Are you a Swiss Army Knife owner?
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yea, I always carry a victorinox on my belt in an original vict. pouch.It used to be a classic but for the past 3 years it has been a jelly light which is small like the classic but has a red torch beam and mini biro as well as knife,nailfile and scissors.
Yes I carry a SAK
The model is the one shown below
I aquired it when I was a countryside ranger, there was a demo of a swiss lawnmower at work by a company called "BUCHER" that specialised in heavy duty reciprocating mowers......
At the end of the demo we all got the above SAK and it has the word "BUCHER" inlaid into the handle. That was 15 years back and it's still used almost every day
The model is the one shown below
I aquired it when I was a countryside ranger, there was a demo of a swiss lawnmower at work by a company called "BUCHER" that specialised in heavy duty reciprocating mowers......
At the end of the demo we all got the above SAK and it has the word "BUCHER" inlaid into the handle. That was 15 years back and it's still used almost every day
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my genuine one is the classic i have another similar thing but doesn't get used anymore. sometimes borrow my dads locking SAK
i had a Blue Fishermans SAK over 20 yrs old. i snapped the main blade and had reground the file profile. to sum up it was in a really poor way. i paid £4.95 registered post to Victorinox for a quote to repair 2 weeks later i get a call to say my new knife has arrived. Victorinox had replaced it FOC with the latest version. That's what i call top class service
only one??? :shock:
yes have had several, lost a few, still have several, well, enough to keep me going for a while!
cheers, and.
Wenger makes the "Genuine Swiss Army Knife." Victorinox makes the "Original Swiss Army Knife." They are both correct. Victorinox was first ("original") but Wenger also contracts to the Swiss Gov't for knives for the army. I prefer the Vic's for their can-opener. Lots of Wengers are appearing on the market at deep discounts (> 50%) because they have (gasp!) lock-blade primary blades.
TAHAWK said:
Yep i have had a Victorinox Rucksack model for over 10 yrs now
(thats one of the range wit ha locking primary blade
)its also has longet main blade and saw than most other models
Excellent knife I have replaced the Tooth pick with a spark rod (as its easy enough to make a tooth pick
) the 2-3mm dia one you get in a BCB fire kit. the main blade as getting a little thin year or so ago and the Main spring snapped
Took it to my local dealer and they sent it back as i asked to get it repaired
Back came a brand new one No charge replaced under warranty
ATB
Duncan
I have one of the small Victorinox knives on my keys (looks somewhat the worse for wear. Lost the toothpick and tweezers, and the scales are started to break!) and I carry a swiss card with my wallet most of the time.
When I was younger I used to have the same model as maddave (without "Bucher" on it though) but I lost it. Then I got given a LM Wave and haven't had any desire to get a new SAK.
In fact, I've been thinking of swapping the SAK on my keys for a LM micra or similar.
When I was younger I used to have the same model as maddave (without "Bucher" on it though) but I lost it. Then I got given a LM Wave and haven't had any desire to get a new SAK.
In fact, I've been thinking of swapping the SAK on my keys for a LM micra or similar.
Yup I've had a Rucsack for about ten years and I've just aquired a Huntsman of ebay for £16 ( this is the blade I lend to people, or if I'm in a more *sensative* area, SAK's seem to raise less hackles than even a multitool) :roll: .
Cheers
Shaun
Cheers
Shaun
Yup tend to keep one in the fishing box and another in the rucksack, although it rarely gets used now, prefer my Leathermans. Slightly off subject anyone know where to send a leathermans to for repair, the locking mechanism on the blades knackered.
Lithril said:
Whitby knives are the UK leatherman repair centre.
Send it here
Leatherman Warranty (UK)
Whitby & Co
Aynam Mills
Canal Head North
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 7BY
I sent mine off with a broken blade and they sent me a brand new one back !! Fantastic service
P
Pathos
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sure do! same model as maddave put up. Been everywhere with me and is carried most days (depending on what I am doing) in a pocket attached via a mini karabiner and large fishing swivel (to stop twisting) to my beltloop. Gets used a lot for everything to cutting fruit to eat to helping dissect animals in marine practicals at college to opening tins... endless as I am sure you all know. Its years old, even persuaded little sis to get one last year, matching her handbag of course :mrgreen:
Oh yeah, it does get cleaned between .most of these things! :shock:
I also have a gerber fisherman thingy, this sees a lot less use as it is to bulky (for me) for every day carry. Though the fiskars scissors are the best I have ever seen on a multi tool type knife.
Paul
Oh yeah, it does get cleaned between .most of these things! :shock:
I also have a gerber fisherman thingy, this sees a lot less use as it is to bulky (for me) for every day carry. Though the fiskars scissors are the best I have ever seen on a multi tool type knife.
Paul
Yep I have a Rucksack too. It's got everything you need in a pocket knife and nothing more. The blade is big enough and it lock's! Non-locking knifes should be banned in my opinion (I understand that in Britain somehow it's the other way around :-| )
I have mine with me always and everywhere (except under the shower) and somehow I find a use for it several times a day. I got my first pocket knife when I was 10 of 11, I lost one, broke one, replaced several that got worn down to much, and i cut myself only once! (due to stupidity, I regard it as a 'learning experience' )
out on trail or in the woods I usually also have something heavier, like a machete, but my Victorinox goes where I go.
I have mine with me always and everywhere (except under the shower) and somehow I find a use for it several times a day. I got my first pocket knife when I was 10 of 11, I lost one, broke one, replaced several that got worn down to much, and i cut myself only once! (due to stupidity, I regard it as a 'learning experience'
) out on trail or in the woods I usually also have something heavier, like a machete, but my Victorinox goes where I go.
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