What is the best/your favorite Swiss Army Knife?

My favorite is my 50th anniversary Soldier. Basically a Farmer without the lanyard ring and saw. 2 things I never really used on the Farmer.
 
Where is a good place to buy? On ebay they have a farmer Swiss bianco limited edition located about 20 minutes from me but it's listed for around $100. What's so special about this edition? Is it worth $100?
 
ALOX Farmer- It's a James Bond type Gentleman's knife on a hot dog and PBR budget. Beautiful, classy, and incredibly functional. Equally at home in Levis or Armani.
 
I've been liking my silver alox Cadet more and more, it does everything the soldier can do and it's super thin. I know it doesn't have an awl but you can mod the nail file and come close.
 
Mud Shrimp Moe said:
You got which ... the Compact or the Soldier ... for $2?

Man, that's beyond a good deal either way. I've gotten some deals on SAKs on eBay, but nothing like that. Compacts tend to sell at a premium compared to other SAKs of similar size.
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I got the Compact for $2, and I paid $3 for the Rambler. There is a Wenger SI at a local Gander Mtn for $14 (on clearance). I had it in my hand and then put it back. I'll regret that I'm sure.
 
too solid said:
Where is a good place to buy? On ebay they have a farmer Swiss bianco limited edition located about 20 minutes from me but it's listed for around $100. What's so special about this edition? Is it worth $100?
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That sounds like the micro Farmer custom he makes. Cadet sized with woodsaw and small blade instead of the fingernail file.

For a regular Farmer....

http://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Fa...COO2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328116020&sr=8-1

I love the farmer and have a red one (also spendy, hard to find the colored ones). If you don't care for a woodsaw, a Pioneer would be a good model also.

I spend a lot of time outdoors so the Vic Outdoorsman (old Marlboro freebe) is my favorite when out and about. I upgraded the scales to plus configuration and it solves all my outdoor dilemmas.

But for around the house, the Farmer rides in my pocket.
 
Huntsman or Outrider

Scissors and can opener get used a ton and the corkscrew pretty often - would much rather have the corkscrew and mini screwdriver that goes in it than the phillips that replaces it on some models.
 
manowar669 said:
I got the Compact for $2, and I paid $3 for the Rambler. There is a Wenger SI at a local Gander Mtn for $14 (on clearance). I had it in my hand and then put it back. I'll regret that I'm sure.
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The Rambler deal I get. I've gotten great <$4 deals on 58mm SAKs. You can get Classics for a couple of bucks all day long. But a Vic Compact ... man, that's a score.
 
Mud Shrimp Moe said:
The Rambler deal I get. I've gotten great <$4 deals on 58mm SAKs. You can get Classics for a couple of bucks all day long. But a Vic Compact ... man, that's a score.
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Yeah, I was really surprised to get that one. I was at the bar with the wife, eating the crableg special, watching my $2 bid count down. Usually, the bid will jump to $20 in the last 2 seconds. Somebody somewhere clicked "bid", they're browser acted up, and they missed it. I thought I heard a very distant "Ffffuuuuuu......! at that moment.
 
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Super tinker or alox soldier/alox pioneer for edc around town
Manager for work (small and has a pen)
Alox Pioneer harvester or one hand trekker for woods and camping
 
Of my current collection, it would be the Farmer followed closely by the Deluxe Tinker. When I have my Farmer modded to include pliers, I will have my perfect SAK.

Jeff
 
Thanks for the help so far guys. I have narrowed it down to:

-Huntsman (black)
-Explorer (black)
-CyberTool 34 (translucent ruby)

I think I'm aiming towards the Explorer.
 
I notice that they have some colors on ebay that don\t show up on the swissarmy website. Do they sell fakes? For example the Huntsman lite on the swissarmy website says it only comes in ruby, but I found it on ebay in many different colors.
 
Is there any stores that carry a good selection that I can go check out? I'n in the GTA, just north of Toronto.
 
too solid said:
I notice that they have some colors on ebay that don\t show up on the swissarmy website. Do they sell fakes? For example the Huntsman lite on the swissarmy website says it only comes in ruby, but I found it on ebay in many different colors.
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There are some sellers on eBay that sell Victorinox models with different scales. The ones I'm thinking of aren't fakes. There are probably fakes too, of course.
 
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