Swiss Champ SOS Kit

[mneedham]

I bought this kit about 13-14 years ago and have worn it on and off since. I am a big fan of the Swiss Champ anyways, but the sheath and additional gear is a bonus. The sides of the pouch contain a sharpening stone and AAA mini-mag light. The pouch contains the items seen below, I have added the purification tabs, tinder and the small ferro rod. There is cordage, fishing and sewing supplies, matches, pen, compass/magnifying glass, very small signal mirror, whistle, etc. The upside is the knife and sheath, very well constructed, very comfortable to wear, and dressy enough you can wear it in social/urban settings. The down sides are, in IMHO, the mini-maglite (not a fan, would rather use the loop for a big ferro rod) and a couple of the implements could be better (i.e. I have doubts about the usefulness of the signaling mirror). There are a lot of threads here regarding "if you could have on knife?" scenarios, I think most folks choose fix blades, but I have to say that SAKs are high on my list!

 

[sicily02]

I bought a couple a few years back to they a neat type of kit.

Bryan

 

[pitdog]

It looks a pretty nifty little kit, I just have the Swiss Champ on it's own....

 

[mneedham]

Pitdog,

I bet your Swissschamp would like the SOS....

Sicilyo2,

Have you modded your kit? I think I am going to add a Photon microlight...

 

[houdini28]

The kit looks rather nice. I've always wanted to purchase the sheath that is able to hold the AAA mini mag and the compass/magnifier/thermometer scale.

 

[Jack Black]

I bought one in France about 1991. I no longer have it, but as far as I recall there was just one main pouch for the knife, and narrow pouches on either side for the kit. There was a compass, some band-aids, a pen, not much else as far as I remember.

 

[sicily02]

No i have not but that sounds like agood idea.

 

[mneedham]

Houdini,

I recommend it! Pretty durable. It would probably make sense to mod/exchange
the kit components more.

JackBlack,
There are a couple of iterations of the kit, a smaller one with narrow pouches and the one in the pic with two separate pouches (1 for the knife, 1 for the gear) and two loops on the side under the closure flaps.


Here is an example of the smaller one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Victorinox-Swis...ZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

 

[tholiver]

The Swisschamp is a great multi-tool.
If you don't need big beefy pliers it will do everything a multi-tool should do, and more.
And its lighter than most plier based multi-tools as well.
You are right about the Solitaire, i went through three of those before i finally bought my 1 AAA Fenix.
The solitaire was/is the most fragile/unreliable of the entire Maglite line.
Maglites are usually tough but Solitaires are not.