hell no! he'd use a blade of grass!

A well built classic never goes out of style.

Yes, he would have to still use it.

Pfft Leatherman wave with screwdriver kit and bit extender or a leatherman charge.

Nope. He'd use a Leatherman

MacGyver?
Sorry, I was born in the 90s...

you can actually buy a macgyver pocket knife - saw it in a store once.

it was a paperclip in a clamshell package that said "macgyver pocket knife" on it

Is there something better than a Swiss Army Knife these days?

Modern Day McGiver would need an iPhone. Everything is digital and for him to be smart, he would have to know Linux.

Truth be had- it depends on who pays for product placement.

He'd just use some crazy cellphone from japan. (@joseph-not an iphone)

@packetsniffer: Yeah. Leatherman and Gerber (not the baby food company, the *other* Gerber) make some very nice multitools, usually built into the handles of a collapsible/foldable pair of needle-nosed pliers.

Leatherman

@Curves: Bunk!

While the old Victorinox holds charm for children of times of old, the truth is - I grew up.

Sorry Swiss Army - Leatherman replaced you.

Also, some classics do go out of style with good reason. Exhibit "A" - the seersucker suit. And yet, it still keeps on getting made.

The seersucker suit - the Solomon Grundy of fashion.

Arguably the leatherman and its many variations is a superiour tool to the Swiss Army knife, but as the guy in the video said its only clear advantage is the pliers.

That said a Swiss Army knife is smaller and more likely to be carried.

One thing McGyver never had, but could have used, was an LED light.

I'm from Switzerland and I say, yes he would :)!

MacGyver had to do a lot of travelling. Carrying a swiss army knife would make his life a living hell.

I switched from the original Leatherman tool to the Wave about six months ago. No question that this is the tool Mac would use. The two screwdriver bit kits complete the perfection.

Oh, and unlike the original, the wave actually holds a nice edge fairly well. Must be a different steel.

Another vote for the Leatherman Wave. It's pretty much the ultimate multi-tool, add the bit driver kit, and it's just too sweet for words.

i dont think so.. i mean the dude can make a bomb out of a straw!

I have a feeling that MacGyver would look at Leathermans and Gerbers as bastardized tools.

He'd use a rock.

MacGyver: the guy who can get himself out of any situation, thwarted by the TSA.

Yes. A swiss army knife never runs out of stabby. Or cutty, snippy, corkscrewy

MacGyver always carries Chuck Norris on his belt.

@TonyTriple: But it has no grippy.

Fail.

Pfft. He doesnt need prepackaged tools. He'll build a reciprocating saw out of gum, shoe laces and a 1972 Mustang.

MacGyver, you piss excellence.

The question is: Would he still have a mullet?

MacGyver not using a swiss army knife is like KITT not being the voice of William Daniels.

It just has to be.

I like the idea of a zip drive, though :)

@OMG! Ponies!: At least he can carry a SAK in his pocket. One hike up a rocky trail with that leatherman thing in his pocket would turn his junk into coleslaw!

No man who can start a camp fire with nothing more than a dried stalk of grass and the quill of a down feather, and create a flashlight powered by neutrinos captured with a used staple would need a Swiss Army knife.

@TonyTriple: Wrong again. The pocket is for the gum wrapper, the spring from a clicky ball point pen, the cellophane, and the three rubber bands.

The leatherman has a nifty pouch that allows it to be worn on the belt, leaving both kinds of his junk intact.

Yes, yes, but does Leatherman have a song? I think NOT!

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gimme a shark and I'll make an accurate barometer out of its liver oil.

Although preparation H easier to get hold of than a shark..

Normally, I would have to agree with most of the people on this post and say he'd have a Gerber or Leatherman, but then again, unless he planned on driving everywhere he went he would have to ditch both because of damn TSA rules. I am sure he could make a kick ass explosive using the 3oz. bottles of toiletry he has stashed in his 1qt. Ziplock bag though.

what an anti-hero , McGyver was against guns, smoking, drugs, and drinking.

