climber and spartan, but i like it fits better in pocket and file blade is good for finger nails. But if you got money or find them cheap get them all like i did. Great knives!

I have a Tinker, a Huntsman, and a Trekker here...

That's the short, medium and long of it..

Relatively speaking.






[P.S. I gave my vote to "Climber"]

I think I'll go for the climber or the sportsman. thanks for the help!

Fishing computer cables out from behind cabinets and desks through those too-small holes they give you for cabling. Fishing cables and cords and whatnot out from any tight space. It probably has other uses, but that's my favourite.

I actually use the scissors constantly, since I do fine sewing. Fine sewing requires a precision tool, and using a knife instead of scissors when sewing is not a precise act. The scissors on the SAK are VERY good. (Who's surprised?)

It has its uses, but they're limited. Scraping, when you don't want to dull the edge on a blade. Nudging small objects, such as eyeglasses screws, into a position to pick them up. It will also file nails. (I have to keep my nails filed or I bite them, and they mess up my guitar playing.)

Totally agree on this!

I got the spartan and I really like it! thanks for the advice!