Post by: Gio on November 09, 2018, 08:54:14 PM
As everyone can see from my posts I'm a newby sak collector.
I live in Switzerland and I've always had a couple of saks around the house.
I've always used them for simple tasks and and then put them in a drawer
This year somenthing has changed. This springtime I totally fell in love with them.
Don't ask me why 'cause I really can't anwer you but. after a few months I've collected something around 40 saks (new and used)
I love them all but my preferred edc is the Tinker.
So...how does this "addiction" start?
Why do we collect?
What's your story?
Post by: CeHo on November 09, 2018, 09:13:29 PM
I bought it and start reading about it...
An addiction was born :)
I like to hunt after rarities from different brands. I didn’t collect only one tool. There are tools in my collection that I have 10 times :facepalm:
Post by: Mechanickal on November 09, 2018, 09:23:41 PM
I was over the moon and carried it everywhere!
My parents took me to France on a vacation shortly after. We stayed at a B&B and somewhere along that vacation, they went for pizza and wine (Grape juice for me).
They soon realised they bought a bottle with cork, but didn't have a corkscrew! :ahhh
My mom suddenly had an idea...
"Nick, are you carrying your knife?!"
- "Yes..."
- "give it to me for a second..."
She used the corkscrew on my knife, but the cork didn't budge as my corkscrew turned into a long awl...
I was heartbroken...
My parents promissed me to buy me a new knife... a genuine SAK this time...
A few days later, they bought me my first true SAK, a Sportsman, which I still have to this day. I've cut my fingers within 10min of receiving it and learned a lesson for the rest of my life.
SAKs kept interesting me but...
Years passed by... while in high school, it was left in a drawer...
Then I met my girlfriend, and after a few years we started living together, we went on our first long distance vacation together as well.
It was a trip to Austria. In an old cutlery shop I found a Spartan with the Austrian flag on it and brought it home as a souvenir.
After getting home, I checked a local second hand site for some cheap SAK deals, which didn't turn up.
Untill I found a Black Oxide Spirit S on the cheap! I researched it and ended up here... picked it up and signed on to this forum the same day.
After that, the virus gained strength and I'm now the proud owner of a medium collection. I have around 70 SAKs now, with quite some special and extremely rare ones.
So my childhood passion reignited, and the love for my parents still lays in that one small Sportsman, that is retired to novelty status.
Post by: Gio on November 09, 2018, 09:29:46 PM
I was a kid when I won a "SAK" (read as Chinese knockoff) on the fairground. I think I was about 10 or 11 years old.
I was over the moon and carried it everywhere!
My parents took me to France on a vacation shortly after. We stayed at a B&B and somewhere along that vacation, they went for pizza and wine (Grape juice for me).
They soon realised they bought a bottle with cork, but didn't have a corkscrew! :ahhh
My mom suddenly had an idea...
"Nick, are you carrying your knife?!"
- "Yes..."
- "give it to me for a second..."
She used the corkscrew on my knife, but the cork didn't budge as my corkscrew turned into a long awl...
I was heartbroken...
My parents promissed me to buy me a new knife... a genuine SAK this time...
A few days later, they bought me my first true SAK, a Sportsman, which I still have to this day. I've cut my fingers within 10min of receiving it and learned a lesson for the rest of my life.
SAKs kept interesting me but...
Years passed by... while in high school, it was left in a drawer...
Then I met my girlfriend, and after a few years we started living together, we went on our first long distance vacation together as well.
It was a trip to Austria. In an old cutlery shop I found a Spartan with the Austrian flag on it and brought it home as a souvenir.
After getting home, I checked a local second hand site for some cheap SAK deals, which didn't turn up.
Untill I found a Black Oxide Spirit S on the cheap! I researched it and ended up here... picked it up and signed on to this forum the same day.
After that, the virus gained strength and I'm now the proud owner of a medium collection. I have around 70 SAKs now, with quite some special and extremely rare ones.
So my childhood passion reignited, and the love for my parrents still lays in that one small Sportsman, that is retired to novelty status.
Thanks for sharing Mechanickal! Nice story! That's what I was talking about! The little spark the started the fire :cheers:
Post by: Gio on November 09, 2018, 09:30:59 PM
As a student I had an urban survival kit (i call it: Problemlösungskit). I was looking to improve it and then I saw a LM MiniTool.
I bought it and start reading about it...
An addiction was born :)
I like to hunt after rarities from different brands. I didn’t collect only one tool. There are tools in my collection that I have 10 times :facepalm:
Thanks for sharing your story Ceho! :cheers:
Post by: Mechanickal on November 09, 2018, 09:31:02 PM
But once it caught fire, it turned into an inferno! :D
Post by: Steinar on November 09, 2018, 09:32:12 PM
Post by: CeHo on November 09, 2018, 09:33:56 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on November 09, 2018, 09:35:28 PM
I have always been fond of knives in general and SAKs more specifically. Then one day I found myself in need of a nice hobby I didn't have be good at, because I was mentally fatigued. So, SAKs can help keep you sane too. :climber::iagree:
Cleaning fingerprints from my displayed SAKs after fiddling with them is pure therapy!
