Victorinox Trekker.

lilknifekid

lilknifekid

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I want to pick up a vic trekker to carry with me in the woods and as EDC. I just dont know whether or not to get serrations. The ones on the vic knives seem different and Ive heard good and bad things. So I wanted a little input first. Thanks.
 
My wife has one with serrations. It's a great knife for food prep. She cuts fresh loaf bread and it works just like our good bread knife at home. The part of the blade near the handle is not serrated but it is chisel ground.

I carry a couple of other knives so it's good for wife to have something with different capabilities. If I were looking for may main camp knife or an EDC knife I would avoid the serrated version.
 
I don't generally prefer serrations, I like a plain edge. If kept properly sharp it will do all that you need to do. If it may not get that kind of attention, then serrations may be of use. If I knew I'd be doing a lot of cord/strap/line cutting (like an emergency knife or something), then serrations make a bit more sense.

But really it's just a personal preference thing.
 
I got one without. The SAK blades are ridiculously easy to sharpen to a hair wiping edge, so I wouldn't bother with them unless you plan on cutting a lot of rope or bread, as mentioned.
 
IMO the serrations on the Vic SAK's don't really make any difference when cutting notches or making fuzz sticks etc as they are so small. On the other hand they do help when cutting through rope and stuff so to me you might as well have em !
 
I wanted to get the plain edge one but they only had serrated ones in stock when I ordered my OHT. However, in the outdoors I use my trekker as a back-up to my fixed blade so I already have a plain edge blade that I do most of my work with.

I really use the OHT for its saw and tools more so than the knife blade. The serrations do provide a little unique compliment to my normal blade. Nice thing about the SAK serrations is that they are tip forward and you have a plain edge towards the back to work on carving, fuzzies etc.
 
lilknifekid said:
I want to pick up a vic trekker to carry with me in the woods and as EDC.
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I bought one with the serrations and really didn't like them. :thumbdn:

I find them unsuitable for most tasks excepet food prep and make it harder to sharpen the knife. I eventually tossed the original knife in the drawer and when and bought a non-serrated model. I have heard of other people who took a flat stone to their knife and spend an hour just to sharpened the serrations off.

I honestly have never heard from anyone who likes them. :confused:
 
I bought one with and one without and kept the plain edge. Serrations come in handy only a small percentage of the time.
 
Really like the OHT and carry it almost daily. Plain edge here for the same reasons mentioned above....easy to sharpen and performs well over a broad range of tasks.
 
one reason to get the serrations is they make fuzz sticks really easy....the serrations produce extremely jagged shavings....in other words more surface area to catch spark and flame.
 
Im getting one for Christmas without the serrations. Ive never handled one but am looking forward to it. I love SAKs and hope the OHT lives up to the hype.
 
I eventually dremeled the serrations off mine.
But as kgd points out as a back up to a non-serrated knife it could be useful.
However IMO as a "one-knife-only" the serrations have to go.
Also i bought a used one-handed-fireman simply to steal the corkscrew to put on my OHT,lol.
 
The serrations have their good points and bad points. It makes it harder to sharpen in the field like any serration does.

It is great for food prep, slicing through plastic wraps and old credit cards and stuff like that. It works really well for making fuzzies and a few other tricks that I like and while it harder to fix the blade up, the blade will probably last you a longer time.

I quite like the OHT, apart from the position of the phiilips head screw driver is tricky on a number of things I want to use it on, where I would have preferred it opening parallel to the knife rather than perpendicular.

Oh and the saw rocks. You can go through some thick stuff really quickly with that little thing.
 
Out of long habit I usually just use the canopener tip for philips screws,lol.
Always found it funny that the OHT has the Philips but the OH Fireman has the Corkscrew!
Personally i would prefer the corkscrew for the OHT and think the Philips would be more useful on the OH Fireman as to me that is more of a car knife.
 
Too bad they don't have a model or two that can be spec'd out by the customer with a few different tool options offered. There is no perfect SAK. Always that one tool you wish was something else.
 
LMT66 said:
Too bad they don't have a model or two that can be spec'd out by the customer with a few different tool options offered. There is no perfect SAK. Always that one tool you wish was something else.
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I'd love to see that. A OHT with a corkscrew instead of a philips, and an awl like a farmer instead of the can opener. With the red, or maybe bright orange scales, with the button lock instead of the backwards liner lock. Or maybe a one-handed outrider..... the possibilities are endless:D
 
My general observation about serrations, in the context of the type of cutting I usually do, is that they allow a blade to cut, howsoever crudely, after it has become dull. So, if you don't have the opportunity to sharpen a blade regularly, you might be well served by a serrated blade.

I find a really sharp plain edge does everything I need it to.
 
in general, people who can't sharpen knives seem to like serrations. people who can sharpen knives don;t seem to find a need for them as much.

there's always an exception, and making fuzzies would seem to be it when it comes to serrations.

they do need special tools to sharpen, and will probably get sharpened less ofen, but will cut for longer than a plain edge, altho sometimes not as well.

and finding a SAK with the Philips on the end instead of the middle seems to be a challenge. i had one long ago, but most seem to have them n the middle of the back, and that makes them impossible to use on some things, simply not so handy on others.
 
When I bought mine from knifeworks, I failed to pick the plain blade model. So far though, the serrations have not been a problem.
 
thestillman said:
My wife has one with serrations. It's a great knife for food prep. She cuts fresh loaf bread and it works just like our good bread knife at home.
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I have tried cutting bread with a plain edge - as long as it is sharp it works as well, or even better than a serrated edge. Ever since I got good enough at sharpening to get a good sharp edge on a plain blade I've gone off serrated blades. I've even bought some Victorinox paring knives to use as steak knives and for slicing tomatoes.

I have a plain edge Trekker (not one handed, I didn't really care about that feature - I have a couple of proper one handed opening knives) and it really is a nice SAK. The selection of tools is pretty good overall and the blade is pretty nice. It came nice and sharp so I ran it on a strop paddle for few minutes and got it even sharper - happiness is a sharp SAK! I like the locking blade + locking screwdriver (which is also a bottle opener/pry tool). The saw is nice and a bit longer than what they can make it on the 91mm SAKs. The Trekker is a nice size and fits in my hand well.
 
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