58MM is best MM

Hickory n steel

Hickory n steel

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I just cannot give up the single layer 58mm Vic's.
I've tried other things, but the 58mm Vic's are just the best most convenient way I've found to carry a nice little pair of scissors a set of tweezers and a homemade splinter pick .

I have found that I much prefer the permapic to the Vic toothpick, so on my 58mm's I replace the toothpick with a splinter pick made from a piece of SS windshield wiper insert.





Until Victorinox makes a mini pliers based multitool that includes the little scissors, tweezers, and a way I can carry a splinter pick, I will be pairing a 58mm Vic with some form of small pliers when I'm not at work.


Currently it's these Snapon 44acf, Vic jetsetter to nix the redundant knife blade, and the little Vic quattro driver to fill in the screwdriver capability.
 
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While I agree the 58mm is handy, I like/need a little more. For around 20 years I had a stock "Signature" on my key ring. I think the only tool I never used is/was the fingernail file, tho I did use that blade a time or three to clean my fingernails.
I replaced the low/weak grip tweezers with a toothpick.
I recently used the Signature in trade for a Mini Champ. It has been in my pocket since, along with an Evo Grip 14 that I also traded for.
I will swap out the Mini Champ's low/weak grip tweezers for a toothpick, maybe a red one for "normal" carry and use, and a green one for the 12 or 14 days of December when red and green is appropriate. 😷👍

I have little doubt I won't use the fingernail file on the Mini Champ, or the Evo Grip 14, for that matter. If I have ever filed my fingernails, I have no idea when, where, or why.
So far, I've used the little Wharncliffe blade on the Mini Champ, and a couple others.

While the 58mm is handy, there are times when "it don't have to be big, just sharp ..." isn't quite accurate. The two knife blades on the Mini Champ, while "sharp as the dickens" are just too short. Cutting meat and other things at meal time, for example.
For that I break out a larger knife. The Evo Grip 14, or a harness jack, stockman, barlow, or my Celtic Pocket Knife/Neck knife.

I've already decided the 58mm Mini Champ and 85mm Evo Grip 14 are a permanent part of my carry ... unless I locate my Huntsman (or get a new one, or a Evo Grip 18, for the saw ...)

As you are no doubt aware, there are times a clip point, or a blade with no belly is a better choice for the task at hand than a spear point. For that reason I'll always pair the two SAK's with a stockman, or something else with a selection of blade profiles. 😷👍

Oh yeah. I am not fond of the awl/punch on the back. Most unhandy. I'm adding a punch/awl to the rollator's tote/shopping/tool bag.
 
I never used my classics as a knife nor did I use the nail file, that's why I went to the jetsetter.
It has no knife or nail file, it's my first ever Victorinox multitool actually.
At least I'd call it a form of scissors based multitool.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Until Victorinox makes a mini pliers based multitool that includes the little scissors, tweezers, and a way I can carry a splinter pick, I will be pairing a 58mm Vic with some form of small pliers when I'm not at work.
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Have you tried the Leatherman Style PS? The scissors aren’t quite as good as Victorinox (are any scissors?), but it has that exact toolset (minus the splinter pick). I find the nail file and the shape of its screwdriver tip to be superior to the Victorinox 58mm file/driver. I carried one in high school because it doesn’t have a blade.
 
Hickory n steel said:
I never used my classics as a knife nor did I use the nail file, that's why I went to the jetsetter.
It has no knife or nail file, it's my first ever Victorinox multitool actually.
At least I'd call it a form of scissors based multitool.
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I agree with both of you that the Classic’s blade is just too small for my needs/preference (as is the handle when using the blade—I like to be able to hold a knife with more than two fingers!). If I were to switch to a “dedicated” knife with no additional tools (like an Opinel or a stockman), a blade less multi tool like the Jetsetter makes a lot of sense.
 
hsherzfeld said:
Have you tried the Leatherman Style PS? The scissors aren’t quite as good as Victorinox (are any scissors?), but it has that exact toolset (minus the splinter pick). I find the nail file and the shape of its screwdriver tip to be superior to the Victorinox 58mm file/driver. I carried one in high school because it doesn’t have a blade.
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I do not like the overly modern / futuristic style of the leatherman style.
It's also much larger and bulkier which is a no-go for my little pocket organizer.
 
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hsherzfeld said:
I agree with both of you that the Classic’s blade is just too small for my needs/preference (as is the handle when using the blade—I like to be able to hold a knife with more than two fingers!).
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I actually don't find the blade to be too short myself.
My issue is the narrow blade offset in the much wider frame ,it presents itself as more of a small multitool than a pocket knife and I won't carry a multitool as a knife.

I would have no problem with something more like this, closer to the recruit pen blade than this pocket pal pen blade though.
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Lee D said:
I’d like to see a 58mm with that blade and just the scissors...no file needed. A two layer with both blade and scissors on one side, no backside tools…and none of that lobster design.
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I would too, I suppose in Alox to keep it thin.
I don't know how it would work into my EDC philosophy though, since I don't really like having a particular pocket knife thats just always on me no matter what I'm carrying.

I'd have to find a way to have my tweezers and splinter pick when I'm carrying it, or be okay with a redundant extra pair of scissors already found on my current 58mm.
 
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