I lose all sense of time and place.
Post by: Gio on November 09, 2018, 09:40:15 PM
I have always been fond of knives in general and SAKs more specifically. Then one day I found myself in need of a nice hobby I didn't have be good at, because I was mentally fatigued. So, SAKs can help keep you sane too. :climber::iagree:
Cleaning fingerprints from my displayed SAKs after fiddling with them is pure therapy!
I lose all sense of time and place.
🤣🤣🥇
Post by: Mechanickal on November 09, 2018, 09:41:04 PM
Post by: CeHo on November 09, 2018, 09:43:16 PM
Post by: FolderBeholder on November 09, 2018, 10:15:15 PM
Then a decade later or more, it was April 1986, the MacGyver show was on, I was hurting over the loss of my cat "Maui". I was at a retail store and saw the Victorinox display on the counter. I remember that I wanted to be prepared for anything. I decided on the spot I would buy a knife. I opted for the Camper as I liked the saw. I called it my Maui knife. I had it with me every single day until it was lost 5 years later in a movie theater.
I didn't replace it right away, I was busy with school and work, then, a few years later I decided to get another knife. I got a SwissChamp. It was much wider and I tended to not carry it with me at all, just toss it in a backpack, so although I liked it, I didn't bond with it because it wasn't in my pocket.
Then a few years later the internet was at my fingertips, and online shopping, eBay and places like multitool.org were there for the collecting experience. :mail: I bought some Camper knives trying to find one just like I had years before. Then I bought Tinkers for my brothers and dad. Then a Huntsman, then a Ranger (love that Ranger!). Then I found SwissBianco and loved his stuff. I loved the Cadet Plus line, it had a saw in it. Then I found out about the Woodsman (love that version), then the Yeoman, no saw, but it's such a great tool! Then I found the vintage SAKs with the large awl (nirvana!). Then I found the Vagabond and MiniChamp (2 of my current favorites) and ones that I could carry at work and not worry.
So as of today, you can pretty much find me browsing eBay ads and other forums for my next Vagabond or vintage SAK fix. Just bought a Vagabond yesterday. :dunno: What can I say, I love 'em. I have about 8 knives I'd like to find that are rare, but I think it will take me a while to find them.
Post by: VICMAN on November 09, 2018, 10:27:04 PM
So my childhood passion reignited, and the love for my parents still lays in that one small Sportsman, that is retired to novelty status.
Nice story Mechanickel! :like: :tu: :tu:
Post by: VICMAN on November 09, 2018, 10:32:00 PM
I remember that I wanted to be prepared for anything. I decided on the spot I would buy a knife. I opted for the Camper as I liked the saw. I called it my Maui knife. I had it with me every single day until it was lost 5 years later in a movie theater.
then, a few years later I decided to get another knife. I got a SwissChamp.
Then a few years later the internet was at my fingertips, and online shopping, eBay and places like multitool.org were there for the collecting experience. :mail:
So as of today, you can pretty much find me browsing eBay ads and other forums for my next Vagabond or vintage SAK fix. Just bought a Vagabond yesterday. :dunno: What can I say, I love 'em. I have about 8 knives I'd like to find that are rare, but I think it will take me a while to find them.
Great story FB! :D :tu: :tu:
Post by: VICMAN on November 09, 2018, 10:38:54 PM
I went to a local MacDonald Sales Center and saw a Victorinox Champion model and was in awe of the quality of it and the selection of tools it had, I bought one on the spot. I was hooked.
:climber:
I ended up being a Victorinox Dealer for 15 years. :D
Post by: FolderBeholder on November 09, 2018, 10:44:32 PM
I ended up being a Victorinox Dealer for 15 years. :DHaving all of that boxed inventory at my fingertips would have been :ahhh :woohoo: :climber: then :oops: there goes my budget.
Post by: CeHo on November 09, 2018, 10:47:13 PM
Post by: Gio on November 09, 2018, 10:49:39 PM
Nice thread Gio 👍
Thanks! Very nice stories! Keep them coming :cheers:
Post by: VICMAN on November 09, 2018, 10:55:41 PM
I ended up being a Victorinox Dealer for 15 years. :DHaving all of that boxed inventory at my fingertips would have been :ahhh :woohoo: :climber: then :oops: there goes my budget.
I must admit it was a lot of fun having such a variety of Vics to choose from, :D
Post by: AimlessWanderer on November 10, 2018, 02:12:33 AM
Post by: ulzhan on November 10, 2018, 11:23:26 PM
It seems SAKs are companions for life or something like this.
When I was young I remember my uncle had a Champion, back at the end of the 1980ies. I know it was a Champion because of the fish scaler und mag Glass.
Some years later I went in the summer breaks on excursions with my friends, all over Europe. My parents bought me a Vic Rucksack, one of the thinner 111 mm models. Loved especially the wood saw. Unfortunately it got lost.
Then nothing happened for a very long time.
Two years ago I got a Spirit with the plus packet which is now part of my EDC. A year later I got my trust XLT which accompanied me even on the top of an active volcano.
