New SAK for me, for an early X-mas!

[addyb]

Well, yesterday I broke down and spent $50 dollars on this.

Isn't it lovely? My house 5 SAK's in it, but the one that was my daily carry (it was a "Driver" model methinks) I put in our new Swedish diswasher, and the heat melted the celidor handles. (Okay, lesson learned: Do not put SAK's in diswasher) Anyway, I could've gone and bought new handles for it, but over years and years of use, the blade has worn down quite a bit and even developed a chip in it. Anyway, I figured it was time to retire it, and besides all good things come to an end eventually. The driver was old before I got, I was just a wee boy when my Grandfather gave it to me.

So, later today I am going to take some digital photo's of my new SAK (the URL I posted simply does not to it justice!) and do a bit of testing with it. I ever so slightly convex-ed the secondary bevel on it, so I'm going to see how many feather sticks I can slice up before I have to strop the blade. That will come later, as right now in Nanaimo BC, the rain is coming down REALLY hard. (I think God is mad at me for having the best designed SAK that either I, or my Dad have ever seen)

Cheers guys, I'll get around to it later.

Adam

 

[Rebel]

I've been a bit bummed out because I've lost (or had stolen) my brand new Explorer model

Fortunately it's not the only SAK I've got but I was really pleased with the Explorer and was EDCing it. Amazingly in thirty years of carrying a SAK pretty much everyday I'd never lost one before.

Anyway congrats on your new one.

 

[Doc]

Recently bought a new Farmer SAK (alox handles) from the US. The seller (Central Valley Wholesale) also was selling used SAKs so I bought a nearly new black explorer for about £5 and a nearly new Spartan for £3.

I believe the airports confiscate a lot of SAKs which then get sold off cheaply. I was quite impressed as they were very lightly used, clean, oiled, sharp and seemed to have unused toothpick and tweezers (not something you'd want second hand!)

 

[addyb]

Yes SAK's are lovely knives. I think you get a lot more than what you pay for when you purchase one. The steel's quite decent, and holds a good edge considering what the total cost of a SAK is. They never rust, sharpen easily, have a great warranty and have numerous but very useful tools incorporated into them. I think the best think about SAK's is the quality control; no matter how many of them you buy, or how many different models you purchase, all of them come stiff and shiny right out of the box, with well oiled and nicely ground implements.

Anyway, about field testing my Compact today, it's not going to happen. (At least not yet.) The rain is coming down in buckets and it's one of those days where it's safer to sit curled up to the fireplace with a good book. I think I'll try again later today, if it lets up. If not, then tomorrow, but I will post a good review of the knife on here eventually.

Cheers guys, enjoy your holidays.

Adam

 

[scanker]

What the hell's a "dominant curtain ring"? Is it the one that always makes a gap in the middle when I try and draw them?

Victorinox has developed a knife of compact design that
unites 15 tools with a dominant curtain ring. This knife is
characterized by compact reduced his and with a great
lamina. This new Compact Victorinox knife is the best
seller in Europe.

 

[addyb]

Well, it was translated from Spanish, so....maybe babelfish translator did a sh*tty job? In any case, that was the best picture I could find of my latest toy without using my digital camera. I want to go outside and carve up some pieces of wood with the main blade to see how it holds up, but just like yesterday, the rain here in Nanaimo is horrific. It was so bad yesterday that the rain soaked through the DWR on my Entrant jacket, so it wetted out.

How's the weather right now in Old Blighty? As usual, Vancouver Island will be having a green Christmas. My wish for x-mas is to have a day of decent weather. What's yours?

hahahah

Adam

 

[arctic hobo]

YThe steel's quite decent, and holds a good edge considering what the total cost of a SAK is. They never rust, sharpen easily, have a great warranty and have numerous but very useful tools incorporated into them.

It amazes me. I've had the same edge on mine that I put on it six months ago, and I use it every day. It's not fading at all. I might have sharpened it funny (I'm not the world's best sharpener), but it's astounding, better than anything else I own.
Just a question for you - what on earth is the thing that looks like a plastic auger in between the pin and the corkscrew? I do like the multipurpose hook
I have a Camper and love it. I took a Handyman around Europe when I was interailing, (that's the model down from the super-massive one) and although it was pricey, I was amazed to find I used every feature, really rate it as a multitool. Sadly I managed to lose it in a station in Bucharest

 

[Topcat02]

This seller in Germany has a few auctions on ebay for SAKs. He has a set of 20 small used SAKs, and a set of 20 larger SAKs. They are both at about £20 at the moment.

Seems like a bargain!

TC

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20-big-Victor...590061009QQcategoryZ48821QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Ropeman]

I've had a bid at a couple of those lots, they usually get about £50-£60. If I could be certain of which models were in a lot It'd be easier to bid higher.

 

[addyb]

The gray plastic auger inside the corkscrew is a glasses screwdriver, you reverse it and it locks into the corkscrew. (Genius, no?) And there is a small pin that one could use to pop blisters, it's hidden inside the plastic well of the corkscrew. As well, the parcel hook (more useful for pulling bootlaces tight) has a nail-file on the top side of it.

Yeah, the blade steel on SAK's is actually quite good. I've owned Schrade knives, and fooled around with Leatherman products, but I've always found Victorinox steel to be best in the "small knife" category. Obviously, it won't compare to a Frosts Mora or a Fallkniven F1, but for the size and price of a SAK, you really can't go wrong. I've also found that by giving the SAK's blade a slight convex to the secondary bevel, the edge retention is even better than before.

I think reasons like that are why SAK's are used by NASA, Everest and Antarctica expeditions, and are so famous worldwide. Plus the fact that they've been making them for over 100 years probably doesn't hurt!

Cheers,

Adam

 

[Buckshot]

What model have you got Addyb - my work software wont let me look at the site

Also is there a one handed opening non locking SAK avaliable?

Cheers

Mark