Riddle me this, Victorinox ...... why no "Super Spartan"?

[mnblade]

Lately I've been on a real SAK kick. As I've written about before, my longtime fav is the 84mm Tourist, which is just a smaller version of the Spartan.

A couple years or so back, our pal jackknife gifted me a very solid used Super Tinker. Great knife! Lately I started toting it, because it has scissors, which I use a lot especially when I'm around the kids (there always seems to be some string or thread to snip and the scissors are great). Then, missing the corkscrew (and eyeglasses screwdriver), I found a great deal on a Climber.

This got me to thinking ....

How come Victorinox makes a "Tinker," an "84mm Tinker," and a "Super Tinker" ............. but once they add a corkscrew, they don't call it the "Spartan," "84mm Spartan" and the "Super Spartan"?!

Instead, they brand them the Spartan, the Tourist and the Climber.

 

[bt93]

Sounds like you're only problem is with the name, and really that's just for marketing. I have an Explorer Plus, nowhere on the knife is that name stamped on it. In fact I don't know of any SAK with the model name stamped on them. So if you wanted to call your knife a Super Spartan, you can.

 

[mnblade]

Sounds like you're only problem is with the name ...

Exactly right ...... these are all GREAT knives. :thumbup: And "problem" is probably not the right word: I'm just a knife knut and SAK lover shooting the bull.