i keep a small victorinox for everyday use and it has yet to fail.i forget how long ive had it but its been a good long while.
So Ive looked through the Victorinox and Wegner sites...some nice looking knifes, and knowing that they are more that just for looks, I think I'll get one...however, it seems that all of the ones in my price range either come with a Phillips head, OR a cork screw, and not both...
Yes, I think the sight of the old red handled SAK is probably the least likely to make people nervous these days. When I was an eight year old in the cub scouts you were required to carry one. Now as an adult I could get arrested. Go figure.I love Swiss army knives, specially the older Soldier model. I like this one for traveling, Especially in times when knife laws are getting strikter and strikter " locking blades are not allowed in some countries".
This great medium sized Victorinox has held up for years in someones pocket. It was a second hand find for me and a few minutes work on a few stones had the nicks out of the blade and it nice and sharp. Long enough to hold easily but with a very slim thickness so you hardly feel it in your pocket. They obviously hold up well as all the age on this one shows.
Tony
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And for those who need everything in a knife we have the Victorinox Ruby Swiss Champ XAVT:
The SwissChamp XAVT includes the following tools:
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- Large blade
- Small blade
- Corkscrew
- Can opener with
- -small screwdriver 3 mm
- Bottle opener with
- -large screwdriver 6 mm
- -wire stripper
- Reamer
- Key ring
- Tweezers
- Toothpick
- Scissors
- Multi-purpose hook (also parcel carrier)
- Wood saw
- Fishscaler with
- -hook disgorger
- -ruler (cm & inches)
- Nail file with
- -metal file
- -nail cleaner
- -metal saw
- Fine screwdriver 2 mm
- Chisel
- Pliers with
- -wire cutters
- -wire crimping tool
- Phillips screwdriver
- Magnifying Glass
- Ball point pen
- -also to set DIP-Switches
- Pin
- Mini-screwdriver
- Sewing eye
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- Wrench with
- -5mm female Hex drive for D-SUB connectors
- -4mm female Hex drive for the bits
- -Bit Phillips 0 (Pozidrive)
- -Bit Phillips 1 (Pozidrive)
- -Bit Slotted 4 mm
- -Bit Phillips 2
- -Bit Hex 4 mm
- -Bit Torx 8
- -Bit Torx 10
- -Bit Torx 15
- Large blade
- LED light, white
- Multi-purpose hook with nailfile
- Reamer
- Pruning blade
- Electrician's blade with wire scraper
- -wire scraper
- Pharmaceutical spatula
- Combination tool with cap lifter
- -can opener
- -screwdriver
- -wire stripper
- Watch opener
- Fine screwdriver 2 mm
- Digital clock
- Altimeter
- Barometer
- Alarm
- Countdown
- Timer
- Thermometer