Can a puny leatherman do this?
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@Stacky Botrus: "MacGyver not using a swiss army knife is like KITT not being the voice of William Daniels."

Although I'm sure it'd be a LOT funnier the other way around, William Daniels was the voice of KITT. ;)

@TOWken22; @OMG! Ponies!: exactly. you can hide a swiss army knife a lot easier than a leatherman. say in one of those instances he gets captured and has to escape: do you honestly think they would let him keep that pouch?

The beauty of the SAK is that it is easily hidden and fits neatly in the pocket beside the gum wrapper, all without weighing him down or shreading his junk. So yea, bulky leatherman: fail

I don't have a problem with MacGyver or anything, but it has been the latest post for quite a while, so I'm guessing it's been a slow day, eh guys?

@athingunique: Duh, they've been watching MacGuyver all day.

seeing as i have been watching all the MacGyver DVDs lately... i've actually come to the conclusion that 93% of all MacGyver episodes would end in about 4 minutes if MacGyver had a cell phone.

@x23: or a quarter... it was the 80s, dude.

My Victorinox had pliers. But it was a really big swiss army knife.

He would carry a Wenger Swiss Army knife, if any, due to the superior scissor mechanism, and also the design of the can opener. The Wenger also incorporates a locking screwdriver that presses into the body when pressure is applied to avoid it folding back in.

If he carried a multi-tool, he would carry the same tool Silent Bob, John Connor, and I carry, a Gerber. I think Mac would use the EOD model which includes a C4 spike to make a hole for the detonator. What makes the Gerber superior to the Leatherman is the one handed deployment of the plier head. Add in the replaceable carbide wire cutters, and it's a tool to be reckoned with.

@Rhainor: I live in Japan (going on 4 years now) and the cellphones suck here just as much as they do in the Good ol USA. They are poorly designed, with terrible UI and the monthly fees are outrageous. The "Cool" features everyone talks about are ridiculously expensive to use and you still have to navigate the crappy U/I to use them. The iPhone beats Japanese cellphones hands down on U/I and will catch up feature wise in the near future.

On the subject of Macgyver, he would use a Leatherman Wave. You should see what Les Stroud on Survivorman does with one. It is pretty impressive.

When are they going to come full circle and have MacGyver create a Stargate to get out of a prison?

@Git Em SteveDave: Wenger is not the real deal. Victorinox is.

I carried a Gerber for a long time, and then switched to a Leatherman. I miss the "shnick" from flicking out the pliers, but I don't miss the brittle blades. Leatherman tools are far superior.

Besides, if you flick your wrist hard enough, you can almost get it to open like a butterfly knife!

@Tsumi91: Your comment reminds me how few of today's younger gamers understand the fun of Goldeneye on N64.

Shure... one with frickin' laser beams attached to it's head!!!

FYI: He used a Wenger Backpacker model knife in the series. None of that Victorinox stuff.

Wow. lots of opinions.

But I think we might be forgetting that we're talking about MACGUYVER. He doesnt need a swiss army knife. He's Mac-Freakin-Guyver. And he's Canadian to boot.

Its kinda like Superman having a plane. Redundant.

Gotta go watch my computer play Guitar Hero now. Ciao!

@nystreetfilms: Sorry NY, Richard Dean Anderson is from Minnesota, although it is probably the 'closest' state to Canada...
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The show did was shot, (mostly) in Vancouver, back in the day when the Loonie was cheap.

Definatly not...

Your modern day MacGyver-types (like myself; available for movie roles) use leatherman...I prefer Gerber's personnally with their spring loaded pliers and more contoured edges which makes popping the safety clips on nuclear warheads that much easier to do (I own 3...Gerber's...not warheads).

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And then there is the I.D. Works line, which is really boidic. [www.crkt.com]

Don't miss the Guppy! It's the perfect tool for rebuilding civilization after the comet hits.
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