I’m Trying to find a perfect every day carry knife that I could also take backpacking, but I’d like it to have more funtionality than just a blade. Essentially a swiss army knife functionality but with a better blade is what I’m hoping for. The perfect knife would be:
1. 2-3 inch locking blade with a single handed action in the style of a standard knife (as opposed to a swiss army style blade)
2. saw, corkscrew, philips and flathead screwdrivers and bottle opener tools (a file and tweezers would be nice too but im fine without them)
3. ability to swap/add different tools; I’d like to add a lockpicking hook as well as a removable torsion wrench if possible (I’m an amateur lockpicker and got inspiration from this post): [https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/comments/u53cd1/combined\_my\_passion\_for\_swiss\_army\_knives\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/lockpicking/comments/u53cd1/combined_my_passion_for_swiss_army_knives_and/)
4. lightweight, ideal would be 3-4.5 oz
The style I’m looking for is alike to the Leatherman Free K4 or Free T4, but they are both a bit too heavy and not easily customizable.
I also am not a huge fan of the standard multitool look, with pliers in between two halves of the multitool.
K4: [https://www.leatherman.com/free-k4-590.html#:\~:text=Width%3A%201.3%20in.,%7C%201.83%20cm](https://www.leatherman.com/free-k4-590.html#:~:text=Width%3A%201.3%20in.,%7C%201.83%20cm)
T4: [https://www.leatherman.com/free-t4-581.html?srsltid=AfmBOooRYxjnIWCps8x5FPofQPlv\_X9yCYJn-nJYxQ3DkJsuCmu8LQDc](https://www.leatherman.com/free-t4-581.html?srsltid=AfmBOooRYxjnIWCps8x5FPofQPlv_X9yCYJn-nJYxQ3DkJsuCmu8LQDc)
Any advice or knives that check a few of these boxes would be awesome. Even telling me that what I’m looking for just doesn’t exist would be helpful! Thanks!
by Cold_Psychology_007
