may be of interest to some of you
If it ain’t broke…
I have a Victorinox multitool. Love the thing.
Also read great experiences about the lifetime warranty.
I got the Spirit X with clip recently. It’s awesome. Despite being heavier, it’s replaced my Skeletool as my EDC. The clip and the one hand main blade make it super practical, and the build quality is really nice.
I am surprised these Alox knives didn’t also make the blade one-hand open. Seems like the minimum if you’re saying it’s a properly modern design, and Victorinox already has a couple of different implementations.
I still love the classic design elements, but a traditional SAK is kinda like an Opinel, a business suit of a knife. Still does what it needs, but communicating “classy and traditional” is very much part of the idea.
By putting holes in to save on material? Checks out I guess.
Thy also massively increased the price for those new ones.
Putting a bit of knurling on a the handle and a few cut outs is now modern?
I was thinking the clip was the update.
And removing the toothpick and tweezers
none of the alox models had them. Though as a gardener I wish they did
Thank you for your help finding a gift for my dad.
Victorinox knives are stupid cheap on eBay. I’ve bought 50-packs by searching “TSA swiss army knives”.
Maybe not your jam, but I like fixing them up, keeping what I want, gifting and selling the rest.
Yeah butI I love and owe that man more than”here’s some crap I got thrown away from the TSA”
Nah! I love fixing them up! It’s stupid easy, for me anyway. I’ve made seriously nice knives out of TSA crap.
The vast majority of what you get is good to go. Few strokes on the stone, little polish on the wheel, brand new. Ordered toothpicks and tweezers off eBay to straiten out the surplus. PLUS, he gets a gift you worked on! And you never know what you’ll get! I’ve got some very cool knives from a batch of 50.
It’s sexy and sleek, but it looks like a flea market knife. If I didn’t see the branding I wouldn’t give it another glance.
They’re trash and always have been. They’re cheap toys for people who don’t know what tools are
