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

According to Felix Immler, the package hook is popular in EU, because there they do still commonly tie up packages with string there. And I would recommend that you watch his video on the various other purposes for which it can be used.


That being said, my most used SAK is a Small Tinker. And if I could only have one, it would be that one. It disappears in the pocket, but is always there. And I use the screwdriver and can opener/driver blades at least as often as I use the two knife blades.

The screw driver works as both a screw driver and a light duty pry bar.
The can opener has a thin hardened protrusion which will reach into thin groves when I want to pry and not cut, and the screw driver blade is too thick. It also works great for pistachio nuts, when the shells only pop open a small bit, and you can't get finger nails in.
And I actually do use the phillips head screw driver for its intended purpose. I live in an old house. I sometimes find screws which have loosened up. I use all three screwdrivers depending on the type of screw.
Several years ago I lost a lot of weight. Rather than buy new belts, I shortened my old ones and made new buckle holes in them. You know I have several knives with awls. I found the ones on the SAKs work well.

I have half a dozen or so SAK variants. The Small Tinker is the one I need.
 
knarfeng said:
According to Felix Immler, the package hook is popular in EU, because there they do still commonly tie up packages with string there. And I would recommend that you watch his video on the various other purposes for which it can be used.


That being said, my most used SAK is a Small Tinker. And if I could only have one, it would be that one. It disappears in the pocket, but is always there. And I use the screwdriver and can opener/driver blades at least as often as I use the two knife blades.

The screw driver works as both a screw driver and a light duty pry bar.
The can opener has a thin hardened protrusion which will reach into thin groves when I want to pry and not cut, and the screw driver blade is too thick. It also works great for pistachio nuts, when the shells only pop open a small bit, and you can't get finger nails in.
And I actually do use the phillips head screw driver for its intended purpose. I live in an old house. I sometimes find screws which have loosened up. I use all three screwdrivers depending on the type of screw.
Several years ago I lost a lot of weight. Rather than buy new belts, I shortened my old ones and made new buckle holes in them. You know I have several knives with awls. I found the ones on the SAKs work well.

I have half a dozen or so SAK variants. The Small Tinker is the one I need.
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I agree 100% about the opener layer.

I think I’ve opened a can with a SAK maybe twice in over 30 years of knife use, but I use that tool all the time. It’s basically a metal fingernail.
 
I too have rarely used a SAK can opener in the last few decades, mainly because I am just not out in the great outdoors with canned stuff anymore. But coincidentally just a couple of nights ago I could not find my kitchen can opener. After starting to lose it alittle I thought about using a knife, then SAK opener dawned on me! And then almost immediately I remembered where I had put the can opener. 🤣

Most used tools on my SAKs have been the main blade, saw, corkscrew and bottle opener.
 
gustophersmob said:
I agree 100% about the opener layer.

I think I’ve opened a can with a SAK maybe twice in over 30 years of knife use, but I use that tool all the time. It’s basically a metal fingernail.
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THIS!!!!!!

Like a lot of SAK tools, the odd shaped bit of steel is very very often used for something that the designers at Victorinox didn't really see in the future. To me, the can opener is the small Phillips driver, staple remover, and weird shaped pry tool.
 
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