18 years and still loving it

[VICMAN]

Here's the receipt from my first SAK, the Camper.  I made a thread about it here.
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,69622.msg1388880.html#msg1388880

Very cool FB!

[FolderBeholder]

Very cool FB!

Thank you Vicman! 

[Canuckdad]

Great knife Canuckdad, pretty sure you've picked a knife that will definitely last till you retire. It looks like you pulled it out of the box to take the photo !
Welcome to the forum 

Thanks my friend. Yeah it looks pretty new. Maybe because I am not an outdoorsman so it just sits safely in my jeans pocket lol

[N05J3W3]

I purchased a Spartan [without the toothpick or tweezers, so a Standard version?] in January 1985. Mail ordered from Mountain Equipment Co-op. Not necessarily the model I wanted the most, but as a cash-deprived student I was very pleased to have it. Still feels tight and solid today, despite a lot of use and misuse. In fact, the well-earned patina on the scales is even more attractive to me than the glossy new ones.

[Canuckdad]

I purchased a Spartan [without the toothpick or tweezers, so a Standard version?] in January 1985. Mail ordered from Mountain Equipment Co-op. Not necessarily the model I wanted the most, but as a cash-deprived student I was very pleased to have it. Still feels tight and solid today, despite a lot of use and misuse. In fact, the well-earned patina on the scales is even more attractive to me than the glossy new ones.

thats great to hear. thanks for sharing

[maxdog]

I was gifted a Recruit in 2005 by my boss at work.  He gave them out to all his team one Christmas, and I carried this little SAK around in my computer bag to work for some 16 years.  I used it for all my cutting tasks around the house, and the small sharp blade was great as an exacto knife/scalpel for fine detailed cutting.  Used it like scissors too.  The Recruit is basically an 84 mm Spartan/Tinker without the back tools.  Mine was the econo version with red vinyl scales.  The knife became very sentimental to me because every week I'd take it with me to visit my dad, who has Alzheimers, at the long term care facility.  Whenever I visit, I would bring along this knife with apples and other fruit and cut them up with the main blade and serve it to my dad.  I did this for about 5 years until the pandemic hit in 2020.  The care facility does not provide any knives or sharp instruments for preparing food, so my trusty Recruit was always there on my visits.  It reminds me of my dad.

I learned here that the Recruit was the 3rd most used SAK by MacGyver, after the Standard/Spartan and Tinker models.  That was nice to know!   

Recently I gave the little Recruit a good cleaning, oiling and sharpening, and everything is tight, and snaps shut nicely like when it was new!  Love the Victorinox trademark uncompromising quality and performance. 

[Canuckdad]

I was gifted a Recruit in 2005 by my boss at work.  He gave them out to all his team one Christmas, and I carried this little SAK around in my computer bag to work for some 16 years.  I used it for all my cutting tasks around the house, and the small sharp blade was great as an exacto knife/scalpel for fine detailed cutting.  Used it like scissors too.  The Recruit is basically an 84 mm Spartan/Tinker without the back tools.  Mine was the econo version with red vinyl scales.  The knife became very sentimental to me because every week I'd take it with me to visit my dad, who has Alzheimers, at the long term care facility.  Whenever I visit, I would bring along this knife with apples and other fruit and cut them up with the main blade and serve it to my dad.  I did this for about 5 years until the pandemic hit in 2020.  The care facility does not provide any knives or sharp instruments for preparing food, so my trusty Recruit was always there on my visits.  It reminds me of my dad.

I learned here that the Recruit was the 3rd most used SAK by MacGyver, after the Standard/Spartan and Tinker models.  That was nice to know!   

Recently I gave the little Recruit a good cleaning, oiling and sharpening, and everything is tight, and snaps shut nicely like when it was new!  Love the Victorinox trademark uncompromising quality and performance.

Wow I love this story. Thanks for sharing it with us

[Sos24]

I love stories like this.

For our 5th anniversary, I got my wife and I matching ramblers, which stay on our keychains.  We almost always have them with us.

[Canuckdad]

I love stories like this.

For our 5th anniversary, I got my wife and I matching ramblers, which stay on our keychains.  We almost always have them with us.
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Beautiful !