Discontinuation of the 74mm series is such a shame. It really hits the sweet spot, like you said - still very small, but feels like you can get a good grip on it..
My younger days, the tweezers made the most amazing roach clip. Pinch the base of the blunt with the tweezers then squeeze the tweezers into the slot at either one of the knife so the tweezers were perpendicular to the knife with the blunt parallel to it. Then pass the knife around, and hit it - it was perfect lol. I guess any sak with tweezers would do the same but again the length, girth and weight were just perfect.
Yeppers, I've also come to love the 74mm line. I wonder why Victorinox never considered the 74 platform to build a "MidiChamp" with a proper slotted screwdriver and a combo tool.
Hi guys!I understand how OP feels but for a different reason.At 31y old I finally purchased my very own first SAK some months go.When I was a kid I handled a couple of dinged/broken classics found around the house but never actually had a SAK and wanted one so bad, yet my parrents were never knife friendly.So, I forgot about all that and last year I had this itch to get an edc knife/multitool and feel in love with SAKs again.My first and perfect choice was and still is the Executive, but I couldn't find even a used one in my country, including the Ambassador. The 74mm size is just perfect for my actual and not percieved needs and the size/space in my pockets.So after a long thought I went with Compact. And it's great... But... It's not in my pocket every day outside the house. Only when I go out in nature, alone, on short hikes, for which I could also pack an axe and not raise any eyebrows. Despite being extra pocketable, it is still noticeable in Jeans, especially when I sit down, and a bit too thick/noticeable in the watch pocket as well and my country is not knife friendly so a SAK at 91mm size could raise eyebrows, and even get you into trouble with the Police if they decide to pull you over and do a search, while the 58mm one is simply too small for me.The 74mm is indeed the sweet spot for some of us. Such a shame.What would be perfect is a 74mm version but instead of the orange peeler you get that combo opener/phillips tool from a Rambler, but scaled up to size of course. That would be a grail tool for me. A 74mm Rambler. Hell yeah. Cheers!
Hi (and welcome)What country are you in where a Spartan (other SAKs are available ) is unacceptable Even the UK is ok with this (despite what eBay thinks )
I like the idea of using the tweezers as a clamp which is held closed by inserting the butt end of the tweezer into a slot, but I am unable to find a slot on the knife which would accomplish this. Could you explain or perhaps show a pic?
I use the keyring for this. Remove it from the knife and slide it onto the tweezers. Then you can slide it toward the head of the tweezers to open the "clamp" and toward the tip to close it.