Why I still carry a Victorinox Classic

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scott112

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Yesterday as my wife & I sat down at our table at a restaurant, a loose thread from her sweater somehow became entangled with her earring as she was taking off her jacket. With her head stuck down towards her shoulder, my first instinct was to reach for my good old Sebenza before it occurred to me: it might not be such a good idea to hold a razor sharp 4" blade next to her ear. Instead, I just opened the scissors on my little Victorinox Classic and snipped the loose threads, saving my wife from her life & death emergency. OK, so maybe it wasn't exactly fending off a grizzly bear attack, but it was still nice to remember why I still carry that little Classic after all these years.
 
TAH said:
And a happy wife means a happy life. :)
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At a younger age I would have considered this one of those sappy little sayings that you can forget as soon as you hear it, but after several decades down that road I must admit the old saps knew what they were talking about. ;) :D :thumbup:
 
awesome, I find my classic is great for little jobs like that, cuttign a string off a shirt or for me I am always snipping loose threads off my rug on my stairs at home..lol...
 
A great little knife! I always have one on my keyring. You can't do much better than this little jewel..!!
 
I also always have a Vic Classic on my keyring in addition to whatever else I am carrying that day.
 
What a cop out! You're doing exactly what the sh33ple want you to do, because you're too afraid of showing off you big blade in public. C'mon, your wife's ear wouldn't bleed forever. Only a wuss uses scissors when a knife will do.
 
SAK scissors have helped me through many a pinch, from quickly cutting moleskin to trimming threads to even trimming hair and eyebrows.
 
The small vic scissors are the best fine scissors available in any pocket tool, period. That's why I EDC a vic with one.
 
My fondest SAK use memory includes my sons at a Mex restaurant when they were 6 & 10 (They are 34 and nearly 38 now...). A piece of a tortilla had painfully wedged itself between my teeth. I brought out my trusty SAK - and that toothpick - voila, problem solved - except for the impish grin on my younger son. He gladly informed me of how his older brother, earlier in that afternoon, had stabbed a spider with it. Oddly, they then had the same grins...

Stainz
 
Just gave presents to my four daughters.
They all have a Vic Classic on their keyring now.
And they love them.
 
Guyon said:
SAK scissors have helped me through many a pinch, from quickly cutting moleskin to trimming threads to even trimming hair and eyebrows.
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I see your 'trimming hair and eyebrows' and raise you a 'shave' (with the scissors, of course) :).



Then again, maybe that also comes under 'trimming hair'...
 
It's kind of a family tradition that every woman in my family will have a decent knife and flashlight. It dang near made my mother-in-law cry one christmas when I got her a minimag light and a matching classic. Great knives. I don't carry mine nearly enough (normally a Vic Tinker in my pocket).
 
shecky said:
What a cop out! You're doing exactly what the sh33ple want you to do, because you're too afraid of showing off you big blade in public. C'mon, your wife's ear wouldn't bleed forever. Only a wuss uses scissors when a knife will do.
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He should have done it with a snap cut.
 
I can visualize this poor woman struggling with her problem while the guy decides which knife he's going to use!

The Classic is indeed a classic and should be in some design hall-of-fame.
 
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