Victorinox, the company behind the quintessentially Swiss product, is responding to tighter regulations around weapons around the world, Chief Executive Officer Carl Elsener told the Blick newspaper on Monday. Instead, it plans to add tools for cyclists and other functions to a gadget that usually also features scissors and a corkscrew.
No paywall: https://archive.fo/39R8wNot to be too hyperbolic, but the person who argues that a SAK is a weapon is essentially anti-civilization; “you’re too dangerous to have a tool.” I don’t think it’s a good move for Vic to lean into this framing of the SAK as a weapon as it is implicitly agreeing with the premise that a SAK is a weapon. I can’t really say more without veering too far into the political.
The “blade” isn’t creating the image, a narrative is being constructed (by dishonest people, imo) and that is what creates the image. I think Vic would be better served long term to try and educate why a knife, especially a SAK, is a tool and not a weapon. And if they want to have baseless models to meet demand, fine. Just not as an apparent capitulation to the crazies. They will never be satisfied anyway.
A big to do about nothing
In this instance, I totally agree. But societal decline occurs incrementally. One grain of sand is stolen today, and another tomorrow, and with every grain we are told its no big deal. Its just a grain of sand. And then next year you wake up and the beach is gone. Metaphorically, of course.Those who care about protecting the things that have not yet been stolen - especially regarding our beloved toys and our sweet, sweet Freedom to use those toys - must be ever-vigilant about each disappearing grain of sand, because it all adds up.Sometimes that comes off as paranoia. Other times, it keeps your beach from disappearing.
Bladeless SAKs are not a bad thing if they pass muster in secure areas like airports and federal buildings.
While the Swiss Army Knife’s blade is short enough to be legal to carry in public in the United Kingdom, the brand does not want to be associated with the prevalence of knife-related crime in UK cities.