I wonder if the shop could manufacture, subcontract, or buy similar small screwdrivers (that aren't as ugly as mine) to include with the purchase of a 17. Is it the only model that requires a flat head driver for full functionality? They include a stone, why not a pair of drivers on the 17's lanyard so when you get your knife you can use all of it's features out of the box? Folks on this forum have been asking for small, light, lanyard-ready soft metal drivers for a long time. I bet any Model 17 owner would want a pair (redundancy, redundancy, redundancy). Perhaps they looked into it and it was too expensive. That might be likely with the number of 17s sold per year. I think many would agree that it's important to keep costs down for the basic knife. Either way, be it ever so humble (and it *is* seriously humble), we have a cost effective solution now.
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Mike