Personally, I prefer the thinness of the standard Pioneer over the Pioneer X and the Farmer, both of which I also own. I rarely if ever need a saw, and I mentioned earlier that if Inwant scissors, my Executive covers that. I find that carrying two SAKs, the Exec and either the Pioneer or Soartan, is more comfortable for me than carrying one thicker pocketknife. Not to mention the Exec's excellent nail file and tiny pen blade.
I find the Alox SAK's awl to be superior to the back-mounted one on the cellidor-handled Spartan/Tinker/ etc. models. And I would pick the Pioneer every time over the Spartan, if the Pioneer could somehow be made to carry the mini eyeglass screwdriver, which I always carry in my Spartan's corkscrew.
Jim
THIS!!!
With an Executive as my man EDC pocket knife, I find that when I think I'm going to be needlngmore knife/tool, I drop my old Wenger SI in my pocket with the lanyard run up under my belt so the knife dangles in my pocket back by the back seem of the pants. The Pioneer/Wenger SI/old soldier model is a damm near perfect model to augment the smaller 74mm SAK like an executive/ambasidor.
A true dynamic duo.