The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
I've got a love/hate relationship with the Spartan. I won't carry it because of the corkscrew and the limited range of tools, but I own more Spartans than any other model. Just because I don't carry one doesn't mean that I don't appreciate their historical significance, and their place in the evolution of the Victorinox line.
I live in France... you cannot go camping without a corkscrew
That is funny but that's not a joke and I won't use a SAK that don't have a corkscrew .... that is purely a cultural constraint![]()
I love the Tinker and Bantam models. Two layers is the max for me. However, the one I have with me every day is the Classic. I use every tool on it; the knife is packed with utility for such an unobtrusive size.
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I was walking home through Central Park in NYC one day, and passed three men with a bottle of wine they couldn't open. I volunteered my SAK corkscrew and opened it in seconds, leaving them very pleased.
I also find a corkscrew is an excellent tool for unknotting shoelaces, better than the parcel hook.
I'm surprised not more people mention the explorer
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It has the magnifying glass to start a fire
What you hold in your hands has been a daily carry for me for just about a year now, I love it.
Just wish they had put a much more useful tool in place of the parcel hook, also added the small eyeglass screwdriver to the corkscrew.