One Hand Victorinox

[anthony cheeseboro]

I received the one hand Victorinox model, the Service Pocket Tool, that was the subject of a thread last week. The knife is basically the same as the Victorinox Trailmaster. The major difference being the one hand knife blade. The blade is about 3.25" with an oblong hole. The opening is very easy but the knife cannot be flicked because it has a backspring. The lock is liner style and the bottle-opener/screwdriver blade locks also. The major blade has some vertical play but not enough to be annoying. The blade itself is combo edged with single-step serrations taking up 2/3 of the blade length towards the tip. Most of us are more used to combo edged blades with serrations closest to the tang instead of the tip, and I think that I prefer the more common set-up because a plain edge on the tip is useful for delicate work. Overall, the quality is up to the usual high Victorinox standards and I think that the Service Pocket Tool ought to make a great utility knife. If the set-up of the blade is ever reversed, the knife will be awesome.

 

[Cosmic Superchunk]

Anthony, I have a Victorinox Parachutist that has a linerlock and there is vertical play too. On mine, the linerlock seems to have been designed for a left handed person. Is yours the same?

 

[anthony cheeseboro]

Yes, the liner does seem to be designed for a left hander.

 

[Cosmic Superchunk]

Regarding the vertical play, I think all of the larger Victorinox models with linerlocks have the same thing going on. In fact, the Case Russlock works off of a slip joint mechanism like the Victorinox models and have linerlocks too, yet there is a little vertical play in them as well. Of course, the play is not noticable unless you wiggle the blade up and down, so the linerlock is just there for some small measure of security.