Your favorite five Swiss Army knives

Favorite carried every day for the last 25 years is the Craftsman now marketed as the Handyman....only difference is the Craftsman has a phillips screw driver on the back and the Handyman has a corkscrew.
Victorinox Handyman in red - 1.3773

Minichamp in red or Alox
Victorinox Midnite MiniChamp in red - 0.6386
Victorinox MiniChamp Alox in silver - 0.6381.26


Large size...Workchamp
Victorinox Work Champ in red - 0.8564


Handy accessory...love mine...really easy to get out of the pocket..
Mad Blacksmith City Dweller Pen-Cap Lanyard System (Milled Black) - Blade HQ
 
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6string said:
Hmm, I would have guessed the bottom one is Canivete Italian! Perhaps you know better!
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LOL.

I don't know about the Italians. But in Portugal with wine regions all over. From North to South and West to East. that pocket knife(canivete in Portuguese) fits like a glove.:D

It wasn't I who did the meme. But I approve it.:D
 
I have German lockblade hunting knives, a Puma No. 943 and an older, larger Henckels. They have sspear and saw bladees and corkscrews. The Puma saw has a screwdriver tip and will open bottles.

Good for a hiker or hunter to slice sausage, bread, and cheese, and open wine. Nice stag scales and German silver bolsters.

But I carry them in belt pouches or a coat. SAK's in reasonable sizes are true pocket knives.
 
I also like some with Alox handles. Mine is the former Soldier, dated 83, a gift of the Export Director at the time. More rugged than those with plastic handles, but no tweezers or toothpick.

Because the colored anodizing wears off, I prefer the basic silver scales.
 
This is one feature that I strongly dislike:
Texas Star said:
[...] The Puma saw has a screwdriver tip and will open bottles. [...]
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The saws in folding knives are already so short that sacrificing any length of teeth for a bottle opener or gut hook is stupid. Oh well, not everything is designed to my taste and a few 5" folders are made with saws that have teeth for the full length of their saw blades.

The most common one is a good knife that I have not previously seen mentioned on this forum, the Case XX-Changer. If you carry the whole kit in its pouch it's bulky and heavy but the knife and one extra blade in a slip both fit in a standard folding hunter pouch. Basically it's a more versatile Buck 110 which is a knife that gets truck loads of love here.

Taking your thread back to SAK the Victoronix I listed as my #2 favorite SAK is another. It's bottle opener is a separate tool. That's better designing. All the hand saws out in your shop are long for good reason.
 
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My daughter and I went to the Swiss Army knife tourist trap store in Lucerne and bought top of the line knives with our names on them. Just as a memory from that fantastic trip that knife - now deep in the safe - has to be my favorite as for the other four, one of these:
 

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Only have one, never carried it. A gift from my Daughter from their trip to Europe.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

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I have had several over the years, but the only one I use now is the Rambler.
There is one on each set of car keys.
 
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I'm ashamed to say I can't even make it to 5. Here are my 4. I'd have to say that the plain Spartan is probably my favourite; I have two put aside for the kids when they get old enough. The pouch for the Swiss Champ was something I made in a leatherwork class. The black knife was picked up in Lucerne, Switzerland, too. Probably the same Tourist Trap that another contributor fell victim too. Lol.
 

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Classic SD (keychain model)
Feildmaster
And repeat....

I literally have gone nowhere without my keys! And I use these scissors like every other day.
 
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I love the idea of carrying one, but I have to admit I've never carried one of my Swiss Army knives. I actually seldom carry any knife. I have bad habit of losing them. And with wallet, cellphone, keys, and sometimes pocket pistol, I'm about out of space.
 
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