Victorinox needs to make a different 74mm

[Hickory n steel]

Why is it that everything 74mm or smaller is a lobster configuration as apposed to a scout configuration ?

Lobster configuration meaning that it has full sized blades or tools on the front and back.
Scout pattern meaning it has full sized blades on the front and shorter blades on the back if at all.


The problem with the lobster configuration on say the executive is that the blade is very skinny and it to me would just end up feeling like a keychain tool and not a regular pocket knife, so I don't own one.
If they made one in a scout configuration you could have something like a mini cadet or mini recruit with a full width blade, similar in size to that of a pocket pal.

I think a size like this might sell.

 

[yablanowitz]

I doubt it would sell well enough to interest Victorinox.

 

[comis]

I am guessing it is to differentiate it from 84mm(which is barely 3.5-4 fingers fit), 74mm is smaller in size and closer to be a keychain tool than a actual 'scout' knife. Personally I won't not see the point of making another line of product with only 10mm of length difference, YMMV.

 

[jackknife]

Yeah, just too close t the existing 84mm line to spend the dough to bring out a new line thats just a tiny bit smaller. The cutlery market is too close and cut throat to start with, very narrow windows for profit. Add in the factor that Victorinox is already the worlds biggest knife manufacturer with sales literally all over the world, they don't have to go look for a new market.

The only thing I want them to do is maybe expand the 84mm alox by putting the scissors on the cadet.

ARE YOU LISTENING, VICTORINOX????????

 

[Hickory n steel]

Yeah, just too close t the existing 84mm line to spend the dough to bring out a new line thats just a tiny bit smaller. The cutlery market is too close and cut throat to start with, very narrow windows for profit. Add in the factor that Victorinox is already the worlds biggest knife manufacturer with sales literally all over the world, they don't have to go look for a new market.

The only thing I want them to do is maybe expand the 84mm alox by putting the scissors on the cadet.

ARE YOU LISTENING, VICTORINOX????????

Well the executive is narrower, but I do see the point.

Now the scissors on the cadet I can get behind.

I'd personally love them to add an awl making an 84mm soldier, but I do like their scissors.

 

[CSG]

Of all the SAKs I've owned/own, the Executive is becoming a favorite and my EDC along with a larger Benchmade folder. For me, the best thing about the Exec is the file blade is an *excellent* fire steel scraper. The orange peeler tool is strange enough to be cool and the second pen blade is a nice edition over my previously EDC'd Ambassador. I have larger and smaller SAKs but the 74mm is perfect for my needs sizewise. I don't know if scout or lobsters make any difference to me as I always have a larger folder in the opposite pocket but 99% of the time, the SAK is what's used day to day.

 

[allenC]

I would buy one.

 

[jackknife]

Of all the SAKs I've owned/own, the Executive is becoming a favorite and my EDC along with a larger Benchmade folder. For me, the best thing about the Exec is the file blade is an *excellent* fire steel scraper. The orange peeler tool is strange enough to be cool and the second pen blade is a nice edition over my previously EDC'd Ambassador. I have larger and smaller SAKs but the 74mm is perfect for my needs sizewise. I don't know if scout or lobsters make any difference to me as I always have a larger folder in the opposite pocket but 99% of the time, the SAK is what's used day to day.

The other thing about the file on the executive, the ability to deal with the small Phillips screws that seem to be everywhere. We now live in an age of electronics, and they have these really little Philips screws holding them together or even to secure the battery compartment. The tip of the executive nail file makes a great little Phillips driver. Like the nail file on the cadet.

I don't often use the awl on my SAK, but it seems I need a small Phillips very very often. So the executive fits my life better, and a cadet X would be a super fit for my lifestyle.

 

[buckthorn]

Does anyone recall the earlier version of the Cadet that had a pen blade instead of the file? I loaned mine to our daughter ca.1987 when she was departing to France for her senior year of high school. And, of course… She lost it!

 

[jackknife]

Does anyone recall the earlier version of the Cadet that had a pen blade instead of the file? I loaned mine to our daughter ca.1987 when she was departing to France for her senior year of high school. And, of course… She lost it!

Yes, the cadet II. Very very nice little pocket knife.

I think due to the size and lighter weight, the cadet should be a base for some 'other' models for urban/suburban carry. A cadet III would be nice as would the much hoped for Cadet X.

 

[Sawl Goodman]

The Recruit has a small blade. Not as elegant than the Cadets of course but I find its greater thickness gives it better handling. It’s also cheap new, and if you’re in the US there are always dozens to be had used for little outlay.

 

[Getahl]

I've learned there's a line of Czech SAK-a-likes, made by Mikov. Mikov Stovka series. Anyway, they make a rough equivalent of the Cadet II, with a version with stainless scales and a version with nylon scales. 2-5/8 blade, 3.5 handle. I have a little pen knife from them, and the fit and finish is pretty good. Doesn't come that sharp, but that was an easy fix. An option is out there!