Knives Illustrated – August 2019

TOOLS:

Needlenose pliers

Regular pliers

Premium replaceable

hard-wire cutters

Premium replaceable

wire cutters

420HC knife

420HC serrated knife

Spring-action scissors

Saw

Bottle opener

Pry tool

Package opener

Can opener

Awl

Wire stripper

Ruler (1.41 in / 25 mm)

Wood/metal file

Electrical crimper

Phillips screwdriver

Medium screwdriver

Small screwdriver

Etra small screwdriver

PECS

Bade Length: 2.76 inches

osed Length: 4.

ches

eight: 8.6 ounces

0% stainless steel

cludes durable nylon

heath

agnetic opening and

osing

-locking tools

e-handed opening

ade in USA

SRP: $139.

ebsite:

atherman.com

TEXT BY JOSHUA SWANAGON, PHOTOS BY MANUFACTURERS

THE LITTLE THINGS

GEARUP

NEW PRODUCTS TO MAKE LIFE JUST A BIT EASIER

02 Leatherman

FREE P

Imagine if you could have a brand-new Leath-

erman multi-tool, but it came already bro-

ken-in so you could open it one-handed. With

its evolved design, the new FREE P4 functions

like you’ve had it for years. Utilizing magnetic

closures, the Leatherman FREE P4 stays tightly

closed — like a brand-new Leatherman — but

once the magnetic connection is freed, it falls

open like a well-handled tool should. The

Leatherman FREE series incorporates all of the

tools you have come to love, without the hassle

of breaking in a new tool.

Medium screwdriver

Small screwdriver

Extra small screwdriver

SPECS

Blade Length: 2.76 inches

Closed Length: 4.

inches

Weight: 8.6 ounces

100% stainless steel

Includes durable nylon

sheath

Magnetic opening and

closing

All-locking tools

One-handed opening

Made in USA

MSRP: $139.

Website:

Leatherman.com

03

SPECS

Material: Food-grade

PTFE-coated fiberglass

Base: Aluminum

Handle: Paracord

wrapped

Temperature

Rating: 550 degrees (not

recommended for open

flame)

Papa Bear Size: 6-inch

ube with

.5 x 6.75-inch base

eight: 14.5 ounces

pacity: 128 ounces

her sizes available

SRP: $49.

ebsite:

BearMinimum.org

03 Bear Minimum

Outdoors

Papa Bear Bowl

Backpacking usually requires at least some

form of cooking container. Oftentimes this

comes in the form of clanging pots that

take up more space that you would like. Of

course, there are mess kits, but usually they

are only good for one person and still tend to

take up too much room. With the Bear Bowl,

you have collapsible cookware in three sizes

that fold down to small, lightweight squares

taking up little room in your pack.

There are three di‰ erent sizes — Papa Bear,

Mama Bear and Baby Bear — that give you

enough capacity to fi x a meal for multiple

people, all at sizes and weights less than

most single-person mess kits. Although it

is not recommended that you use the Bear

Bowl over an open fi re, the aluminum base is

designed for cooking on a small pack stove.

Papa Bear Size: 6-inch

cube with

6.5 x 6.75-inch base

Weight: 14.5 ounces

Capacity: 128 ounces

Other sizes available

MSRP: $49.

Website:

BearMinimum.org

SPECS

Mini cheese grater

Collapsible whisk

Pivot spoon

Pivot spatula

Utility knife

12-piece cutlery set

Spicer

2 condiment containers

Cutting board

Scrubber

Camp towel

Ballistic nylon case

Weight: 1.7600 pounds

Material: Copolyester, nylon 6-6, acetal, polyethylene

Dimensions: 11.7 inches x 7.7 inches x 3.5 inches

MSRP: $49.

Website: GSIOutdoors.com

01 GSI Outdoors

Destination Kitchen Set 24

Campers take note, your kitchen just got more

compact. One thing that all campers can agree

on, whether you are a car camper or a backwoods

camper, is that we need food; and a means to

get that food into our belly is always helpful. The

Destination Kitchen Set 24 houses all of the cutlery

and accessories you need to put together a meal

that is as convenient as if you prepared it at home.

Just because you are camping does not mean that

you have to live without all of the creature comforts

in life. Fresh air, sounds of the great outdoors and a

good meal make any camping trip a success.

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