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us Offline rsalek52

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Swiss Army Knives all models
on: February 03, 2015, 06:15:04 AM
Tell us how your Swiss Army knife obsession or collection began; there should be some good stories here.
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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #1 on: February 05, 2015, 02:11:34 AM
I was  a MacGyver fan as a kid. I remember one episode where he used the Orange peeler on an executive model to strip a wire or something. I went to the store that night and bought that knife.  Carried SAKs ever since

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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #2 on: February 05, 2015, 02:17:51 AM
found this retched site while looking for Leatherman info. 

well..

guess what happened?   :rofl:
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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #3 on: February 05, 2015, 02:21:01 AM
Had a batch of SAKs and decided to pick up the rest to round out the set. Figured it couldn't be that hard.

Boy, was I mistaken! :D
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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #4 on: February 05, 2015, 03:13:06 AM
Never had a Swiss Army knife as a kid or an adult.  Always had pocket knives, but just never needed a SAK as a kid.  When I started my work career in the trades I immediately got an OST and carried that about 6 years, and then an OW for the next 14.  I was gifted a Tinker a few years back and started carrying that as mY weekend pocket knife because I was so impressed with the blades.  Then I found this forum and the world of SAK's opened up.  My disappointment with Leatherman probably fueled that interest.  In any case, the OW has since retired and the Spirit rides in his holster.  The Pioneer calls the pocket home and the Farmer owns the weekends.


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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #5 on: February 05, 2015, 03:23:15 AM
'72-'73  Bought my first Champion....got hooked.
'81-'83  Was a Vic dealer, amassed a large collection.
'06        Lost all but one (a Pioneer) in a wildfire.
'06-'15  Rebuilding my collection.

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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #6 on: February 05, 2015, 03:41:15 AM
Quote from: SAK Guy on February 05, 2015, 03:23:15 AM

'81-'83  Was a Vic dealer, amassed a large collection.


Luuucccky!

As for me I was happy with my Army issued Gerber MP 600 and Spyderco knives.

Then I found MTO and that was all she wrote.
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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #7 on: February 05, 2015, 03:44:16 AM
2 yrs. ago I found an old Tinker in the garage which had obviously been abused around the yard and house for real crap jobs. I thought, this is a shame, it was probably a good knife at one time. I then found one on vacation at a hardware store in Cape May, NJ for 20 bucks. In the 2 years since, I have purchased 47 more SAKs and Wengers, all styles and colors, etc. Now bought a display case, and my wife knows it's too far gone to stop now.

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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #8 on: February 05, 2015, 03:47:32 AM
Forgot this part of my reply.

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Reply #9 on: February 05, 2015, 06:32:04 AM
I am not even sure how I aquired a Wenger Viking as a kid. but that knife cleaned a lot of trout.  I knew even in the 80s that it was way better than those cheap cino knockoffs.

Fast forward to the mid 90s and a friend gifted me a gardener.  Cool Knife

In the early 2000s I picked up a wenger commander for cheap at a yard sale and I loved that knife(I lost the viking years earlier)

Just before the time I joined this forum I found a great sak dealer at the local flea market who had literally hunderds of saks.  I dug through the pile and bought two or 3 each week at 5 bucks a pop starting with a new model Tinker.

The list from him includes a Ranger, Camper, Tinker Deluxe, Cybertool29, Scientist , Yeoman minichamp 1 and 2 and several Wengers

Sadly, he had no 111mm vics or 130mm Wengers.  I didnt start collecting those until I came to this forum

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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #10 on: February 05, 2015, 08:52:06 AM
Quote from: Luna Knife on February 05, 2015, 06:32:04 AM
I am not even sure how I aquired a Wenger Viking as a kid. but that knife cleaned a lot of trout.  I knew even in the 80s that it was way better than those cheap cino knockoffs.

Fast forward to the mid 90s and a friend gifted me a gardener.  Cool Knife

In the early 2000s I picked up a wenger commander for cheap at a yard sale and I loved that knife(I lost the viking years earlier)

Just before the time I joined this forum I found a great sak dealer at the local flea market who had literally hunderds of saks.  I dug through the pile and bought two or 3 each week at 5 bucks a pop starting with a new model Tinker.

The list from him includes a Ranger, Camper, Tinker Deluxe, Cybertool29, Scientist , Yeoman minichamp 1 and 2 and several Wengers

Sadly, he had no 111mm vics or 130mm Wengers.  I didnt start collecting those until I came to this forum

$5  :drool:
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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #11 on: February 05, 2015, 09:42:42 AM
There is no beginning,or ending,and for this we are thankful,cos now is hard enough to understand!
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Reply #12 on: February 05, 2015, 10:44:43 AM
Got my first sak when I was 12 a pocket pal, as my pocket money
Wouldn't stretch to a swisschamp, which to me as a child was magical n that's what started my interest and I've carried one sak or another everyday ever since.

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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #13 on: February 05, 2015, 12:47:52 PM
Always thought they were great devices; finally got one (Wenger 85mm) from my father as a kid decades ago. Ended up in Switzerland a few years ago, so got a second one, in this fascinating larger size (130mm Wenger).

Then in 2012, I found myself staring at online catalogues and how cool and beautiful all these different models were, particularly from Victorinox. Found myself getting hold of a variety of Victorinox sizes and tools...

It just got worse from there... starting off on the voyage to find the perfect knife, before realising each one has it's own character and beauty; and different knives suit different situations... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #14 on: February 05, 2015, 01:27:14 PM
My dad gave me a leatherman and a climber as a kid


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Reply #15 on: February 05, 2015, 05:21:48 PM
Always loved the little red knives, but I got so many Chinese junk, they put me off saks.
Than one and half years ago I saw some trapped in a customs bin and I asked my girlfriend (now my wife) to get me a proper, full-sized one (a Tinker). Fell in love at first touch.. rest is history...

That I met you nutcases, found some guy that was selling batches of seized saks for 2,5 Euros each... aaand i have 50+ saks now with some plier-based as bonus...
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Reply #16 on: February 05, 2015, 06:23:26 PM
I doubt I was even 10 years old yet and I received my first Hoffritz Swiss Champ & SOS kit for Christmas. I was in awe over this knife. It was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I still feel this way about the SC and CT41 to this day. They really are amazing knives :drool:
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Re: Swiss Army Knives all models
Reply #17 on: February 05, 2015, 07:11:00 PM
I got my first two bladed knife, something like a Secretary, from my grandfather when I was 6 or 7. Lost that one playing in the woods near my house. :cry: Got a few knockoffs during the years after.

I bought my first real SAK with my birthday money when I was 12 or 13, a Wenger Commander, then traded a Zippo for a Wenger Forester when I was 16 and carried that one for 12 years. Loved that thing. (You might notice I still tend to swing towards the Wengers ;) )

When I joined here I had about half a dozen SAKs and 2 multitools. It kind of skyrocketed after that. :oops:
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