Tuesday, 12 February 2013

URBAN EDC: BOKER PLUS XS, LEATHERMAN JUICE & TURBOFLAME

I have taken a few quick pics of some of my everyday carry for reference. The Leatherman Juice is a decent enough multitool ,and more importantly, it  is UK legal. Many of the multitools available today, including most of Leatherman's range sadly, have blades that lock, which could get you in a bit of sticky situation with a copper who is having a bad day. The juice doesnt lock, and has plenty of usefull tools on board. I am not a big wine drinker and would gladly swap out the cork screw for something else if i could though.

The Boker Plus XS folder is a little sketchy for being UK legal carry to be honest, although Heinnies has it in the legal section, i tend to leave that at home alot of the time and swap it out for one of my less scary knives. The blade is 79mm (3 1/8in) in length,  titanium coated 440c stainless steel, with G10 scales. The sliplock mechanism was a little stiff at first, but after a while its easy enough to open one handed. It's got a very tacticool look to it which may put alot of people off. It also costs around £35.

The turboflame lighter is excellent for quick light super heat blast scenarios. I take that hiking/camping with me and its done an admirable job.


Another more socially acceptable folding knife is the Maserin Marinera below. It's very cheap,stainless steel blade but keeps a fairly decent edge, although does need a sharpening after excessive cardboard cutting. The benefits of that little knife is people don't suddenly freeze in fear when its produced. Definitely less scary. Still for my prefered EDC blade, it still has to be the spyderco UK Penknife, or even the Squeak. The blade is a bit hammered since i was testing out the Anysharp which claims to be "worlds best knife sharpener". Definitely isn't of course. The Fallkniven DC3 Sharpening stone is handy to have in your pack with you all the time as its small but does a decent job when your blade has been dulled.


There are tonnes of reviews on YouTube for each of the above, but ill probably upload some soon regardless. I'll also post my complete EDC urban / wilderness setups as well as the contents of my bug out bag. So much to do when you start a blog about the things you like.....phew.

1 comment:

  1. Nice write up, whats the difference between the Spyderco Penknife and Squeak?

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