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Well, the gold standard for cutting things like sheet rubber or drywall is the Stanley utility knife with retractable blade. Go get one of those and use the correct tool for the job. Just like you wouldn't use a utility knife to carry round in your pocket everyday to open letters and packages and sharpen your pencil with.
Same thing with cutting wood (you don't explain what it is that you were using a multi-tool for, working in wood). There are a host of properly designed tools for working in wood that do their jobs correctly.
The purpose of carrying the multi-tool is for times when you can't carry a proper kit of tools and you need something that will kind of do the job halfway and get you through an immediate need, till you can fix whatever it is properly. So, for example, you have something whose screw is about to fall out and get lost in the grass, and you're out in the middle of nowhere. So you use the multi-tool to put the screw back in and kind of halfway tighten it (you can't really bear down on those things, because they'll twist off the blade). But if you need to tighten 50 screws, and you need to really get them damn tight, you use a proper screwdriver with a properly sized handle and a blade made out of good steel that properly fits the screw.
I use a fixed blade knife, not a folder, for hard tasks. A Mora in Stainless is my favorite—inexpensive and indestructable.
If one was on the run they would want the folding blade or good fixed blade. But if your setting up a camp the bow saw, like these: https://woodworkingtoolkit.com/best-bow-saw-reviews/, are the best option. You can cut a lot of wood and most of them are fairly light weight; plus they are reasonably priced. Extra blades for those saws are also very light to carry.
I just think it is a matter of picking the right tool for the right job. Of course , if I had access to fuel and oil and did not worry about noise; I'd take a chainsaw over any of them! But the OP has to be a little more precise on what they expect to cut with their folding knife.
I have several folding knives I use here on the farm but by far my favorite is a Schrade 293. A bit too large to carry in a dress suit but just right for blue jeans.
I believe Buck also still makes some pretty dependable folding knives.
If one was on the run they would want the folding blade or good fixed blade. But if your setting up a camp the bow saw, like these: https://woodworkingtoolkit.com/best-bow-saw-reviews/, are the best option. You can cut a lot of wood and most of them are fairly light weight; plus they are reasonably priced. Extra blades for those saws are also very light to carry.
I just think it is a matter of picking the right tool for the right job. Of course , if I had access to fuel and oil and did not worry about noise; I'd take a chainsaw over any of them! But the OP has to be a little more precise on what they expect to cut with their folding knife.
You can make your own bow saw frame out of scrap wood. A quick google found one that is a takedown model that would be easier to pack than a steel frame saw. In addition to an extra blade or two, I think spare cord for the tensioner would be a good idea. The rest of it you could whittle with a good lock blade knife.
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