I also got the Workchamp XL to remind me of the time when I went around in Europe with friends from school.
Since I am here on MT.org I found a lot of inspiration from how other people use their tools. It's a wonderful hobby...
Now there is no big collection but maybe in the future, who knows...
Post by: VICMAN on November 11, 2018, 12:05:50 AM
Nice stories so far.
It seems SAKs are companions for life or something like this.
When I was young I remember my uncle had a Champion,
. My parents bought me a Vic Rucksack, one of the thinner 111 mm models. Loved especially the wood saw. Unfortunately it got lost.
Then nothing happened for a very long time.
Two years ago I got a Spirit with the plus packet which is now part of my EDC. A year later I got my trust XLT which accompanied me even on the top of an active volcano.
I also got the Workchamp XL to remind me of the time when I went around in Europe with friends from school.
Since I am here on MT.org I found a lot of inspiration from how other people use their tools. It's a wonderful hobby...
Nice story ulzhan! :like: :tu: :tu:
Post by: Butch on November 11, 2018, 05:38:36 AM
Sometime around 1972, I was working on a heater on the roof of a trucking office. While there I found a pocket knife that had absolutely no rust on it and red scales. I had never seen one like it before, thinking back I think it was a tinker, when I finished the job I carried it inside to find the owner. Noone claimed it and the business owner told me to keep it. I did and really grew to like that knife. It went everywhere I did. After 2 or 3 years I lost it, and there were no Vic dealers around here at the time. After a year or so, at a gun show in the area, I found a Champion, which I managed to hang onto for a few years. After that one was lost I found true love with the SwissChamp. I have been a fanboy ever since.
I don't consider myself a collector but I do have an even dozen of them now, plus a few other Vic odds and ends laying around. Maybe 20 or so Buck knives, and some others maybe 40 or 50 awl together. I have maybe 500 knives that are used for table sales at shows around the area but don't consider them as my keepers.I
But I may just have to find me a new tinker just to have one of what started it awl. :multi:
Post by: ulzhan on November 11, 2018, 07:47:45 AM
Did you know you have exactly 5.555 posts today?
Post by: gerleatherberman on November 11, 2018, 08:27:10 AM
I was given an Explorer when I was a teenager. It rode, and still rides, in my back pocket. That led way to envying some SAKs a buddy's father owned. His father passed away and I was given his dad's XLT and Blue bailed Fisherman. I had also been carrying a Gerber Pinchy my dad gave me when I was a teenager. I developed a love for multi-function knives and pliers-tools. And in 2016, I started to accumulate a few more MTs and SAKs, which led to collecting MTs in 2017. I now have about 300 MTs/SAKs and thoroughly enjoy collecting them. While my main focus is on pliers-MTs, I have plenty of SAKs now, and still carry my original Explorer with new scales. I intend on keeping collecting, as it makes me happy :)
One of my grail tools is an XAVT. :gimme:
Post by: tosh on November 11, 2018, 01:53:26 PM
Wave
Swisstool
Explorer.
Both MT's were impulse buys and having got home I suffered buyers remorse, so put them in the sock drawer
The Explorer was used pretty much every day, but I would seldom carry it.
It was quite by chance that I found MT'o
I was playing with both the wave and Swisstool, marvelling the ingenuity of the design, so decided to check online to see what else was out there......
:facepalm:
Within 3mths I had filled a shoebox of both SAKs and MTs
I loved the early weird victorinox like the sports ratchet, swissflames, swissbits, auto tool etc etc. I was also chasing the many examples of Gerber and SOG
At the time leatherman were too expensive and I hadn't given much thought to Wenger.....
:whistle:
I remember discovering the Wenger survivor tool set and being convinced it was the perfect SAK for me. I spent a long time searching, during which time I discovered that Wenger were far more original than Victorinox, their design ideas blew my mind, I made a conscious decision to buy a few... :ahhh
By the time I had found the Survivor model I was hooked on Wenger.
Then came the devastating news in 2012 that Wenger were to cease production the following year.
I decided to concentrate solely on the Ranger models simply because they were a newish line and so plentiful. Little did I know just how many there were or that most of the 130mm Ranger themes also included the 85mm models too. It became an obsession I would spend every day searching the web for Wenger Rangers, a lot of the obscure ones were never available here in the UK. Which meant I had to purchase overseas. I was spending money far far faster than I was earning it! Often several Rangers would be ordered at a time from different countries, the cost both financially and physically searching and overcoming the language barriers as I dealt with little known shops throughout Europe was taking over my life...and my finances!!
Today I look back and wonder how the hell I managed it, but I'm glad I stuck it out.
I don't collect Victorinox at all now. And the missing Wengers I'm searching for can be counted on both hands.
I no longer chase after SOG, Gerber or LM (except for the anniversary models)
In short, I'm very much more laid back these days, I now realise that eventually missing models will show up, when they do...I'll just grab them..and move on with my life.
I've learnt it's better to buy and cry once, than to miss out and cry for a lot longer.
:tu:
Post by: VICMAN on November 11, 2018, 02:44:35 PM
Thx Vicman.
Did you know you have exactly 5.555 posts today?
