If you had to pick one Victorinox, which one would it be?

[CSG]

SwissChamp is the king of SAKs! Yes, it’s bulky, but having pliers, a saw, and a magnifier in addition to the basics is worth the pocket space. I’ve used mine for everything from fixing glasses to field-dressing game.

My vote too but mine is the Champion Plus model, no pliers. It's the eight year old in me to have so many gadgets, especially the magnifier! I've got two of them made into little fire kits with a firesteel wrapped with some gorilla tape, tinder, a sparker as backup to the firesteel, and a flashlight - one in each vehicle. That said, I carry either the old Executive or Ambassador daily.

 

[michaelh162]

Swisstool X.

(Oh great..now my Fieldmaster is yelling at me,saying I hurt its feelings.)

 

[afishhunter]

Huntsman (with the package hook and split ring.) is my first choice.
Second choice would be the Hercules.

 

[ShaiHulud]

Probably pioneer alox with scissors.

 

[jackknife]

I guess I made my choice when we left home five days ago. We did a cross country road trio to California again, and the only two knives I took was my daily EDC Vic classic in the keyring sheath, nd my old Wenger SI that I've had for more years than a care to think about. The Wenger has outlasted all the other SAK's for a choice to have second to my classic. For most things it's fine, and has the basic Boy Scout pattern tools that I've used most my life from Boy Scout to U.S. army 'demo' knife that Uncle Sam missed me.

 

[ShaiHulud]

I guess I made my choice when we left home five days ago. We did a cross country road trio to California again, and the only two knives I took was my daily EDC Vic classic in the keyring sheath, nd my old Wenger SI that I've had for more years than a care to think about. The Wenger has outlasted all the other SAK's for a choice to have second to my classic. For most things it's fine, and has the basic Boy Scout pattern tools that I've used most my life from Boy Scout to U.S. army 'demo' knife that Uncle Sam missed me.

Didn't run into any ninjas or emergency that required batoning wood?
Ive sold all my one hand locking folders (again) and replaced them with slipjoints, and usually have a classic in my pocket paired with whatever other main carry of the day is, but I drive for a living so neither see much use

 

[jackknife]

Didn't run into any ninjas or emergency that required batoning wood?
Ive sold all my one hand locking folders (again) and replaced them with slipjoints, and usually have a classic in my pocket paired with whatever other main carry of the day is, but I drive for a living so neither see much use

Naaa, no ninja's this trip. So far in the past few days, the two SAK's have been used in some minor home maintenance and repair stuff. I love my son-in-law, and he makes my daughter happy and they laugh a lot, but he's no Bob Villa. Heck, he's not even harry homeowner. The classic has dealt with small Phillips screws taking apart an electric fan that needed a good cleaning and maintenance, the old SI has dealt with larger scores, the awl for making some starter holes to mount a shelf on a wall, and the bigger blade for slicing and dicing some cold cut turkey and rolls on the beach for sandwiches on the go.

 

[ShaiHulud]

Naaa, no ninja's this trip. So far in the past few days, the two SAK's have been used in some minor home maintenance and repair stuff. I love my son-in-law, and he makes my daughter happy and they laugh a lot, but he's no Bob Villa. Heck, he's not even harry homeowner. The classic has dealt with small Phillips screws taking apart an electric fan that needed a good cleaning and maintenance, the old SI has dealt with larger scores, the awl for making some starter holes to mount a shelf on a wall, and the bigger blade for slicing and dicing some cold cut turkey and rolls on the beach for sandwiches on the go.

As it currently stands the knife blade is the most used tool on any sak I have and I think that's most likely the case with most other people as that YTer uh, "jon gadget" quoted the owner of victorinox when he said "we are a knife company by heart" when expressing concern about the bladeless models, the other tools i get the most use out of are flat blade screwdrivers, and the cap lifter primarily due to the prying capabilities, the saw, and cork screw will be the cleanest looking tools, and the parcel hook--- that thing needs to go away... I understand people have found 'other' uses for it, but only because they had to, as its intended purpose is useless. The knife blade remains as the tool with a million and one uses, limited only to one's imagination

 

[jackknife]

As it currently stands the knife blade is the most used tool on any sak I have and I think that's most likely the case with most other people as that YTer uh, "jon gadget" quoted the owner of victorinox when he said "we are a knife company by heart" when expressing concern about the bladeless models, the other tools i get the most use out of are flat blade screwdrivers, and the cap lifter primarily due to the prying capabilities, the saw, and cork screw will be the cleanest looking tools, and the parcel hook--- that thing needs to go away... I understand people have found 'other' uses for it, but only because they had to, as its intended purpose is useless. The knife blade remains as the tool with a million and one uses, limited only to one's imagination

Yeah, I use the blade of the classic a lot, opening boxes, opening plastic packaging, slicing a bit of cheese, opening my mail. But I'd say a veery close second would be use of the SD tip for dealing with small Phillips screws on stuff that needs a bit of work. I don't know for sure when it happened, but it seems there was a decision made by the powers that be, to hold the whole world together with small Phillips screws. The SD tip of the classic works so well on them its like it was by design.

