Are you a Swiss Army Knife owner?

[addyb]

Sure the Swiss Champ's big, but does size really matter?

 

[Graham_S]

i have several. i've got a mauser kicking about somewhere, and an executive that lives in my pocket as my edc. it does everything i need day to day.

 

[Nathan Sturgess]

Yep I have a solo

 

[BIG-TARGET]

If you are an OH-SAK freak-a-zoid. Here's a review for you!!!

http://www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9760

 

[Zammo]

I have one similar to the Trekker in the link above but it is red and has no loop on the knife blade oh and a lock. So its quite different I suppose, lol.

 

[sxmolloy]

I own 2 at the moment. An EDC Victorinox Tinker Deluxe and a locking Trailmaster. Love em both

 

[Sickboy]

Huntsman here, xmas present from my parent's when i started scout's, but had a sailing version of unknown origin from the age of 5 or so
Lost the huntsman in some rapids while i was in the south of france a few years ago, the other one still in my sock draw at my dad's, much better blade on it than the Victorinox, but must have been made out of lead as it weighed almost twice the amount as the huntsman

 

[Tiley]

I tend to prefer the really simple SAKs so I have a Soldier and a recently acquired Farmer - both superb and both Victorinox because they make the best tin openers in the world!

 

[Outdoorsman]

At the moment I have a Hunter, Soldier, Spartan and a Bantam. Iv'e owned others when I was younger but they were all lost doing one thing or another. here's some pics:

 

[benp1]

love SAKs!!!

Have a Soldier as my edc (sitting in my pocket right now)

Plus have loads others. Huntsman, Compact, Manager, Rogue, couple of proper Mausers and a couple of others I can't remember!

 

[Steve27752]

I have had a Swiss army knife since I was about 10 years old. I do not know the model of me current one.
Steve

 

[brancho]

I have a hunstman which I managed to get for £10 a few years ago and gave my old one to my son.
He managed to break the scissors which I now try and get fixed with the onfo from this thread.

 

[tomtom]

I recently was given my first SAK (thanks Andrew ) and now I see what all the fuss is about. Its so dam useful!

 

[NatG]

i've got about 4 or 5 but must of had at least 20 over the years, i currently have 3 classics and a huntsman with a thuya handle, gets used every day

 

[Bisamratte]

The last time I read this thread I ended up buying my second sak. I bought a small classic one with black scales which I then re scaled with beech. I also have an old Huntsman (I think) that was my first ever real knife (I got a cheap copy sak before that and never used it because......well it looked like it would fall apart every time the blades where open )

Anyway they both live in my pockets and are used on a daily basis.

I'm going to buy another one now.......but which one

 

[Gailainne]

I have a Victorinox Champ, my second, the first I misplaced in Oz about 25 yrs ago, I bought my second when I returned and realised I'd lost it. Great tool, even better since GrahamS sharpened the prime and secondary blades to hair popping sharpness at Delamere .

Since seeing some posts on changing the scales, I think thats a project I will consider, thickening the scales in a nice wood, and losing the toothpick in favour of a small firesteel.

Stephen

 

[w00dsmoke]

;My first working knife was a sak and I treasured it well for over 20 years (ok the big blade snapped) until I was given my first leatherman. I then gave the sak away and realised very soon that compared to a leatherman tool for work, a SAK was not even worth having.

Now I own a wave and to be honest I'm not interested in a SAK. I'm amazed at the popularity of them on the forum especially regarding their limitations. My wife has one for her handbag as she likes the tweezers and wee scissors, they are handy for her eyebrows and nails but she always uses a leatherman when away on camp with me!

 

[John Fenna]

I have had many SAKs in my time and until I discovered Leatherman tools I thought they were the best knives in the world. Now I find them limitted and prefer to carry my Wave.
The only thing I miss is the corkscrew.......
John

 

[Dr Onion]

I've had a few SAK's over the years but I have to admit I replaced them all with my Leatherman Charge a while back - I agree with Woodsmoke above, they are just far more handy to carry IMHO

Dr O

 

[Gailainne]

I had both my SAK and a leatherman with me on our Loch Lomond trip wOOdsmoke, the leatherman never came out the bag, and you know the SAK was in use the whole weekend. Agreed the SAK has its limitations, but it can handle a multitude of camp tasks with no worries.

Stephen