I did not know that,,,Thanks! :cheers:
Post by: VICMAN on November 11, 2018, 02:46:55 PM
I was given an Explorer when I was a teenager. It rode, and still rides, in my back pocket. That led way to envying some SAKs a buddy's father owned. His father passed away and I was given his dad's XLT and Blue bailed Fisherman.
While my main focus is on pliers-MTs, I have plenty of SAKs now, and still carry my original Explorer with new scales. I intend on keeping collecting, as it makes me happy :)
One of my grail tools is an XAVT. :gimme:
Nice story gerleatherberman! :like: :tu: :tu:
Post by: VICMAN on November 11, 2018, 02:51:01 PM
Post by: GrandpaPatch on November 11, 2018, 03:05:10 PM
:rofl: :woohoo: :rofl: :2tu:
Post by: Gio on November 11, 2018, 03:50:16 PM
Share your experience! :cheers: :gimme: :like:
Post by: cbl51 on November 11, 2018, 04:56:05 PM
I'd joined the scouts and that started my life long habit of having a pocket knife with a few tools on it. I carried that knife until I joined the army out of high school, and left it home because it had developed sentimental value, and I didn't want it stolen in the barracks. Just after boot camp, while in the training for combat engineers at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, I got issued the army all steel version of the scout knife, the famed demo knife made by Camillus Cutlery in New York. It was a all stainless steel version o f my old Boy Scout knife and we got along just fine. Then while stationed in Germany, I was walking down the street in Rothenburg, and I saw "It." In the window of a cutlery shop was a giant red SAK, with all the blades moving in a widow display of the tools. I went in and ogled all the SAK's and some other knives, but walked out with a new huntsman. This was back when the huntsman had the clip point small blade and a shackle instead of the keyring nub.
I carried that huntsman for a while, then decided it was a bit too bulky for the pocket so I tried a tinker. That was my SAK for a very long time, alongside a Wenger SI that I also picked up. The tinker eventually fell by the wayside because I hated the back spring awl that wasn't as effective as the Wenger SI's awl, and the Phillips driver wasn't needed badly because the SD tip of the SI made a good Phillips driver and was more solidly built. The liner of the tinker got bent while taking out a rusty Phillips screw and I discovered that the T handle shape put a lot of stress on the back mounted Phillips. So the Wenger SI became my go-to SAK for all seasons.
For a while I became a knife nut. Collected/accumulated all kinds of un-needed knives, but the the SAK was just too darn handy for all kinds of things, so the dedicated knives got carried less and less, until a few years ago I became a SAK only guy. I had downsized and whittled down the knife collection over the years, giving away to the kids, grandkids, neighbors, and friends on a knife forum. Now I actually don't own any pocket knife but a handful of SAK's. I still have and will use my old war horse Wenger SI, and for a bit over 20 years my go to urban pocket knife while living in and around Washington D.C. was a classic in a leather pouch sheath on my keyring. The classic has been retired and now my jeans coin pocket knife every day is an executive I got last summer from Nix. The Wenger SI is my backup that goes in my fanny pack I wear while fishing and hiking, and a recruit is my cars glove box.
SAK; it's not just a pocket knife, it's a pocket size bundle of solutions to life's many unexpected problems. It's been 49 years since I saw the giant moving Victorinox window display, and I've carried a SAK of some sort for most of that time. Even with my knife nut days when I was packing a Buck stockman or a Case peanut, a SAK was not far from hand. I just woke up one day and said to myself, "Self, wha the heck are you doing with these other knives?" and I gave them away. I started out with a Boy Scout knife as a kid, and my two most used/carried pocket knives now are a Victorinox executive and a Wenger SI.
I don't need any other pocket knives.
Post by: Gio on November 11, 2018, 06:59:07 PM
Dad gave me a Boy Scout knife when I was 12 years old.
I'd joined the scouts and that started my life long habit of having a pocket knife with a few tools on it. I carried that knife until I joined the army out of high school, and left it home because it had developed sentimental value, and I didn't want it stolen in the barracks. Just after boot camp, while in the training for combat engineers at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, I got issued the army all steel version of the scout knife, the famed demo knife made by Camillus Cutlery in New York. It was a all stainless steel version o f my old Boy Scout knife and we got along just fine. Then while stationed in Germany, I was walking down the street in Rothenburg, and I saw "It." In the window of a cutlery shop was a giant red SAK, with all the blades moving in a widow display of the tools. I went in and ogled all the SAK's and some other knives, but walked out with a new huntsman. This was back when the huntsman had the clip point small blade and a shackle instead of the keyring nub.
I carried that huntsman for a while, then decided it was a bit too bulky for the pocket so I tried a tinker. That was my SAK for a very long time, alongside a Wenger SI that I also picked up. The tinker eventually fell by the wayside because I hated the back spring awl that wasn't as effective as the Wenger SI's awl, and the Phillips driver wasn't needed badly because the SD tip of the SI made a good Phillips driver and was more solidly built. The liner of the tinker got bent while taking out a rusty Phillips screw and I discovered that the T handle shape put a lot of stress on the back mounted Phillips. So the Wenger SI became my go-to SAK for all seasons.
