Classic article.

[jackknife]

It all started innocently enough.

Karen was doing some shopping, and I went to the Borders Bookstore right next to the store that I figured Karen would be in for a while. Of course I glanced over the magazine rack. Now, while I almost never look in the knife magazines because of the amount of drivel in them, I picked up a copy of the August issue of Knives Illustrated. Much to my surprise, among the usual stuff, was a two page spread on the humble Victorinox classic. But it's not so humble anymore.

Pictured was a wide variety of colors, patterns, and artistic prints available on the classic. The way the author put it, the classic is THE "worlds most produced pocket knife." Their own words.

I guess if it's good enough for the Dali Lama, President Lyndon Johnson, and Charles Lindberg, it's good enough to upscale it with some new graphics.

And here I am, still carrying the old standby red.

Carl.

 

[Rsmith_77]

i actually saw that article with my wife when we went to Borders
i showed her the article and i tink the pretty colors caught her interest...a little anyways

 

[Iyonk]

everybody should own at least a victorinox classic... its as essential as bring some money on your wallets or purse... hehehehe...

my wife EDC a beaten up red classic thet got some dents on the scale when my boy was very young chew the cellidor... i gave her two more classics, one in pink cammo and one in pink alox...guess what, she still edc the beaten up one hehehe... the blade still cut, the scissor still works and it doent lost any tools... so she'll keep on using it... never leave home without the classic on her purse.

 

[umberto00]

Always carry a classic on my keychain, in addition to my "higher-end" knives and multitools. Funny thing, you can get most day-to-day cutting tools done with a classic, nobody has ever felt threatened by it, and it's a perfect "loaner" knife since it's so inexpensive. I know a lot of us knife-nuts get caught up in rockwell hardness, super-steels and such, so we forget about the humble SAK. But there's a reason why it is so popluar!

 

[quattromori]

The Classic is not humble nor low end.
It's the Classic.
Other knives come and go....The Classic was, is and will be there.
As for the upgraded scales, many of them are designed to attract new customers, especially women I guess, but to me it doesn't take a bit off of the magic of it. Personally, I love the alox versions, and I'm still looking for an orange alox myself...

 

[CID25]

No matter what other, fancier knife I may be carrying, the classic is the one thats always with me. I like the variety available, but I haven't warmed up to the alox models, the tweezers and toothpick get too much use to give up IMO.