Does Anybody Make a High Quality SAK?

All SAKs are high quality imho,but a company from Japan does make a sak like knife with a zdp189 main blade,not sure the name,the one I have though lacks the high quality that a SAK has the rest of the tools are just so so.

 

The knife mentioned above is a G-SAKAI Fieldman Trekking Knife. It is the 91mm size. Only the main blade is ZDP-189. Handle offerings are wood and plastic.

 

Yeah Victorinox SAK are great.

 

Boker Plus Tech Tools are SAK-style pocket knives with G10 scales, screwed-together construction, Sandvik 12C27 steel (think 440A).

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/new-boker-sak-like-knife.1359968/
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/sandvik-12c27-steel.132907/

Lots of threads here, run forum searches (or even google searches) on Boker SAK and Sandvik 12C27.

 

The Explorer is a great one!

 

Maybe because the small screw driver on the end of the can opener is such a fine Phillips driver, it isn't really needed?

I've been using SAK's since 1969, and the can opener end has always been my go-to Phillips tool. Works great.

 

The problem with a single Phillips bit is fitting the cross recess. Phillips bits come in 8 standard sizes: 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 00, 000, and 0000. The fit problem is even more complicated for slotted bits. I carry a clam shell coin purse with the 1/4” hex drive bits that I think I will need and a sawed off ignition wrench.

 

Victorinox makes a high quality SAK (duh).

But you might also check out the new Clipitool from Spyderco.

 

As allready mentioned: Victorinox makes (several) high quality SAKs.

Böker Tech-tools are another option, if you want g-10 orcarbon fibre handles and Sandvik steel main blade.

 

My favorite high quality SAK is the Wine Master.



https://bladeforums.com/threads/victorinox-wine-master-or-in-dubio-pro-vino.1526886/#post-17533377

 

Swiza knife blades are made from 440C, I was going to buy one myself but i cannot find one without a blade block so i can carry it in the UK

https://www.swiza.com/

 

I recommend the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Pocket Tool. I would like one, but they aren't sold in the USA and they rarely turn up on auction sites.



According to SAKwiki

I would enjoy telling ignorant Yanks that DofE is the Duke of Earl.

 

Why do you "need" a "premium steel"?
Whatever the standard steel it is that Victorinox uses, it does the job admirably, and it is easy to maintain the edge.

For a SAK with a premium/fancy blade, get the Damascus blade model shown in post 11.

 

I read that Victorinox uses a variation of 1.4116 in their SAK blades.

 

I too would like a sak with a blade that held its edge longer. That would be killer. It would give my spydies a run for their money.

Just FYI. The flat head screwdriver has a distal taper. You can use the bottom corner of it on philips screws. Not ideal but it works. My preference is the electrician. I don’t miss the philips.

 

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According to The Swiss Army Knife Owner's Manual, by Michael M. Young, the steel in Victorinox SAKs is "Chrome-moly stainless steel, type X-50, and the knife blades are hardened to Rockwell 56. The steel for the wood wpsaw, scissors and nail file is RC53. The screwdrivers, can opener and reamer is RC 52. The corkscrew and main springs are at RC 49." (I shortened the paragraph considerably).

Jim