For a while I became a knife nut. Collected/accumulated all kinds of un-needed knives, but the the SAK was just too darn handy for all kinds of things, so the dedicated knives got carried less and less, until a few years ago I became a SAK only guy. I had downsized and whittled down the knife collection over the years, giving away to the kids, grandkids, neighbors, and friends on a knife forum. Now I actually don't own any pocket knife but a handful of SAK's. I still have and will use my old war horse Wenger SI, and for a bit over 20 years my go to urban pocket knife while living in and around Washington D.C. was a classic in a leather pouch sheath on my keyring. The classic has been retired and now my jeans coin pocket knife every day is an executive I got last summer from Nix. The Wenger SI is my backup that goes in my fanny pack I wear while fishing and hiking, and a recruit is my cars glove box.
SAK; it's not just a pocket knife, it's a pocket size bundle of solutions to life's many unexpected problems. It's been 49 years since I saw the giant moving Victorinox window display, and I've carried a SAK of some sort for most of that time. Even with my knife nut days when I was packing a Buck stockman or a Case peanut, a SAK was not far from hand. I just woke up one day and said to myself, "Self, wha the heck are you doing with these other knives?" and I gave them away. I started out with a Boy Scout knife as a kid, and my two most used/carried pocket knives now are a Victorinox executive and a Wenger SI.
I don't need any other pocket knives.
Thank you for sharing! :cheers:
It's nice to read what's behind our passion for saks. Thank you!
Post by: gerleatherberman on November 11, 2018, 10:27:14 PM
Thank you, Vicman! :cheers:
I was given an Explorer when I was a teenager. It rode, and still rides, in my back pocket. That led way to envying some SAKs a buddy's father owned. His father passed away and I was given his dad's XLT and Blue bailed Fisherman.
While my main focus is on pliers-MTs, I have plenty of SAKs now, and still carry my original Explorer with new scales. I intend on keeping collecting, as it makes me happy :)
One of my grail tools is an XAVT. :gimme:
Nice story gerleatherberman! :like: :tu: :tu:
Post by: Kraken on November 12, 2018, 07:43:34 PM
Post by: VICMAN on November 12, 2018, 09:33:55 PM
My first SAK was a Camper that I got for my birthday after the first season of MacGyver aired. I carried it with me every chance I got, putting the knife blades and that powerhouse little saw to use in the woods behind my grandparents house where I spent my summers. I found that Camper again a little over a year ago and noticed that the main blade had a chip taken out of the tip. I found MTO.org when trying to find a way to reprofile the blade. Going through the various posts rekindled my boyhood interest in SAKs and I started to look for one to carry with me everyday.
Nice story Kraken! :like: :tu: :tu:
Glad to hear you are carrying a SAK again. :cheers:
Post by: Valkie on November 12, 2018, 10:35:51 PM
I eventually got one, somewhat abused and well used, given me by a friend who got a new one for xmas.
That was back in 1970, I have no idea what it was, other than it was a Swiss army knife.
I have no idea what happened to that old knife, it was replaced by a simple Boker folding knife as i got older, I still have that one, rusty but still sharp.
When I started work at 15, I decided some things were sacrosanct and I purchased my first new Victornox knife.
It cost a bomb, to me anyway, but I carried that simple 2 blade can opener, bottle opener for many years.
Again, I eventually lost, misplaced or otherwise discarded it as it was damaged.
I strayed from the Victornox path for some years through my 20s and even into my 30s, preferring to carry a single handed opening knife.
They changed reasonably regularly, I was looking for something, but couldn't quite find it.
Then I was given a mini or micro Victrornox by a company I was working with.
I loved it, still have it, as dilapidated as it is.
Later I was given a bigger Victornox also which I still have, this one is abused and used for every rough job one can do with a knife, but it still keeps going on.
I carried that knife with me everywhere up until quite recently.
I had purchased a couple of Leatherman tools and carried them as well, but for the rough and tumble, I used this old lady.
Not long ago, at a local flea market I saw an old Craftsman sitting in a box with several other Victornox knives.
It was filthy, and opening the blade quite hard, but something was speaking to me.
I purchased it for a piddly $25 or $30.
I took my new aquisition home, washed oiled and polished my treasure.
It was immaculate, not a mark on the blade or any tool.
I swear the wood saw has never seen a piece of wood or the scissors a piece of paper.
Cleaned up it looked like a brand new tool except for the minor scratches on the scales, probably from sitting in someones pocket for many years.
My eyes glazed over, I had my first real Swiss Army Knife, with a plethora of tools and things for all manner of stuff.
Then I got greedy
Now Im looking for bargan SAKs everywhere.
I Bought a new Hercules, but thats a tool to me, to be used and abused.
New is good, but it just don't have the same feeling, the same something that a used knife has.
But I want one like my very first SAK, and Ill find it one day, hopefully in much better condition than the one I had.
So, why do I collect SAKs?
Because I have always looked for that PERFECT knife I have wanted since I was a boy scout 50 years ago.
And I think, no, I know one day Ill find it.
