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marky
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 11, 2008 - 11:34pm PT
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decent clippers, not some afterthought POS, clippers that one would actually use
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Jul 11, 2008 - 11:38pm PT
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Yes, there are...need to do web search or go to a great knife store.
Gosh, just hit the wrong button on key board and up popped super topo.com photo gallery.....Wow! didn't know it even existed...gotta get off the block and expand my horizons.
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Jul 12, 2008 - 12:18am PT
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Climbing mag- new products page showed that. One or two months ago. I've been looking, but it isn't even on the Swiss Army website.
The scissors are pretty bomber, 'tho- best thing I've got for toenails.
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Jul 14, 2008 - 11:09pm PT
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Wenger® Clipper AT Swiss Army™ Knife $29.95 at Kohl's
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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BU-JUMP FOR 'NAIL CLIPPERS!'
I once was introduced to Tiny Naylor's by Millis.
I came up with snail clippers for guys like us, who climbed aid like they treaded water, going nowhere, hoping to stay NOT DEAD, GOD!!! I'm not up to the fun stuff yet...
I heard from Millis that the French Army Knife is equipped with eight corkscrews and a compass.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Laramie
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A nail clipper can do a lot of actions other than nail clipping but if you are just nail clipping the short stiff blade on a smaller Buck pocket-knife when sharp will easily peel the protruding part of your finger nail off without cutting into the meat stock and the force needed to move the knife is low.
And when I say sharp I mean just that. Typically, when Buck knives are brand new, the blades are sharp enough to easily cut off finger nails.
Be Steady!!
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Wellll, since its been so many years and still not said: THE "CLIMBER" Model of Victorianox does. I have 3 of the beasts, ya always are misplacing them, so I'll pick up extras on sale. One had a screwed up engraving "Bob !Be=nson" where the B on the Bob looked like the guy fell asleep on the 1st "B", was @ $3 in the REI scratch N dent bin.
PS, it has a corkscrew too, do they know climbers OR WHAT!!?
Mouse from Manteca said:
"I heard from Millis that the French Army Knife is equipped with eight corkscrews and a compass." Oh yeah, Millis has it right but that's the "deluxe surrender monkey" model, has a pop up white flag on the back side. Here's the regular one for non-officers:
The French have all the cool stuff.
:-)
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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More info about that here in "Surrender Monkey Monthly" in case anyone has interest:
Pretty good Chess article this month.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Couchmaster, interest abounds!
RU kidding?
Wherever you hear jokes about farts so bad a windbreak was needed, spelunking so foul RotoRooter was called, beer so cold a new ice age began, and GFs so hot your penis wore a sombrero (Old Camp 4.0), you mention Swiss and the place starts rocking with a game of stretch, stories of cutting edge derring-do, and how to hone a knife.
And then there are the stale ones about belay knives.
These are NOT a part of the rig, n00b, and get it straight. Use a HOT KNIFE for cutting webbing, and NO KNIFE cutting cheese...
Annie Lennox-Victorinox was sharper when she was new, too.
This isn't one of her songs, but it coulda been.[Click to View YouTube Video]
Hey, there's a cross here,
Can you dig it?
My knife has a shovel
Your knife has a pick
Autopeotomy
Means cutting off one's dick
--Professor and the Madman by Minor
In a fateful chess match with the Rev, he cut off my bishop and it endangered my spawn.
Chess and knife sharpening, two of the most boring things imaginable.
Fits the day today, somehow.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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All my guitar player friends walk around with nail files so they never need
to cut or clip. Just remember, always keep yer nail file in the left pocket
and the belay knife in yer right pocket - you don't want to grab the wrong
one in an emergency.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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no nail clippers on the 'climber' unless you're calling scissors nail clippers.
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