whats your favorite SAK???

Victorinox Huntsman with wooden scales :

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Honestly, for a straight SAK, the Spartan model works the best for me. I'd rather have Wegner scissors though. Gotta admit SAKs offer some of the best bang for the buck!
 
I like my Spartan, a lot, but it does have a corkscrew that I don't use. Maybe I would be better suited for a Tinker?
 
Cornelis Böhms said:
All the Vic. trekkers have hor. and vert. blade play.
When I bought mine. I've tried all the trekkers in the shop (9) and they
all had an amount of play. I think that if they had not that play, it would
be harder to open theme one handed ( even more harder ).

It's a great knife for the money.
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Aha! Thank you for that information. It saves me a trip back to the shop where I got it from. Its one hand opening action is a bit of a struggle anyway. But at that pricepoint I should not complain. I paid 29.95 euro's for it @ Crew adventure store in Rotterdam.
 
Mies said:
Aha! Thank you for that information. It saves me a trip back to the shop where I got it from. It's one hand opening action is a bit of a struggle anyway. But at that pricepoint I should not complain. I paid 29.95 euro's for it @ Crew adventure store in Rotterdam.
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The opening action is not smooth indeed. I use both thumb and index finger to pull the blade out of the handle, than complete the action with my thumb.

Groeten,
Cor
 
I have a ruck sack model,had it for over 15 years,love it .Its only sak that I own,never felt like i needed another model.
 
mp510 said:
I like my Spartan, a lot, but it does have a corkscrew that I don't use. Maybe I would be better suited for a Tinker?
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I have used the corkscrew on my Spartan once or twice to open wine but the main use for me is that it holds the mini screwdriver which I use quite often on eyeglasses and small electronics screws. You could go with a Tinker but I feel that the can opener tip already has most phillips screws covered.

Spartan is my favorite SAK by the way. :thumbup:
 
Huntsman light, I love the light with it, i dont mind the extra width but that lil light has been pretty handy along with all the other tools in it.
 
stefanschlaegel said:
practise, practise, practise and then you will make it with only the thumb - opening a n d closing !
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Hello Stefan,

Thanks for the advice, but a one hand opening knife should open
much more smoother than the trekker does.
Practice will help, but maybe the construction of the knife is not right for a
one hand opener. Maybe that's also the reason they created the play on the blade. I have heard many more complains on the stiff opening action, and that is not a good thing. Strange that the German and the Dutch army issued a knife with that 'shortage' to their troops.
Spite of it all, I like the knife.
 
I have 2 favorites - Vic Executive that is my EDC with my Spyderco & a Vic Compact that I carry when I need a larger SAK.

Cheers!
 
My fav SAK changed from OH Trekker to the Pioneer (Alox scales). The alox makes a sturdier knife. In fact it makes the plastic scaled SAK's I have feel a bit flimsy...
 
I carry my Waiter every day. It only has one layer, so it's so thin, there's no reason not to.

It also provides access to booze when needed. On a campus, this is a frequent need. I also carry a Leatherman Squirt, which makes up for what the Waiter cannot do.
 
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