Finding an old SAK from 1970 ish may be a trifle more difficult.
This is my old craftsman.
I have aged it to around 1991 to 1995.
isn't it beautiful? :tu:
Post by: Aloha on November 12, 2018, 11:34:28 PM
When I got my first Explorer I kinda knew it was the one for me. I then got a Swisschamp and WOW. 5 or 6 later and I had a collection. I got my first Alox after hearing so much lust for them. I later acquired a Red OC farmer then a few Pioneers. I guess I have a collection of those too. I found a few oldies that are really neat so I'm holding on to them too. I have 3 84mm Golfers so theres that collection.
I am not what you'd called disclipned nor targeted. I keep what interests me as I come upon it. I don't hunt for SAKs on the auction sites. If I come upon a SAK these days I tend to pass on it unless its something neat or of interest to me. I have about 30 SAKs. These nothing particularly rare or uber sought after. I just kept the ones that appealed to me.
So, why do I collect? Because its relaxing and takes little space. Its affordable the way I go about it. The history alone it well worth the price. I enjoy the camaraderie we share in talking about these fun yet useful tools.
Post by: FolderBeholder on November 12, 2018, 11:51:58 PM
This is my old craftsman.It really is! :tu: :like:
I have aged it to around 1991 to 1995.
isn't it beautiful? :tu:
The history alone it well worth the price. I enjoy the camaraderie we share in talking about these fun yet useful tools.:iagree: :tu:
Post by: VICMAN on November 12, 2018, 11:58:41 PM
So, why do I collect SAKs?
Because I have always looked for that PERFECT knife I have wanted since I was a boy scout 50 years ago.
And I think, no, I know one day Ill find it.
Finding an old SAK from 1970 ish may be a trifle more difficult.
This is my old craftsman.
I have aged it to around 1991 to 1995.
isn't it beautiful? :tu:
Nice story and pic Valkie! :like: :tu: :tu:
Post by: VICMAN on November 13, 2018, 12:00:32 AM
So, why do I collect? Because its relaxing and takes little space. Its affordable the way I go about it. The history alone it well worth the price. I enjoy the camaraderie we share in talking about these fun yet useful tools.
Nice story Aloha! :like: :tu: :tu:
Post by: Gio on November 13, 2018, 06:23:58 PM
So, why do I collect? I enjoy the camaraderie we share in talking about these fun yet useful tools.
Thanks for sharing! :cheers:
Post by: nmpops on November 15, 2018, 08:18:18 AM
Post by: MacGyver on November 15, 2018, 11:37:02 AM
I'm not a collector but an accumulator. Every SAK I own I have at least 2 of (need backups) Some of my backups I have not used, yet. All my users have nylon scales. Right now my accumulation is at 32. :dunno:
:like:
My own feelings exactly :D
I'm also not (and never been or intend to be) a sak collector. I'm a user that likes to have several models, for edc or other occasional envoirmants and situations. The thing is I'm also a backup ocd nut... :facepalm:
So i have a minimum of two of every sak i really like and carry often, in most cases ill have 4 or 5 copies of them, and by copies i don't mean several colors or scales or whatever, just several copies of the same standard red cellidor, new in box and i used, for backup to use if i mess up or loose the current edc copy.
As for what got me into sak's, it was my grandfather... You would assume by my nick name it was Macgyver, but nope... Macgyver only enhanced that, but the bug was already there. And as far as I'm concerned grandpa was the "original" Macgyver, as far as using pocket knives/sak's and inventing and making stuff with pieces of junk, paper clips and rubber bands, and all worked... :hatsoff:
And also that's where my "obsession" for the classic red cellidor scales and silver cross and shield comes from , i remember that red poket knife as far as i can remember anything, and was always leaking him to play with it every chance i got... :gimme:
Of.course when Macgyver came along and i saw that first scene where he throws the sak at the pilots cage and saw the red scales and shield i was hooked :D that and getting a little bored with the standard 80's heroes solving every problem with a gun and fake explosions for everything. This guy uses his brain, a red knife like grandpa, paper clips and rubber bands, what's not to like...? :woohoo:
Post by: Gio on November 15, 2018, 01:12:33 PM
And as far as I'm concerned grandpa was the "original" Macgyver, as far as using pocket knives/sak's and inventing and making stuff with pieces of junk, paper clips and rubber bands, and all worked... :hatsoff:
Loved it!! Thanks for sharing!
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on November 15, 2018, 02:23:08 PM
Truth is my father always carries a SAK with him for as long as I remember, and in fact he did give me a SAK when I was a little boy but I didn't really care for it at that time. After I made a really nasty cut in my right index finger when carving a stick as a kid, I never used a SAK again for the rest of my childhood.
I don't know where my first SAK is, I guess it's still somewhere at my parent's house in one of the old boxes of stuff noone ever cares to open anymore. Or maybe it's gone, who knows. I don't even remember what kind of SAK it was, all I remember is it had a fish scaler, scissors and a philips screwdriver on the back. I don't remember a fish emblem on the scales, so probably no fisherman, and I think it had 4 or maybe 5 layers. The SAK I had as a boy doesn't feel like "my first SAK" because of the lack of memories about it.