BUT..it is a Swiss Army knife!

I see it first and foremost as a pocket knife that happens to have a few basic tools on it.

 

[gustophersmob]

I guess I made my choice when we left home five days ago. We did a cross country road trio to California again, and the only two knives I took was my daily EDC Vic classic in the keyring sheath, nd my old Wenger SI that I've had for more years than a care to think about. The Wenger has outlasted all the other SAK's for a choice to have second to my classic. For most things it's fine, and has the basic Boy Scout pattern tools that I've used most my life from Boy Scout to U.S. army 'demo' knife that Uncle Sam missed me.

Out of curiosity, what year is your SI?

 

[jackknife]

Out of curiosity, what year is your SI?

My current SI in use is a 01.

My old one is in the family collection held by my grandson, Ryan.

 

[Elgatodeacero]

For me, the best VICTORINOX knives are the Walker, the Hiker and the Hercules.

Two of these three are discontinued but I have some spares squirreled away!

This one is a favorite………

 

[afishhunter]

the parcel hook--- that thing needs to go away... I understand people have found 'other' uses for it, but only because they had to, as its intended purpose is useless. The knife blade remains as the tool with a million and one uses, limited only to one's imagination

Agree the "parcel hook" is worthless for its stated purpose - and probably has been for about as long as I arrived on this rock in 1955.
I mean how many decades has it been since butchers or deli's have wrapped their meats and other items in paper, securing the wrapping with string, and retail outlets have customer's purchases been wrapped in paper, secured with string, and when purchasing more than one item, everything tied together?

HOWEVER ... I "think" it should stay. As you point out, folks have found different uses for it.
To be honest, I find it ... "odd" ... the early Huntsman were not equipped with the package hook when it would have been a useful tool.
I am probably wrong, but I "think" it was added in the late 1960's or 1970's.
.
I've seen plenty of early VIC Huntsman on the big auction site that don't have the "package hook".
The back side tools are but the punch/awl/sail needle, and the corkscrew. Another "obsolete" tool for its named purpose .... At least in North America.
When I managed a liquor store during the 1990's, there was exactly one bottle of Champaign (with a wholesale cost of $8,750 we did not stock it, tho if anyone wanted one we would be happy to special order it ...for $14,437 (plus tax) as soon as they paid a non refundable deposit of $8,750 in cash, after we called the distributor to verify it was in stock. We did not take credit cards or cheques (debit cards had not been invented yet) for any purchases.
Credit cards were illegal for us to take according to state law. Cheques can bounce.
If anyone had ordered it, another $5,687 (if memory serves) in cash, would be due to complete the purchase.)
and two bottles of wine (a red/rose, and a white) with corks available from out suppler.
Everything else was a bottle cap or screw cap.

I "need" the "package hook" and the split ring to secure a "T" shank jigsaw blade when the standard wood saw is the wrong tool, or I need a longer wood saw.

 

[ShaiHulud]

Agree the "parcel hook" is worthless for its stated purpose - and probably has been for about as long as I arrived on this rock in 1955.
I mean how many decades has it been since butchers or deli's have wrapped their meats and other items in than paper, securing the wrapping with string, and retail outlets have customers customer's purchases been wrapped in paper, secured with string, and when purchasing more than one item, everything tied together?

HOWEVER ... I "think" it should stay. As you point out, folks have found different uses for it.
To be honest, I find it ... "odd" ... the early Huntsman were not equipped with the package hook when it would have been a useful tool. I am probably wrong, but I "think" it was added in the late 1960's or 1960's
.
I've seen plenty of early VIC Huntsman on the big auction site that don't have the "package hook".
The back side tools are but the punch/awl/sail needle, and the corkscrew. Another "obsolete" tool for its named purpose .... At least in North America.
When I managed a liquor store during the 1990's, there was exactly one bottle of Champaign (with a wholesale cost of $8,750 we did not stock it, tho if anyone wanted one we would be happy to special order it ...for $14,437 (plus tax) as soon as they paid a non refundable deposit of $8,750 in cash, after we called the distributor to verify it was in stock. We did not take credit cards or cheques (debit cards had not been invented yet) for any purchases.
Credit cards were illegal for us to take according to state law. Cheques can bounce.
If anyone had ordered it, another $5,687 (if memory serves) in cash, would be due to complete the purchase.)
and two bottles of wine (a red/rose, and a white) with corks available from out suppler.
Everything else was a bottle cap or screw cap.

