What multitool or SAK did you buy today

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Victorinox Executive. Discontinued & last unit left at my local Victorinox dealer 😊
 
Sharp & Fiery said:
I’m hoping you’ll post some feedback after use? I’m pretty interested in this.
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Based on a couple of days:
- Most comfortable grip in pliers mode I've handled (Rebar, Charge+, some no-name Coleman, this one). That's what I want from a pliers-based MT; if I don't need the pliers I'm carrying a SAK, so the pliers must be comfortable. The bend is part of it, but unlike some MTs they also don't have pokey bits on the grip area, weird edges, etc.
- All other tools accessible from the outside = awesome.
- Nail nicks make some tools difficult to deploy. Can't imagine doing about 50% of them in gloves.
- Goofy-looking "thumb shelf" for the blade works well. Doesn't compromise my grip in any position, nor poke my leg in-pocket. I don't need OHO for any other tools.
- Clip is solid. Looks weird, works well. At 7.5 oz. I can carry this in my most "structured" tactical shorts :rolleyes: quite comfortably.
- Sleeker and feels more compact than my Charge+, and it's notably thinner.
- Pliers are more fluid straight out of the box that my past MTs. Feels very precise, like a SAK, although my example has a cosmetic defect on its pliers (or at least I think it's a defect; it's the circle visible in my pic).
- Tool mix is great. No goofy crap I won't use.
- Non-replaceable wire cutter blades, no bit driver. I don't cut a lot of wire and it'll take me years to mangle a screwdriver tip, so the long-shank Phillips driver is fine by me.
- Fingerprint magnet. Constantly looks like it's last been handled by a grubby toddler. 🤣
- I prefer the sliding locks and half-stops to the mechanism on my Charge+.

I've benched my Charge+ for now and will give the Spirit a couple months before forming a fuller opinion, but so far I like it. I bought it for the comfort of its pliers, relatively light weight, and pocketability, and it delivers on those fronts.

Hope that helps! :)
 
Just bought a Used red Vic Huntsman, so I don't have to carry the fancy 2021(?) 'Year Of The Ox' Huntsman I inherited every day.
I R worried about the scales getting damaged.
I also want to find a set of the translucent red scales for the new to me Huntsman (and my Mini Champ) to recreate the Huntsman my former (and now late) boss gave me for Christmas, back in 2001. (Matching Huntsman and Signature) The Huntsman was lost during my last move. I still have the Signature, but upgraded carry to a Mini Champ a couple years ago.

Seller's photo.
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The package hook is (for me) a necessity - but not for its named purpose.
 
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Victorinox finally released the Companion in good ol' red. Popped in a glasses screwdriver and a pin and I'm off to the races. :D

I realized how often I reach for my Compact for the scissors and toothpick but grab my Cadet for the nail file, and the Companion is the thinnest current model (AFAIK) with both of those tools. I'll take useful-to-me tools plus a nail file in a pinch, but this nail file is worth its weight in gold. It's so much better than the cast files.

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Dadpool said:
Victorinox finally released the Companion in good ol' red. Popped in a glasses screwdriver and a pin and I'm off to the races. :D

I realized how often I reach for my Compact for the scissors and toothpick but grab my Cadet for the nail file, and the Companion is the thinnest current model (AFAIK) with both of those tools. I'll take useful-to-me tools plus a nail file in a pinch, but this nail file is worth its weight in gold. It's so much better than the cast files.
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Thanks for the update. I usually carry my Alox Cadet just for that nail file, but then miss the other tools, especially the scissors. That Companion looks like a nice upgrade.
 
This one arrived today, a Companion with my two favorite non-blade tools, the scissors and the better nail file. And, I had to add the eyeglass screwdriver as well with a second one of those for my Huntsman.
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Edit: Thanks to Dadpool for the mention to alert me to this model.
 
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