Victorinox Scissors: Why are they important?

The scissors are great for everything from clipping a split fingernail, to opening a stubborn mustard packet. Seems like they do yeoman duty in the drugstore, and supermarket clipping-out store coupons too. They are great for snipping thread, and cutting paracord. Also, the Vic scissors have a better spring, than the Wenger counterparts. Their also handy for cutting-off garment tags stuck through new cloths. Pretty much the sky's the limit for uses.
 
I rock a goatee but sometimes notice a rogue hair or two, having a scissors on hand is great.
 
Best reason to have scissors? Open them first before handing the SAK to someone who needs to open something. It's safer, and if they are a knife person, they will close the scissors and use the knife. I carry a pair of crash scissors for loaning to people.
 
Without a scissor layer, a SAK approaches an ordinary pocketknife in thickness. It makes it a lot nicer to carry.

Also, a lack of scissors on the SAK gives you a a good excuse to buy a keychain SAK. I carry a Wenger Air Traveler due to workplace paranoia, but the Vic Classic is the most popular knife in the whole world.
 
Carloxicus said:
So we have all heard that Vic SAK scissors are some of the most used implements in Vic SAK's that have them. I too use the scissors all the time and have them on most of my Vic Swiss Army Knives. But last night, I thought of getting a Spartan just for the heck of it and just because it is supposedly the direct descendant of the Officer's Knife. And it looks good as all SAK's go. Except for one thing... it doesn't have the scissors.

So I thought to myself, can I EDC a SAK that has no scissors?

I'm sure a lot of you guys do, seeing as Pioneers or Farmers or Soldiers or Tinkers are very popular models. But then, let's discuss this:

Why are these Victorinox scissors so important?
What can they do that the large blade and the small blade combined cannot possibly do?


Pour in your thoughts please. :D
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Scissors have been popular for 3000 years and there is no debating their usefulness. The question is do we really require them when we aren't in our homes or offices. To me the term " Everyday carry " doesn't mean everyday use. Most scissor jobs can wait until I get home and I carry a Rambler with my keys.
 
When my twins were little and just learning to drink from a straw I would use the scissors on my SAK to cut the straws down a bit. If the straw was too long, they would tilt the cup and drink would leak out all over them. They are 16 now and they still remember that.
 
I personally always have scissors on my multi-tool. When I carried an SAK, I favoured my Huntsman as it had scissors and I found that I used the scissors quite often, and honestly, I remember whenever someone asked to borrow a cutting tool, they asked for scissors. People are so darned scared of knives where I'm from. Seriously!

I now carry a Leatherman Surge which also has scissors, just bigger and beefier than the typical multi-tool scissors and which I tend to use to cut zip-ties when I'm too tired to risk attempting the delicate job of un-locking the zip-tie with the tip of my knife.
 
L. Richard said:
I tried carrying a SAK that had scissors and never, ever used them, so I only carry non-scissored SAKs. I use scissors at home for nose hairs, hangnails, and stuff, but I don't need them when I'm out and about. Of course, I keep my blades razor sharp. I can see where scissors might be useful if I let my blades get dull.
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I have a number of Swiss Army Knives with scissors and I like to keep the weight down ...The scissors on the 91mm add about an extra ounce to the knife .
 
I really appreciate the small scissors in my classic sd that hangs in my keys, but I don't really feel like needing them on the go.
 
To me scissors are very important in a SAK, or any multitool for that matter. Since I have beard, a scissor always comes handy to rule on any unruly facial hair.

That said, not all of my SAKs have scissors. Since I carry a rambler in the keychain, that's usually enough. It all depends what role that SAK will be expected to play and whether having scissors is important in that context. For example, when I travel, I want to keep the number of tools to a minimum so the rambler stays and a larger and more versatile SAK (e.g., climber or hunstman) will be my go to tool.
 
fruitbat said:
When my twins were little and just learning to drink from a straw I would use the scissors on my SAK to cut the straws down a bit. If the straw was too long, they would tilt the cup and drink would leak out all over them. They are 16 now and they still remember that.
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I use to do the same for my twins when I was weening them off of sippy cups Lol
 
In the good old days, people who lived on income from financial instruments were called rentiers or "coupon clippers." Senior debentures AKA bearer bonds were negotiable securities with a strip of coupons for interest payments. A Louisiana bearer bond issued in 1879:

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A bond coupon of more recent vintage:

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On interest payment day, coupon clippers went to the bank, opened their safe deposit boxes, clipped the bond coupons and took them to a teller for cash. They needed tiny sharp scissors for the task and many Classics were used to clip bond coupons.
 
I must be the Heretic on this link as I bought a Huntsman (?) with scissors based on a recommendation from my Commo Sergeant, who found them very useful when opening One Time Communications pads. I carry the Huntsman, especially overseas where my OH SAK is illegal, and I have used the scissors, but very rarely and would be have been happier to have a slightly thinner SAK without the scissors. John
 
fruitbat said:
When my twins were little and just learning to drink from a straw I would use the scissors on my SAK to cut the straws down a bit. If the straw was too long, they would tilt the cup and drink would leak out all over them. They are 16 now and they still remember that.
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As a father and then grandfather, I long ago lost count of how many times I've done that with my SAK scissors!:thumbsup:
 
If I could change one thing about the Vic OHO Trekker / German Army Knife, it would be to remove something (maybe the can opener?) in order to fit in a pair of scissors.

Zieg
 
This is the answer to my SAK dreams. Knife blade, scissors, corkscrew, screwdriver. The rest is mostly fluff but unobtrusive enough to not add another deck to this slim 2-layer design.

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