I "need" the "package hook" and the split ring to secure a "T" shank jigsaw blade when the standard wood saw is the wrong tool, or I need a longer wood saw.

Victorinox is big on data collecting and analysis and I feel the best data they can collect is via a poll to ask Swiss army users what tool do they want to see discontinued, parcel hook being one of 3 options, whatever tool gets an overwhelming thumbs down, that's their answer, then another poll to follow that result "what tool should take its place?"
Just some thoughts

 

[gustophersmob]

Agree the "parcel hook" is worthless for its stated purpose - and probably has been for about as long as I arrived on this rock in 1955.
I mean how many decades has it been since butchers or deli's have wrapped their meats and other items in paper, securing the wrapping with string, and retail outlets have customer's purchases been wrapped in paper, secured with string, and when purchasing more than one item, everything tied together?

HOWEVER ... I "think" it should stay. As you point out, folks have found different uses for it.
To be honest, I find it ... "odd" ... the early Huntsman were not equipped with the package hook when it would have been a useful tool.
I am probably wrong, but I "think" it was added in the late 1960's or 1970's.
.
I've seen plenty of early VIC Huntsman on the big auction site that don't have the "package hook".
The back side tools are but the punch/awl/sail needle, and the corkscrew. Another "obsolete" tool for its named purpose .... At least in North America.
When I managed a liquor store during the 1990's, there was exactly one bottle of Champaign (with a wholesale cost of $8,750 we did not stock it, tho if anyone wanted one we would be happy to special order it ...for $14,437 (plus tax) as soon as they paid a non refundable deposit of $8,750 in cash, after we called the distributor to verify it was in stock. We did not take credit cards or cheques (debit cards had not been invented yet) for any purchases.
Credit cards were illegal for us to take according to state law. Cheques can bounce.
If anyone had ordered it, another $5,687 (if memory serves) in cash, would be due to complete the purchase.)
and two bottles of wine (a red/rose, and a white) with corks available from out suppler.
Everything else was a bottle cap or screw cap.

I "need" the "package hook" and the split ring to secure a "T" shank jigsaw blade when the standard wood saw is the wrong tool, or I need a longer wood saw.

Would it surprise you to know the hook was introduced in 1991(!)?

 

[afishhunter]

Would it surprise you to know the hook was introduced in 1991(!)?

Yes.
Long after "obsolete" for the named purpose ... at least in my part of the world.
Handy for named purpose in Europe/Asia/South America/"Middle East"/India, and/or Africa? I dunno ...

 

[Dadpool]

If they took off the hook, what would us SAK fans complain about then?

 

[mbkr]

I like the hook

Steve, I'll disagree about corks in wine. Most of the wine I drank was less than $30/bottle and they almost all had corks. Now once ya got to the $5/bottle - and there were a couple of very drinkable ones in that price range - they were all twist-offs. This was 20 years ago so prices would need to be adjusted accordingly, but a lot of affordable wine uses corks. That said, I mostly use the corkscrew to hold an eyeglass screwdriver

 

[Triple_D]

The Huntsman is probably my favorite. I bought one in the late 1980s, and still have it. It doesn't have the hook. I probably use the scissors the most. I never thought I would use the corkscrew, but, back in the day when I was flying for a living, the #1 flight attendant broke her corkscrew. I saved the day by whipping out my Huntsman, and opening the the wine bottles, thus keeping the first class passengers happy. When you need it, you need it.

 

[RPZIP]

I like the hook

Steve, I'll disagree about corks in wine. Most of the wine I drank was less than $30/bottle and they almost all had corks. Now once ya got to the $5/bottle - and there were a couple of very drinkable ones in that price range - they were all twist-offs. This was 20 years ago so prices would need to be adjusted accordingly, but a lot of affordable wine uses corks. That said, I mostly use the corkscrew to hold an eyeglass screwdriver

Had many cheap and getting pricey (for me) wines that still have corks - ALDI Malbec, about $6 a bottle I think....