I consider my first SAK to be the Compact I bought three years ago, after careful days long deliberation and internet research about what would be the ideal combination of tools for EDC. I guess we can call that a complete waste of time considering the fact that after the Compact came about a 150 other SAKs that I own now :D
Why did I start collecting since 2015?
I guess that the longer I searched for the ideal SAK the more I started to get intrigued about the many different models, the discontinued models, lush alox SAKs, limited editions. The Compact got me hooked on SAKs.
Also it led me to MTo with all these fine people and its relaxed atmosphere where, unlike on many other forums on the web, everyone seems to respect and appreciate each other and where only very rarely discussions escalate :hatsoff:
Post by: FolderBeholder on November 15, 2018, 03:00:37 PM
I guess we can call that a complete waste of time considering the fact that after the Compact came about a 150 other SAKs that I own now :D:clap: :2tu: :like: :cheers:
Post by: MacGyver on November 15, 2018, 03:26:20 PM
And as far as I'm concerned grandpa was the "original" Macgyver, as far as using pocket knives/sak's and inventing and making stuff with pieces of junk, paper clips and rubber bands, and all worked... :hatsoff:
Loved it!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks mate :tu:
O was just re-reading my post, this damn phone's auto-correct..... Replaced some words that make no sense in some of the sentences, jeezzz.... :facepalm: Serves me right for writing on a small screen without glasses... :twak:
Post by: VICMAN on November 15, 2018, 10:37:17 PM
Why did I start collecting since 2015?
I guess that the longer I searched for the ideal SAK the more I started to get intrigued about the many different models, the discontinued models, lush alox SAKs, limited editions. The Compact got me hooked on SAKs.
Also it led me to MTo with all these fine people and its relaxed atmosphere where, unlike on many other forums on the web, everyone seems to respect and appreciate each other and where only very rarely discussions escalate :hatsoff:
Nicely put Glen! :like: :cheers:
Post by: magentus on November 16, 2018, 10:56:50 AM
It wasn't until years later I thought about that knife and actually how useful it was, despite what that scout leader thought. I couldn't find it though. My dad sold a lot of my stuff to buy booze so that's probably what happened to it.
Working as a carpenter I bought a 111mm Rucksack - it reignited that love of the handy tool. Being a locking blade it wasn't legal carry in the UK so I swapped it for a Huntsman.
After carpentry I went into care work and found my Huntsman useful for many many things - mending wheelchairs, small repairs around the house, food prep when all the knives in the house were blunt. Then I came by a Wenger SI - of all the SAKs I own, this is the only one I have a backup for - I love it - so well put together. Since then I have modded a few knives for myself and a few members here and my collection if you'd call it that amounts to around 11 or 12. They all get used - no shelf queens, if it doesn't see use it gets passed on.
Great topic and welcome to the forum!
Post by: Gio on November 16, 2018, 02:13:17 PM
Great topic and welcome to the forum!
Thanks for sharing :cheers:
Love reading all these stories. Thought it was a nice way to know each other a bit better.
Post by: Fuzzbucket on November 16, 2018, 02:32:33 PM
I was given a SAK around my 8th 9th birthday. I loved it and took it to cub camp. To me it was the best thing ever. On a whittling demonstration one of the leaders asked to borrow a knife. We all offered ours up to the leader as it was a great honour foe him to choose your knife. He took one look at mine and smirked before choosing an enormous Bowie knife and I was crestfallen.
It wasn't until years later I thought about that knife and actually how useful it was, despite what that scout leader thought. I couldn't find it though. My dad sold a lot of my stuff to buy booze so that's probably what happened to it.
Working as a carpenter I bought a 111mm Rucksack - it reignited that love of the handy tool. Being a locking blade it wasn't legal carry in the UK so I swapped it for a Huntsman.
After carpentry I went into care work and found my Huntsman useful for many many things - mending wheelchairs, small repairs around the house, food prep when all the knives in the house were blunt. Then I came by a Wenger SI - of all the SAKs I own, this is the only one I have a backup for - I love it - so well put together. Since then I have modded a few knives for myself and a few members here and my collection if you'd call it that amounts to around 11 or 12. They all get used - no shelf queens, if it doesn't see use it gets passed on.
Great topic and welcome to the forum!
What an a-hole. Many years ago when I went off the rails just teeny bit, I did something truly despicable and shameful to a scout masters car... I'd like to think it was the same fella.
Post by: magentus on November 16, 2018, 02:42:35 PM
Post by: Rapidray on November 16, 2018, 02:47:41 PM
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Post by: magentus on November 16, 2018, 02:49:21 PM
No reason, no story...sorry.Nothing wrong with that Ray - what is it you like about them?
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Post by: Gio on November 16, 2018, 02:49:52 PM
No reason, no story...sorry.
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Pretty good reason to me! :cheers: :like:
Post by: Gio on November 16, 2018, 03:11:20 PM
Besides being beautiful and useful I also like the perception people have of the swiss army knife.
People don't see it as an aggressive tool and they're not scared of it if someone takes it out of the pocket.
