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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4362590" data-attributes="member: 46104">I formerly knew just about everything on Alox SAKs but after doing all that studying/reading, buying/selling, and keeping the few which truly interested me, promptly forgot most of it.But, closest to the SAK is the Cadet substituting nail file for awl (or scissors for awl also?), the Farmer which adds a layer to add a saw, but loses lovely flatness and adds significant weight, and the Pioneer which pretty much dupes the SAK except for the protruding ear for split lanyard ring shared by all three...which feature drove me nuts in handling and pretty much impossible to remove and it not show.I had, but ditched a Pioneer, but really need to get another one just to have a true beater thrown in pocket with whatever to have all beauty and color/finish ground away....it's just that they are so nicely made that I feel as a vandal for doing so, and with an Alox knife it is impossible to not scratch it up very visibly, no matter what care taken....a clip knife can at least be partially isolated from pocket contents.But, I think it my next knife purchase.</blockquote>