New addition to Vic collection

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Ragnar Lothbrok

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Purchased a Victorinox Adventurer today to carry as EDC.
I have the driver, one hand trekker, and of course a classic sd. Who else here loves Vics or other multitool knives?
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Nice-looking knives...which one got your thumb?
It seems to happen to many of us...
 
Ragnar Lothbrok said:
...Who else here loves Vics or other multitool knives?..
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There is an entire subforum where you will find people who are interested in Vics and multitools:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/786-Multi-tools-amp-Multi-purpose-Knives

Not that you can't discuss them in General, just giving you another place to read and chat about them with others who share a passion for them and where there is already a lot of content.

I carry two Victorinox SAKs every day - an Alox Cadet and an Alox Mini Champ. My wife prefers the Alox Electrician. She carries that in her purse and a red celidor Ramblier on her keychain. I have a red celidor Classic SD in a mini-first aid kit that I keep in my bag.
 
jc57 said:
There is an entire subforum where you will find people who are interested in Vics and multitools:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/786-Multi-tools-amp-Multi-purpose-Knives

Not that you can't discuss them in General, just giving you another place to read and chat about them with others who share a passion for them and where there is already a lot of content.

I carry two Victorinox SAKs every day - an Alox Cadet and an Alox Mini Champ. My wife prefers the Alox Electrician. She carries that in her purse and a red celidor Ramblier on her keychain. I have a red celidor Classic SD in a mini-first aid kit that I keep in my bag.
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Yea sorry I didn't notice it. I was expecting a Victorinox manufacturer subforum :(

That sounds like a quite a collection. What's your main EDC?
 
Victorinox Alox Cadet gets carried every day, loose in my pocket. I carry the Victorinox Alox Mini Champ, which is the same 58mm size as the Classic but a bit thicker, on my keyring. So they are both truly EDC at this point. I rarely use the Mini Champ except for the small scissors.

It's not exactly a collection, more an assortment of tools for the right purpose. I have an Alox Farmer I carry when I am doing home fixup things where both the awl and saw are useful, and an Alox Bantam when I want something slimmer than the Cadet. I got the Farmer to replace the Electrician after my wife decided to claim it as "her" pocket knife. I think she gets more use out of it than I do any of my knives.
 
Got my first SAK in 1969, and no matter what I've dabbled with since, a SAK is somewhere about. As I got older, a SAK became my most carried pocket knife. A knife is just a knife, but a SAK is a pocket size solution to many of the problems that pop up in life.

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jackknife said:
Got my first SAK in 1969, and no matter what I've dabbled with since, a SAK is somewhere about. As I got older, a SAK became my most carried pocket knife. A knife is just a knife, but a SAK is a pocket size solution to many of the problems that pop up in life.
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I personally think a Vics are the highest value pocket knives for such low prices
 
For many years of backpacking my SAK was the only knife I bothered to carry. If I need to deal with wood, I'd use a light weight folding saw. I think they may be one of the highest value pocket knives out there.

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jc57 said:
Victorinox Alox Cadet gets carried every day, loose in my pocket. I carry the Victorinox Alox Mini Champ, which is the same 58mm size as the Classic but a bit thicker, on my keyring. So they are both truly EDC at this point. I rarely use the Mini Champ except for the small scissors.

It's not exactly a collection, more an assortment of tools for the right purpose. I have an Alox Farmer I carry when I am doing home fixup things where both the awl and saw are useful, and an Alox Bantam when I want something slimmer than the Cadet. I got the Farmer to replace the Electrician after my wife decided to claim it as "her" pocket knife. I think she gets more use out of it than I do any of my knives.
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My most used knife was my small classics but I lost a tooth pick and broke the scissor spring. Had it for a few years and used it for most cutting needs ahaha
 
I carry an Explorer Plus exclusively, don't think I could ever get along without a pen in my knife ever again. You're right about the value Vics provide.
 
I am a US citizen, born in NY and called CO home. Been living/working in Switzerland for 10+ years and married a beautiful Swiss maiden.

I was a big collector of victorinox/wenger, but I've since sold/traded most of my collection (I don't like having knives I dont use).

Still have a bunch of users, though! Always have at least one on me. :)
 
Armadew said:
I am a US citizen, born in NY and called CO home. Been living/working in Switzerland for 10+ years and married a beautiful Swiss maiden.

I was a big collector of victorinox/wenger, but I've since sold/traded most of my collection (I don't like having knives I dont use).

Still have a bunch of users, though! Always have at least one on me. :)
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That's awesome. What made you go to Switzerland?
 
I'm not fanatical about them, but I got a few of them. I have a Midnight Manager cause I find it's tool set almost perfect for what I do. I'm not an outdoorsman, I work in a hotel, and anywhere I drive is reasonably close to business/retail oriented parts of town, not like I'm gonna break down on some road in the middle of nowhere, I don't go camping, etc, so the flashlight/pen/scissors/blade/small screwdrivers/bottle opener is just about perfect for my needs. I also have a Super Tinker(a gift from Knifecenter for spending a lot of money there), a Swisscard Lite(I don't carry much in my wallet, so I thought I might test this out as a replacement for the Midnight Manager), and a 2015 limited edition Classic solely because I liked the blue alox.
 
Lived here when I was 17/18 when my family moved here for my father's job. Loved it so much, when my father had to go back in 2007, I came along again and stayed. He's now retired back in CO. Didn't want to derail the thread, but it's yours, innit?
 
Armadew said:
Lived here when I was 17/18 when my family moved here for my father's job. Loved it so much, when my father had to go back in 2007, I came along again and stayed. He's now retired back in CO. Didn't want to derail the thread, but it's yours, innit?
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Pretty interesting story.
 
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