Why No Love for Victorinox Executive?

[JCup]

You can cut nothing with tiny scissors that couldn't be cut just as easily, and probably more quickly, with a sharp blade. What else...give someone a haircut...trim my mustache? I own a hundred or more knives, at least 5 are SAR. In 70 years it has never once occurred to me to peel an orange with a knife, let alone have a dedicated blade for the purpose. Frankly, I find that at best amusing, rapidly progressing to silly. Well...You asked. ;') YMMV.

You can trim a hangnail with the scissors, snip a loose thread, cut a wick, many things a blade won't do well. The orange peeler works great to open and cut (with a saw motion) even thick clamshell plastic packages. I've got a small collection, and gifted several. The floating spring design works great. This is a much better variant of the "Classic", which I find to be too small for any utility.

 

[JCup]

I have found the nail file to be a useful tool when you need something flexible to poke or pry like for popping tight batteries out of a toy. I also found the orange peeler screw driver tip very useful, since it was always on my person, until I had a nasty accident with it. One day I was tightening a cabinet knob and put too much force into it. My hand slipped and the orange peeler sliced my finger tip giving me a nasty cut. I've used that screw driver hundreds of times in the past but now I think it's a terrible design.

The fingernail cleaner and nail file are better than any pocketknife I've seen. And generally one of the primary uses for any small knife (for me) is taking care of my nails.

 

[JCup]

My most favorite, most carried SAK and/or knife of all times and the least to be ever talked about or mentioned on any of the forums. Why is that?

It was discontinued (with the other 74 mm patterns) in 2022. But I agree, it is a great design, very useful and compact.

 

[JCup]

It's my longest owned and carried knife to date! I carry it every day and use it all the time, wish they made an Alox version!
G2

They did make an Alox version. They were usually advertising models. A Canadian company, Alcan gave away many of them. There are black, blue, red, and I believe green anodized ones. The Alox versions are pinned, and thinner than the Cellidor Executives, they have no liners, just the aluminum handles.