Your favorite five Swiss Army knives

Tinker
Tinker (I had two , gave one to son )
Super Tinker
Super Tinker (I have two)
Spartan ... sitting on desk , I'm looking at it now .

Those are my favorites
Gary
 
I have 50 or 60 copies of Victorinox and over the years I have used some and some are still new.
The ones I use the most are:
Classic
Spartan
Hunter
Champion (discontinued model)
Swiss champion
Victorinox-Mauser
Hercules
 
Have several, including a SwissChamp, (don't carry it, Leatherman's handier). Favorites are,
Evo 11, currently in my pocket.
Pioneer. ALOX handles, almost indestructible.
Tinker. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
Any model that doesn't have that blankity-blank corkscrew.
 
I am a Tinker guy. That's all I have carried for years.


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Tinker
Tinker
Tinker
Tinker
Tinker


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Over the course of the last 50 years or so I have had 4 officer models.

Found them to be good to have along, especially at work. Compact but quite versatile! Those little tweezers have removed literately hundreds of metal bits and pieces out of my skin. The last years I worked construction I replace them with a Leatherman.

Now that I'm retired I keep one Swiss in 2 of my vechicles, the Leatherman in my normally daily driver because you never know.
 
Can we settle on 6 favorites?

From bottom to top.

Cannot remember the name of the first. I have it for so long.:rolleyes:

Cannot remember the name of the second either, but it's the "military issue" and is dated 94(1994). It is the soldier 1961 I just found out

The third is the "soldier 08"

The forth is the "Camper red"

The fifth is the "Spartan wood"

The sitxh is the "huntsman wood"

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Donn said:
Have several, including a SwissChamp, (don't carry it, Leatherman's handier). Favorites are,
Evo 11, currently in my pocket.
Pioneer. ALOX handles, almost indestructible.
Tinker. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
Any model that doesn't have that blankity-blank corkscrew.
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We're all different. I much prefer the corkscrew to the Phillips screwdriver. The larger corkscrews on German lockblade hunting knives or larger SAK's work better, but I've opened wine with the standard corkscrews on the Spartan, Camper, and Wengers. And corkscrews will also pick apart knots.

The screwdriver tip on the can opener turns what Phillips screws I encounter.
 
Texas Star said:
We're all different. I much prefer the corkscrew to the Phillips screwdriver. The larger corkscrews on German lockblade hunting knives or larger SAK's work better, but I've opened wine with the standard corkscrews on the Spartan, Camper, and Wengers. And corkscrews will also pick apart knots.

The screwdriver tip on the can opener turns what Phillips screws I encounter.
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I have a friend whose words almost exactly mirror Donn's . . . he gave me an Executive back when I was an executive. :)

Me, I'm kind of amazed at how useful the Spartan's corkscrew is when I'm traveling. :) I am happy to take it along anywhere, (it doesn't freak out anyone at any Customs - and actually may imbue other tools I'm importing with an aura of familiar reasonableness) unlike this inherited pre-War Henckels that stays at home.

Plus, there's this! ;)

 
Donn said:
Have several, including a SwissChamp, (don't carry it, Leatherman's handier). Favorites are,
Evo 11, currently in my pocket.
Pioneer. ALOX handles, almost indestructible.
Tinker. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
Any model that doesn't have that blankity-blank corkscrew.
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I stick out my tongue at you, Senhor.:D

If only I had a dollar bill for every wine bottle I opened with the SAK corckscrew.:rolleyes:
 
1. Alox Electrician. Straight-edged short sheepsfoot and a very good awl in addition to the spear and screwdriver/bottle opener. Two-row knife. Three springs and it is getting too fat for my pocket.
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Alox because I carry lots of the plastic french tickler toothpicks, and my Micra has a tweezer. Micra has better scissors, too, so I don’t have to suffer SAKs broken scissor springs. No can opener, but if I am at home, I will have a can opener. When it fails, I can use a can opener from another SAK, or stab the can with my KaBar.

2. Alox Farmer. Three rows, but it has the saw, which I like to have in the woods, and the can opener, harder to sub for in the field.

