Sour about the Swisstool Spirit "S"

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I've been waiting for my favorite SAK/Vic vendor, David Mackolm the eBay seller, to start carrying the Swisstool Spirit S that I've heard so much about... I was excited about the idea of having a Spirit with a 'regular' Vic spear-point blade instead of the awful serrated 'butter knife' blade on the original Spirit...

Then, I take a close look at his first Spirit S listing on eBay... And I realize that the butter knife is still there! Vic dropped the scissors in order to add the spear blade. I was crushed. :(

(And won't be buying an "S," either...)
 
I just got a Spirit. Yeah... the knife blade is a little weird... at first.

I really don't need a knife blade in my multi-tool because I ALWAYS have a Spyderco knife with me. So for me, the shape was no big deal. Then after a few days, I noticed the blade shape on the Spirit kind of reminded me of an old time straight razor. The difference is... it's serrated!

Now it's kind of cool.... well kind of... :rolleyes:

Anyway, the blade is sharp as a razor and of course stronger. I just think of it as a "rescue" blade.
 
I just ground off the serrations on mine, and turned it into a plain edge. Only takes about 30 minutes with a $5 coarse/fine stone.
 
I really like (prefer) the blade on the spirit.

It took me a while but I used carry a pocket knife with the sprit. But the blade on the sprit has become more useful with the chores I use it for. So now i don't need another blade.
 
Saunterer said:
I just ground off the serrations on mine, and turned it into a plain edge. Only takes about 30 minutes with a $5 coarse/fine stone.
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Me too. I also ground the other side of the blade to a matching bevel, as best as I could. I dislike serrations unless they are on a separate blade. I don't really miss having a point on the blade though; if I need to puncture something, I just use the awl. The blunt blade is practical for mundane chores like food prep., and is unlikely to spook people who are uncomfortable with knives.

The scissors is an indispensible implement for me, so deleting it on the Spirit S was a disappointment.
 
Each to their own but I continue to be amazed by the nearly religious hatred of serrations. I agree that many of the serrated tacticals I have seen are not very functional or effective. I have found that the serrations on Victorinox products are designed in a way that work well and come in very handy. I use the the serrated blade on my Spirit every day and I love it.
 
felinevet said:
Each to their own but I continue to be amazed by the nearly religious hatred of serrations. I agree that many of the serrated tacticals I have seen are not very functional or effective. I have found that the serrations on Victorinox products are designed in a way that work well and come in very handy. I use the the serrated blade on my Spirit every day and I love it.
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I'm with Ya! :thumbup:

I think the Vic serrations are outstanding & really improve the overall usefulness of the blade.
With a Spyderco Sharpmaker, it's very easy to make these already sharp serrations even SHARPER. :cool:
 
I like the serrations on my Vic OHF! Having them on the front edge of the blade makes perfect sense for cutting tasks, too!

- Tim
 
does this mean that the straight blade included on the original SwissTool is no good? Or just the serrated one?
 
I like the blade in the Spirit. It packs plenty of utility.

The entire Spirit package is a heck of a tool. Great size too.
:)
 
If it were my only knife, I might think differently, but I always have a 4 inch folder as well as the SwissSpirit. The straight razor butter knife serrated blade thingy has been really handy for the utility cutting, boxes or whatever, I use it for. Love the tool overall, I went from Leatherman to this because I wanted something more compact and the differences, like stronger sissors and that superuseful scraper tool have been well appreciated.
 
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