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balisonglover5634

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I just got my first victorinox and it has a "hook" on it. what is it used for? i cant think of any reason i would need a hook like that
 
The original intent was for carrying a parcel or package which was bound with twine or some kind of wire. Instead of sticking your fingers under the wire and having it cut into you, you placed the twine on the hook and held the SAK. Then of course it can be used for anything you can think of that a slender hook could come in handy for :) I honestly don't find it all that useful, but since it is the only tool that fits on the backspring of the scissors, I might as well have it than not having anything there =P Although, I do like the hooks with the file on the back, I find that to be quite neat.
 
some use it for knots, some for a hanger (clothes, food in bags etc), some for for picking up hot pots (like camping), some use it for grabbing things in tight places your fingers don't fit or unsafe. tons of things you can use it for, use your imagination ;)
 
'balisonglover5634'
besides what that's been already written herein,
consider this...the victorinox hook bladetool is so complex and original that even the chinese never got around to figuring out the correct manufacturing capability to mass produce them strong enough for attachment on to any of their largest and finest bootleg SAK type multitools.
but if you ask me? a hook bladetool is put there to get folks totally hooked on victorinox SAKs. luv 'em or hate 'em, we're all hooked to SAKs for life.
 
GIRLYmann said:
but if you ask me? a hook bladetool is put there to get folks totally hooked on victorinox SAKs. luv 'em or hate 'em, we're all hooked to SAKs for life.
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Aaaargh. What did we do to deserve such PUN-ishment? :D

I heard or read somewhere that you can use the hook/knifehandle as a coathook.

thx - cpr
 
orca8589 said:
I heard or read somewhere that you can use the hook/knifehandle as a coathook.

thx - cpr
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True enough. Once I found myself in a toilet stall with a jacket that needed hanging and the coat hook torn out of the wall. Remembering a tip from someone who posted about this kind of situation some time ago, I used the backspring hook to hang my jacket through the loop, pushing it into the empty hole where it got some purchase on the thin metal edge. Worked well enough.

Other times the hook came in handy was to help lift wire-wrapped bales of straw, newsprint bundled with twine, and to llft a hot pot by its wire handle. Over 15 years I must have used it at least, oh, six times. Can't say I would miss it if it were not there, but so long as it is, why not max out? :D
 
secret's out!
So, big question...Anyone else find exclusive special function of the SAK in the "mens room"?
 
I've used the hook a few times. To carry a heavy metal bucket bull of ash with a thin metal handle (twice the thickness as a bicycle spoke) and to pull things with, i don't remember what but I know i have. I've used it to fish things out of places or to even hang my SAK up (opposite use) on something i couldnt get the keychain ring around but needed it off the ground.
 
Ahhh, the mystery hook....where to begin? Tighten shoe laces, undo knots, pull tent pegs, open a can of sardines, hang your SAK after washing it, attach a line and use it as a plumb bob or the weight for an inclinometer, tighten a guy line, make a touniquet or a clamp with some paracord. Pull cord or thread through a tight hole. Leverage a stuck zipper. Bicycle chain remover and reinstaller. Pipe bowl reamer and tamper. Crochet hook? Conversation starter. And....

...my personal favorite, a Captain Hook imitator....Arrrggggh.

Parcel carrier is the official use.
 
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