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mastreb wrote:

Catigale wrote:Can I get a lanyard on it somehow? Without that, the inevitable trip to davey Jones toolbox awaits.....

If you look next to the marlinspike, there's a tiny fitting with a thread hole for a.. thread. So it's possible yes, but it's a tiny hole. I appreciate the fact that it's out of the way, but you'd probably want a larger one. Maybe a camera strap would work.

I actually wind up using the wire cutter (inside the pliers) and the electrical crimp tool (opposite the pliers) all the time. The 2:1 compound leverage makes it quite a bit stronger than a typical crimp tool or cutter and I wind up using it more for those jobs than the actual tools.

I see it now. A thin split key ring through that hole, then a lanyard of your choosing..

Jim Bunnell wrote:If you Google "sailing multitool", and go to images, you'll find some very interesting attempts at the concept. This one looks perfect - it will even double as an anchor!

That's for me, haha!

I have one of those Myerchin P300 tools. They don't sell them here so I ordered one from the States which ended up costing me $47. I'm afraid I'm not very impressed. Don't get me wrong, the design is great, although a slightly bigger blade would have made it more useful, and a slightly smaller Marlin spike would have been just as useful.

The pocket clip was what made it perfect for me on the boat as I'm often wearing shorts with no pockets. However the pocket clip failed within days....

What really disappoints me about it is the extremely poor quality stainless. On the first trip with this knife as my cockpit knife, I noticed at the end of day three that it was 'covered' in rust.

As long as you wipe the surface rust away regularly, all is okay I guess, but in between where the blade goes etc, where you can't reach, is just gets clogged with rust Well I guess, I need to get some oil in there and keep it well oiled... Its just a shame that they put so much thought into designing a great little knife for sailors, and then use such poor quality Stainless...




I have one of these http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/59042 ... gator.html which was issued to me in the Navy in 1987 and is always on the boat (It is the same design however was made in Japan ) I have never oiled this knife and it has never been covered in rust, neither has my SOG Airsog folder I'v had since about 97 (again, made in Japan).

The price point of other myerchins used to be in the hundreds. I would expect at under fifty, the metal quality has to take a hit. Because I keep various knives on the boat, and may use them rarely, I will pay the extra for something that won't rust. So far, the only things that won't are, titanium, dendritic cobalt, aka boye knives, great knives btw, and ceramic blades. I have also had stuff made from tantalum, that would be from the stellite family of metals.
All these have trade offs. They cost more and are brittle in the case of cobalt and tantalum, they cost more and don't hold an edge in the case of titanium, they cost a lot, and hold an edge slightly better in the case of higher end titanium.
The bench made h2o series is a pretty good SS, in that it only has a few spots of rust on it after four years inside.
There are various blade coatings, but those won't do much for heavy use. They do protect from rust while sitting around. I has a sog seal pup that haven't rusted but nor has it been used. It is kept for emergencies. I keep a titanium dive knife on deck, and occasionally carry a boye standard sheath knife depending on what I'm doing.
I have had a variety of multi tools and they all have to be kept clean un salty and oiled. If it's made in China it will require a bit more in that department.
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