Any Victorinox/Wenger fans?

Holy cow Coscar! I’m very happy with my Victorinox Bantam which is all I need to discretely use at work or to open a beer when I don’t have a bottle opener handy.

My only Wenger.

I made an entire fence using this little saw on Wenger.

^Now that’s some dedication !
I EDC a Vic Spartan for 5 years in my left Pocket, I don’t know how I’ve done before !
From toothpick and tweezers to cap lifter and corkscrew (yeah I’m French…), I can’t even decide which one is the most useful !

For years I have tried to EDC all sorts of knives, including very nice knives that are discussed on BLF. The longest they last is three weeks and then I come back to my Victorinox. The knife is a good size, it has the extra tools I want all the time, and it is the only knife that you can pull out completely hassle-free in public. My current Victorinox is a Pioneer and it is the best sofar! (I keep loosing them at airports :weary: and then Coscar buys them up :wink: )

Wow that is so impressive! Which one is your favourite?

There 7” fillet knife is a real good bang for the buck

Geeez Snor, like asking a parent which kid. Ironically now my EDC is a single blade SAK called the Gardner(bottom row/middle). When I was still doing carpentry I carried the 4”+ #0.8463.3 - Trailmaster. (bottom row, just left of Gardner).

For reference……. https://assets.victorinox.com/medias/sak-product-catalog-en-us-2016.pdf?context=bWFzdGVyfHNha3w3NDczMjg2fGFwcGxpY2F0aW9uL3BkZnxoZWQvaDExLzg4MjU0NDY0OTgzMzQucGRmfGNiZGU2OGUzZGFjYjg3NTk4Zjc4OGM0YzkwMGRiMWRlMmVhYjIxMzdjNjNlYjQ2MDU1YjQxMTliZmFkYWFlOTc

I’ve carried one of these for the last 20 years or so, after many years of carrying a Case Stockman. The Vic just has more things I need.

I’m glad I had sense enough to tuck away a spare new one, just in case I ever lose this one, or wear it out.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjOga6gi6LTAhUN3mMKHT9PCI4QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheruntcompound.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F05%2F20%2Fcurse-you-victorinox%2F&psig=AFQjCNEpjjEH5VCnJv3nelLCuCY5G2NZig&ust=1492195363524476

As a recent SAK fan, I own several different Vic models (so far, a dozen), and currently EDC a Vic Hiker.

Also have this one, the Swiza D02
https://www.swiza.com/en/Products/Swiss-Knives/SWIZA-D02-1.html

(Very nice but a bit more expensive than their Victorinox competitors)

I need to get some Wengers for my collection now!

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If I am going to carry around a larger SAK the Evogrip 16 is a good size. I have not carried around a knife of this size since around 1994. My elderly in laws have something to fix at their house often so I take this knife or a Leatherman Blast to fix things on the fly when visiting. The Ganzo multi-tools just do not cut the mustard.

Has anybody modded a SAK with a LED, e.g. a spartan light?

Much lower price than Amazon.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1149547-REG/victorinox_53451_spartan_lite_pocket_knife.html

I would like to hear about Spartan Lite mods.

Guess Ive gotten out of the loop……. havent seen one of those. Its Puuuurdy!

I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info. Wish I’d kept the big Wenger tent I had. Sold it at a loss to a friend who was taking his family on a trip to California. At least I still have the nice thick down sleeping bag. :partying_face:

How I’d love to pack up my gear and head off somewhere to spend a week away from the city, fishing and spending time with friends surrounded by trees and try out the gear I’ve accumulated. Molle pack on gen iv frame with custom lashing straps and gear ready to pack. Unfortunately no takers among my friends and it seems a bit foolish to make such a trip alone.

The victorinox tinker may be the most perfect pocket knife I’ve ever owned. It’s size and weight for utility is unmatched imo. If you go with a third layer sak you may as well get a leatherman juice sized multitool because of thickness inside the pocket. I have a deluxe tinker that collects dust for that reason. The tinker is just perfection though love love love that knife.

@264 the knife to the left in the op image reminds me of a sak I bought in germany during the 80s. I hope they improved the steel of the tweezers since then. Grey insert was twezers, off-white was toothpick. I suspect if I saw it opened it would be the same as what I had back then. Unfortunately the one I had didn’t hold an edge very well. Hope they also improved the blade steel.

I kind of doubt they did mine were bought in the 90s and early 2000s. They don’t hold an edge all that long but never even think about rusting. Sharpen very easily, certainly an adequate steel for carry always use occasionally role.

This is what the two larger knives look like opened up Tekwyzrd. I got these images off the internet. Wonder if the corkscrew will be phased out from the larger knives in the near future. Looks like winemakers followed the lead from Thunderbird and Maddog 20/20 brands (ha ha) and are no longer using cork to seal wine bottles. Most likely the wild (Quercus suber) is happy about that.

I have about 40 SAKs and the Tinker is my go-to favorite as well.

Some of my SAKs, the Climber was my first good swiss army knife, bought in 1994, is yet in good condition.