No More Blades? Nah.

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It's a good option!! And I've thought about taking the blades out of my SOG Paratool in order to carry on flights, but I'm afraid they'd take it anyway.

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I would consider buying that if I traveled a lot. I use the other tools on an SAK a lot more than I use the blades.
 
That’s wild. I was just thinking the other day how I’d consider buying SAKs without blades. My son’s first “knife” that he could use on his own when he was… maybe 3? Was a jetsetter. He’d clip bits of paper all day with that thing. He’s 6 now and still will to this day.

I almost never carry a SAK all by itself, either, to the point where the blades are usually a backup option.

I like that they are catering to places where I’d feel completely naked without some kind of tool, even if it’s not a knife. And for people with work places forbidding knives ( Dergyll Dergyll ) it might be a great suggestion.
 
Or, you could understand that Victorinox responding to the framing of a SAK as a weapon is not good, without resorting to low effort insults like "MAGA." They aren't just "offering alternatives," they are responding to a narrative frame.

The issue is being framed such that a SAK is a weapon, and it appears that Victorinox is responding within that narrative frame. This is a quote from Carl Elsener in a different article about this that concerned me: “In some markets, the blade creates an image of a weapon.“

The “blade” isn’t creating the image, a narrative is being constructed (by dishonest people, imo) and that is what creates the image.

I think Vic would be better served long term to try and educate why a knife, especially a SAK, is a tool and not a weapon. And if they want to have bladeless models to meet demand, fine. Just not as an apparent capitulation to the crazies. They will never be satisfied anyway.
 
gustophersmob said:
they are responding to a narrative frame.
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I have no clue what a narrative frame is, but I know what laws are, and in some countries there is no legal carry of blades, as in the case of France.
gustophersmob said:
I think Vic would be better served long term to try and educate why a knife, especially a SAK, is a tool and not a weapon.
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I disagree- Victorinox is best served by focusing on making knives (or multitools), and let the people of their own sovereign nations sort out their knife laws.
 
The Zieg said:
It's a good option!! And I've thought about taking the blades out of my SOG Paratool in order to carry on flights, but I'm afraid they'd take it anyway.

Zieg
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This, I've been interested in something that works well that's TSA worthy for a bit. My answer for now has been 2 knipex, cobra and pliers wrench, and a mini ratchet that uses bit drivers. It can do a lot, but there's still a lot it can't do and it's not the lightest thing in the world either.
 
EngrSorenson said:
I have no clue what a narrative frame is, but I know what laws are, and in some countries there is no legal carry of blades, as in the case of France.

I disagree- Victorinox is best served by focusing on making knives (or multitools), and let the people of their own sovereign nations sort out their knife laws.
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I’m not saying Vic should sort out knife laws.

The question is why is Vic doing this now. I don’t know French knife laws, but my guess is they did not change recently. So why is victorinox choosing now to go down this path?
 
bikerector said:
This, I've been interested in something that works well that's TSA worthy for a bit. My answer for now has been 2 knipex, cobra and pliers wrench, and a mini ratchet that uses bit drivers. It can do a lot, but there's still a lot it can't do and it's not the lightest thing in the world either.
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TSA is known to confiscate even knife-less tools, like the knife-less leathermen or the Vic jetsetter. I don’t think I’d risk the forced “donation” if they decided it didn’t pass muster as a carry on.
 
How many hours or months does it take for the Victorinox dev team to remove one blade from a knife? The story is bunk.
 
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