I think this is one the reasons behind its success through the years.
Post by: magentus on November 16, 2018, 03:15:52 PM
I like the object, I like its design.:iagree:
Besides being beautiful and useful I also like the perception people have of the swiss army knife.
People don't see it as an aggressive tool and they're not scared of it if someone takes it out of the pocket.
I think this is one the reasons behind its success through the years.
Post by: Rapidray on November 16, 2018, 03:40:31 PM
No reason, no story...sorry.
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Pretty good reason to me! :cheers: :like:
I like the object, I like its design.:iagree: :hatsoff:
Besides being beautiful and useful I also like the perception people have of the swiss army knife.
People don't see it as an aggressive tool and they're not scared of it if someone takes it out of the pocket.
I think this is one the reasons behind its success through the years.
Post by: pfrsantos on November 16, 2018, 03:54:22 PM
No reason, no story...sorry.
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Pretty good reason to me! :cheers: :like:
+2
It's pretty much the same with me. I discovered SAKs and then discovered different models and then discovered different models and then discovered MTo and then discovered different models... That's pretty much how it went down.
8) 8)
Post by: Rapidray on November 16, 2018, 04:59:32 PM
:rofl: I know about finding different models...a nice side affect of reading this forum! :cheers:No reason, no story...sorry.
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Pretty good reason to me! :cheers: :like:
+2
It's pretty much the same with me. I discovered SAKs and then discovered different models and then discovered different models and then discovered MTo and then discovered different models... That's pretty much how it went down.
8) 8)
Post by: pfrsantos on November 16, 2018, 05:03:59 PM
:rofl: I know about finding different models...a nice side affect of reading this forum! :cheers:No reason, no story...sorry.
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Pretty good reason to me! :cheers: :like:
+2
It's pretty much the same with me. I discovered SAKs and then discovered different models and then discovered different models and then discovered MTo and then discovered different models... That's pretty much how it went down.
8) 8)
I bet everyone here, at some time, was like "hey, why don't they add the <blank> to the Victorinox <blank>?"
After 2 minutes, someone says "they did, it's called the Victorinox <blank>"
:facepalm:
Post by: MacGyver on November 16, 2018, 10:53:42 PM
I like the object, I like its design.
Besides being beautiful and useful I also like the perception people have of the swiss army knife.
People don't see it as an aggressive tool and they're not scared of it if someone takes it out of the pocket.
I think this is one the reasons behind its success through the years.
:iagree: :iagree: :iagree: :iagree:
Post by: gustophersmob on November 18, 2018, 06:49:58 PM
:rofl: I know about finding different models...a nice side affect of reading this forum! :cheers:No reason, no story...sorry.
I just buy because I like them. :popcorn:
Pretty good reason to me! :cheers: :like:
+2
It's pretty much the same with me. I discovered SAKs and then discovered different models and then discovered different models and then discovered MTo and then discovered different models... That's pretty much how it went down.
8) 8)
I will say that because of learning about many different models and with the help of the SAKwiki, they've lost a little of their mystique along the way.
I used to find out about new models and was on a constant learning journey. Now, it's rare that something pops up that I haven't at least heard of before.
All that being said, there's also something nice as well about knowing the ins and outs of what most people probably consider to be a fairly ubiquitous object. :)
Post by: Aloha on November 25, 2018, 11:37:26 PM
Post by: Rapidray on November 26, 2018, 01:08:19 AM
It is always nice to learn something new. :cheers:
Post by: cody6268 on November 26, 2018, 03:48:14 PM
It has fought in wars, has been to space, been used by Presidents, was the costar of two TV shows, had its own action figure (again based off that same TV show) and saved countless lives everywhere. They even broke into Mir with one!
Post by: Rapidray on November 26, 2018, 04:37:35 PM
I'm gonna use a modification of the same line I used in a speech I made on duct tape during a speech class. In my opinion, if you've got an SAK and a roll of duct tape, you can get yourself out of any bind.That’s cool! B&E in space! :rofl:
It has fought in wars, has been to space, been used by Presidents, was the costar of two TV shows, had its own action figure (again based off that same TV show) and saved countless lives everywhere. They even broke into Mir with one!
Post by: Erikinox on December 01, 2018, 05:12:38 AM
Post by: microbe on December 01, 2018, 11:43:47 AM
Post by: VICMAN on December 02, 2018, 03:55:30 PM
The SAK bug caught me when I was a kid and Macgyver came on the air. The following Christmas a very happy boy recieved a climber. I carried that knife for a while but lost it. A few years later I recieved a Tinker for my birthday, I was probably 12.
Welcome to the forum Erikinox! :cheers:
Thanks for sharing your story! :like: :tu: :tu:
Post by: Aloha on December 02, 2018, 04:44:19 PM
The SAK bug caught me when I was a kid and Macgyver came on the air. The following Christmas a very happy boy recieved a climber. I carried that knife for a while but lost it. A few years later I recieved a Tinker for my birthday, I was probably 12.
Welcome to the forum Erikinox! :cheers:
Thanks for sharing your story! :like: :tu: :tu:
+1