A few years ago someone gave me something that would ruin me forever: a tiny pair of (Now discontinued) folding SOG CC50 scissors.
I found carrying scissors to be far more useful than the small folding knife I had carried up to that point.
They were inevitably confiscated from me by Airport bureaucrats and I have been searching for a replacement ever since.
My requirements are:
They've gotta be tiny. I'm just looking for a keychain attached pair. and I dislike hauling a lot of unnecessary bulk.
They've gotta be tougher than heck. So far I've killed a squirt
and a gerber shortcut
just through normal wear and tear, no extraordinary use.
The Squirt just sort of froze and the bolsters of the Shortcut bent and deformed enough that it's impossible to open. Both also felt bulkier than the SOG was.
Also I found the hinging arrangement on both of these to be far less useful than the SOG. The cutting edge sould be like mini shears, really. Something capable of getting through network cables or small AWG wire with aplomb.
The other attachments are less useful. The only other thing I want is a small screwdriver blade. Nail file? Not so much. Even the SOG was a bit over-encumbered in this respect.
Any recommendations from the cognoscenti? (In anticipation of someone recommending the Artifact: A bit big and I really like the opposed cutting surfaces scissors/shears offer.)
I found carrying scissors to be far more useful than the small folding knife I had carried up to that point.
They were inevitably confiscated from me by Airport bureaucrats and I have been searching for a replacement ever since.
My requirements are:
They've gotta be tiny. I'm just looking for a keychain attached pair. and I dislike hauling a lot of unnecessary bulk.
They've gotta be tougher than heck. So far I've killed a squirt
and a gerber shortcut
just through normal wear and tear, no extraordinary use.
The Squirt just sort of froze and the bolsters of the Shortcut bent and deformed enough that it's impossible to open. Both also felt bulkier than the SOG was.
Also I found the hinging arrangement on both of these to be far less useful than the SOG. The cutting edge sould be like mini shears, really. Something capable of getting through network cables or small AWG wire with aplomb.
The other attachments are less useful. The only other thing I want is a small screwdriver blade. Nail file? Not so much. Even the SOG was a bit over-encumbered in this respect.
Any recommendations from the cognoscenti? (In anticipation of someone recommending the Artifact: A bit big and I really like the opposed cutting surfaces scissors/shears offer.)
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