Has anyone ever seen a new file sportsman?

Pop · **on:** May 01, 2020, 02:31:28 AM

Cadets seem to be shipping with the new file now, and there was one on the 2018 Christmas sportsman.Ive yet to see one on a standard red model however.

Jazz · **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2020, 03:44:26 AM

I have one, but I sure wish it was the old type. I hate the grooved ones. They just eat the nails right up. The old style actually sand them nicely. Not really impressed.

SirVicaLot · **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2020, 04:25:36 AM

I like the new ones much better

Wish they would put them on the classic as well.

Pop · **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2020, 04:43:26 AM

Quote from: Jazz on May 01, 2020, 03:44:26 AM

I have one, but I sure wish it was the old type. I hate the grooved ones. They just eat the nails right up. The old style actually sand them nicely. Not really impressed.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy it from?

Reinier · **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2020, 08:00:42 AM

Jazz and Pop in one thread?

Waiting for Rock and Fusion.

Jazz · **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2020, 07:52:24 PM

Quote from: Reinier on May 01, 2020, 08:00:42 AM

Jazz and Pop in one thread?

Waiting for Rock and Fusion.

Jazz · **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2020, 07:53:59 PM

Quote from: Pop on May 01, 2020, 04:43:26 AM

If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy it from?

I got it from BladesCanada.

uno más · **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2020, 11:40:12 AM

A bit blurry but better than nothing

I just got one a week or so ago from Travel Universe in Aus. I don't file my nails, and I've got a pebble file on my Classic anyway.

The new file will shred through your nails if you treat it like a normal nail file, but it's easier to clean and will do a decent job smoothing wood, plastic and even metal. I just wish they put a metal saw on the edge of it.

Intorikata · **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2020, 03:02:52 PM

Totally agree, más. That one little change would add so much to an already great little pocketknife.

Simyo · **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2020, 03:52:45 PM

The Christmas sportsman a few years ago had the new file

Reinier · **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2020, 04:14:01 PM

~~I think the Christmas Sportsman from 2018 had the new stainless steel file~~

Sorry, bad joke.

EMarkM · **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2020, 05:54:18 PM

I'm not 100% sure, but I received a brand new Sportsman as a gift just recently, Christmas 2019, so can only assume it has the "newest" version of the file.

It has the lines cut into it, rather than the speckled pattern or diamond types that I have on other knives.

I like the file and have used it for various purposes with no issues. I wouldn't mind it having a cutting edge on it too, as mentioned up there ^ somewhere, but I haven't missed it yet.

Thunderpants · **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2020, 09:01:32 PM

I love metal files on Saks as well - as long as you don't use them on metal, they're fantastic!
There's zero chance of the Sportsman's new file gaining a "metal saw" edge. Victorinox have only just designed and mass-produced this one, and have no incentive to reinvent something that's just 2 years old. As we know, once they decide how a tool should be, it stays that way for decades!