Flashlight with pocket knife?

Hi,

I carry a pocket flashlight sometimes, and I carry a pocket knife sometimes. But it gets too much to carry both. Cell phone, keys, money, chewing gum, billfold, eyeglasses, pens ------

Has anyone seen a flashlight with a built-in knife? or a knife with a built-in flashlight?

:huh2: dcarch8

Swiss Army Knifes has at least one.

I've seen it at Wal-Mart.

Eddie Bauer/Coast also has a multitool with a light in one of the arms, takes coincells. Can find it at Target.

Spyderco sells a knife + Photon combo.

Not exactly what you are asking for, but here is what I do when I downsize:


Arc AAA with Spyderco Dragonfly.


As Chairman Kaga might say, the flavor of the Arc also blends nicely with a Jester or Ladybug.

best regards

I've seen several various crappy knife/led combos, where it's mostly a normal knife, but with an LED in the butt somewhere. I don't know if there's any of these that don't suck.

There's several SAKs that have LEDs. Most of Victorinox's are red LEDs (which are quite dim), but there's at least one that uses a white one, the Cybertool Lite. Wenger has a couple with built in Photon LEDs.

Nothing yet that can match a real pocket knife and a real flashlight, but you can still make your own combo. Find a small knife you like that has a tip-down oriented clip, and attatch a small light like Powernoodle shows below. That way you can clip it into your pocket, with the light dangling below it like an anchor. A Jil Intelli springs to mind for a tiny flashlight with big flashlight ambitions. A Spyderco Calypso Jr. would be a fine choice for a knife.

I looked at the Eddie Bauer one and the Swiss Army one. They are not very good knifes and not very good flashlights, and I don't need to carry pliers and nail files and cork screws and tooth picks.

We need a good flashlight/knife combo!!!!


dcarch8 :scowl: :scowl: :scowl:

I saw a knife/light combo at a hospital gift shop no less. I think I found the same one here by Tool Logic.

While poking around I also came across 2 buck knives with built in lights. I think these are the better choice. Buck Lumina LED (edit: 3"blade) and Buck Whittaker kife/led keychain light.

I guess I feel silly. I carry two knives and two lights almost all the time. Currently it's usually a Spyderco Ladybug on the keyring with the car key, a Spyderco Solo in the front pocket, a Nuwai TM313 and a Vital Gear 2 cell. I don't really feel too loaded down.

dcarch8 said:

Hi,

I carry a pocket flashlight sometimes, and I carry a pocket knife sometimes. But it gets too much to carry both. Cell phone, keys, money, chewing gum, billfold, eyeglasses, pens ------

Has anyone seen a flashlight with a built-in knife? or a knife with a built-in flashlight?

:huh2: dcarch8

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I've got a Chinese made Swiss Army clone knife with built in red led...

Several tools plus a compas. I don't use it for EDC though because its built like junk (was given to me as a gift). The metal parts are okay, but the plastic used feels brittle and volatile.

Tektite has just what you need. Click this link.....

http://www.tek-tite.com/src/product_info.php?id=21

This is the Tool Logic SL1 Mini Survival Knife with LED .



I don't know whether the knife or the flashlight are top notch, but it looks like a cool combo.

" a Chinese made Swiss Army clone knife " that sold in America !!!
Somehow this kind of cracks me up a little.


Anyway, thanks guys. They all look very interesting. They more or less look like a knife duct-taped together with a light.

I think I am going to try making one someday.

dcarch8

Yes, but what's the gain? The light and the knife will only hinder each other, and be more bulky. I would want them to be separable, but preferably apart. Still, good luck with your efforts.

Kees

Well, if you wanna go custom, my buddy Mikkel Willumsen makes this one:







Available from http://www.willumsen-cph.com/

Buck has some models with lights, not like Emerson, Benchmade etc., but still usable knives. Here are some pics of the full-size model: Knives and Lights

dcarch8 said:

P.S., you need to clean your fingernails

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Nope! Mikkel does! It's him holding the knife!:laughing:

There are, but usually, the knives are of crappy steel. Just do what powernoodle does

Hopefully someone in CPF can come up with something nice. a lot of people here are interested in both knifes and flashlights.

dcarch8