3. Cadet. I would prefer alox, but I paid six bucks for mine on closeout at Home Depot. Got one for my grandson, too. Everything you need, nothing you don’t.

4. My missing Wenger. Has the good scissors. If I could find it, I could retire the Micra, but probably wouldn’t.

5. Mauser-branded Victorinox GAK. Cool knife. Not common, kind of expensive to replace, so I don’t often carry it. Also a bit too big to carry comfortably.
 
Kurusu said:
I stick out my tongue at you, Senhor.:D

If only I had a dollar bill for every wine bottle I opened with the SAK corckscrew.:rolleyes:
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If you ever watched that video by the crazy Russian, you would know how easy it is to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.

Of course, kids 45 and under all know how to open a beer bottle with a Bic lighter. If they drink wine presumably it comes from a box.

The task that truly separates humans from lower mammals is the ability to open cans. That was the basis for the symbiotic relationship between Vic and Blood in “A Boy and his Dog”. Vic opened cans of food for his telepathic dog. Blood sniffed out, erm, female companionship for his human.
 
Marshwheeling said:
If you ever watched that video by the crazy Russian, you would know how easy it is to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.

Of course, kids 45 and under all know how to open a beer bottle with a Bic lighter. If they drink wine presumably it comes from a box.

The task that truly separates humans from lower mammals is the ability to open cans. That was the basis for the symbiotic relationship between Vic and Blood in “A Boy and his Dog”. Vic opened cans of food for his telepathic dog. Blood sniffed out, erm, female companionship for his human.
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I started opening wine bottles way before we dreamed of internet and videos.:D

I can open a beer bottle with a stone if need be. My father could open them with his teeth. I'm not that tough.:o
 
Kurusu said:
I started opening wine bottles way before we dreamed of internet and videos.:D

I can open a beer bottle with a stone if need be. My father could open them with his teeth. I'm not that tough.:o
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In high school, I used to open them with my 🦷. It was a great party trick. In later years, I found out how expensive crowns were.
 
We don't seem to be getting any clear favorite.

But the Spartan does well and many want a SwissChamp around, although not for daily carry.

As usual, some like corkscrews; some don't. Americans on average drink less wine outside the home than Euros. They usually have corkscrews at home. I hope.
 
Texas Star said:
Americans on average drink less wine outside the home than Euros. They usually have corkscrews at home. I hope.
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We have a corkscrew around somewhere (see below), If I'm thinking about a bottle of wine, I grab a SAK! Call me a barbarian, call me a boy scout, either way you will still be calling me to open your bottle of wine!

One Sunday at church a few years ago, people came and got me out of the meeting. They were getting communion ready, and the communion "wine" was in a corked bottle, they figured I would have a way of opening it. My wife enjoys wine much more than I do, so that thrift store she calls a purse, has a very nice corkscrew in it most of the time! I was glad to obvert the crisis with communion!

Ivan
 
Texas Star said:
We don't seem to be getting any clear favorite.

But the Spartan does well and many want a SwissChamp around, although not for daily carry.

As usual, some like corkscrews; some don't. Americans on average drink less wine outside the home than Euros. They usually have corkscrews at home. I hope.
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I do have a big corkscrew at home.:D But I always carry a SAK with me anyway.:rolleyes:

And... they are not the only knife I have with a corkscrew either.:D;)

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Officier Suisse

I like the Officier Suisse.
Never met a beer or wine bottle it couldn't open.
It's large enough to feel substantiative in use, but compact enough to slip into a pocket. Unobtrusive until needed.

Jim

PS: Mario, I like those Laguiole knives from France. I used one of their folding steak knives with the bumble bee on the lock button. Nice balance!
 

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6string said:
I like the Officier Suisse.
Never met a beer or wine bottle it couldn't open.
It's large enough to feel substantiative in use, but compact enough to slip into a pocket. Unobtrusive until needed.

Jim

PS: Mario, I like those Laguiole knives from France. I used one of their folding steak knives with the bumble bee on the lock button. Nice balance!
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I tend to like them too.:D maybe that's why I have 4 of them;) But the one I showed is the only one with a corkscrew
 
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