Still have your first SAK?

I still have my fisrt SAk, it was a Vic Camper. I was super young when I got it so im not sure when it was. But is still use it alot, and its as sharp as ever. I think I got it when My Grandpa died.
All in all I still have, and still use it.
 
Congrats on the new baby Foilist! I have a collection of three little girls myself (the first in 92). In my experience, they require more care than an SAK, and are way more fun than functional. Good luck!
 
Nope - I think I lost several during my Scout Leader days (a looooonnnngggg time ago:) somewhere in the Kananaskis. I have 5 or 6 that I am aware of in my collection, and I'm sure there are several more that are in the house somewhere - they are not lost, however, just misplaced:D

- gord
 
Nope. I had one for years that I carried and finally the scales fell off, but that was okay, it was just thinner. But then the thing actually fell apart. I don't know what you call slip joint parts, but the part that stopped the blade from rotating all the way over (like 180 degrees) (back spacer?) broke and fell out and then I just tossed it.
 
My first Sak was a Victorinox camper and still using it it's on my office drawer and is very little times is in great shape I got it 11 years ago.
 
Bartleby said:
Congrats on the new baby Foilist! I have a collection of three little girls myself (the first in 92). In my experience, they require more care than an SAK, and are way more fun than functional. Good luck!
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OK, now this sounds interesting. I have a seven-month old and when I gave her my 1985 victorinox bantam, she just tapped it with her hand and tried to bite it. She did however smile at it, so maybe she was just too young to appreciate the great weight-usefulness ratio of the knife? I have a selection of other old victorinoxes (I don't collect them, they just seem to pile up, and most of them are spartans for some reason), but if what you are saying is true, she would want other things as well? What would you suggest? (And no, I can not afford a pony)
 
Badbunny said:
I have a seven-month old and when I gave her my 1985 victorinox bantam, she just tapped it with her hand and tried to bite it. She did however smile at it
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My daughter is 9 months old and also tried to bite the lanyard on my Victorinox Explorer, but she mostly passes it from one hand to another.

My first SAK was a spanish one made by Aitor (something along the lines of a Vic Climber without the hook), a friend gave it to me when I was around 12. The scales are now cracked and the blades show the effects of my early bad sharpening skills, so it mostly rests in a drawer besides the ocassional cleaning.


Jaime Orozco.
 
Jaime Orozco-- I used to work (hace mucho anos) with a man named Jaime Orozco in Irving, Texas. Have you ever lived there?
 
Bartleby said:
Jaime Orozco-- I used to work (hace mucho anos) with a man named Jaime Orozco in Irving, Texas. Have you ever lived there?
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I'm sorry Bartleby, I've never been in Texas.


Jaime Orozco.
 
Jaime-

Just hoping for a lucky coincidence. I've had the pleasure of knowing many good folks from your country and occasionally run into old friends (and at this point their children).

Haven't had any experience with using an SAK for teething (and the little ones will have an interesting story about their first SAKs). Wonder if that's covered under warranty....
 
Nope (my first SAK was an older Swisschamp)

After about 12 years of carry and hard use, I sent it back to the company for repair/ tune-up. I got a new one from them about a week later.

I miss the older one as it had lots of (young man) memories attached to it (I'm glad those things don't talk ;) . It's fine as I'm getting (older man) memories with the new one.
 
I got my first SAK in 1989 and used it a lot until I popped the main blade spring trying to cut through a thick piece of nylon rope. It now lives in my car in the tool bag, because the screwdriver is still very useful. I had some tools stolen but the SAK still stayed hidden, it must have a charmed life. maybe I should get it repaired...one day.
 
My first knife was a SAK camper given to me by my parents when I was a Boy Scout. I still use it to this day, especially when I go camping. I wouldn't trade it for a brand new one ever, the beat up scales and well worn tools bring back all the nostalgic memories of childhood.
 
yea, my first knife was a camo Spartan given to me by my dad about 5 years ago. At first, I thought the camo pattern made me look like a military junkie, but over time, I grew to like it because it is unique and different. Despite buying a bunch of other multi tools, my camo Spartan is still part of my EDC.
 
I don't remember my own first SAK. That's because I have given them to friends and family over the years when I catch one of them admiring whatever is my EDC at that moment. I really enjoy SAKs because they're so darn useful and because they're just simply a great source of "gadget joy". My favorite is the Executive, and I have had many of them over the years, buying new ones whenever I gave my current EDC one to someone.

This is going to change shortly, though - soon I will be getting my "Senior Mechanic" Vic SAK* - a custom job that will be unique. That will become part of my EDC set and I won't likely give it away since it will be uniquely useful to me and difficult to replace.

Regards,
Tim

* The "Senior Mechanic" will be a 91mm with plus scales and a large blade, a combo tool, pliers, magnifier, phillips driver, and corkscrew.
 
I don't know what the name of my first sak is. It's a Wenger from 1976 with the usual suspects and a saw--and a nail file, no small blade.

It's been with me all the time, serving most ably for about a year in Central America in town and jungle. Truly a little bit of home for me then.

Nowadays it's rarely an edc but gets used most every day as it sits in the drawer of my desk that hold my computer. Always slicing up cheese or slicing open a package of chips.
 
The SAK is often "a little bit of home" for a lot of us when travelling. I guess having a good knife that has you covered, especially when it comes to eating (and for that matter, drinking), has a lot to do with the knife's enduring popularity.
 
yep a vic camper that I carry whenever I'm not in school, my dad has always carried a vic spartan, I got mine when I turned 14
 
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