What's your latest SAK?

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My latest is what I believe to be a mid 80's Camper, like my first one with no hook.
Have a soft spot for these.

[DavZell]

My latest is what I believe to be a mid 80's Camper, like my first one with no hook.
Have a soft spot for these.

Congrats.  Since you have a soft spot for these, how many do you think you have?  Any particularly unique ones?


David

[Sneider]

My latest Alox findings:

[Rizio Il Ghiro]

Excellent finds, Schneider!! Especially the 93mms.

[pfrsantos]

Finally got a Farmer X. Unlike the other single SAKs I have, I'll (try to) use this for some real work around the garden/outdoors.

 

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Congrats.  Since you have a soft spot for these, how many do you think you have?  Any particularly unique ones?
David

I'm sure I have over 10 of various ages.  I like the ones with the Camping inlay.

[Reinier]

Finally got a Farmer X. Unlike the other single SAKs I have, I'll (try to) use this for some real work around the garden/outdoors.

 

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Very nice. But you did not align it exactly right with the background. Now my head hurts.

[VICMAN]

My latest is what I believe to be a mid 80's Camper, like my first one with no hook.
Have a soft spot for these.

Very nice FB!

[pfrsantos]

Very nice. But you did not align it exactly right with the background. Now my head hurts.

 

[Jim the Brave]

Very nice. But you did not align it exactly right with the background. Now my head hurts.

I never would have noticed......

[Jim the Brave]

Floral knife. I still don't see what the big deal is about these.....could use any SAK to cut flowers, I reckon.....

[DavZell]

Very nice. But you did not align it exactly right with the background. Now my head hurts.

You say this to the person with the wiggle-pattern avatar?!  I'm looking for hidden meaning in the dots on the board myself.  So far, I think they mention Tang, the moon landing, and who shot JR, but I may be wrong about the Tang part.  That might say something about drinking the Kool-Aid.

[DavZell]

Floral knife. I still don't see what the big deal is about these.....could use any SAK to cut flowers, I reckon.....

Yours should have a chisel edge grind on it.  That is better for making clean cuts on the plants, which prolongs their health, I believe, by not crushing the ends at all.

[Reinier]

You say this to the person with the wiggle-pattern avatar?!

Yes, he's our resident OCD King

[Jim the Brave]

Yours should have a chisel edge grind on it.  That is better for making clean cuts on the plants, which prolongs their health, I believe, by not crushing the ends at all.

Ah. I'm learning something here.... Does that refer to the offset nature of the blade angle--ie, it's straight on one side, and angled on the other?

[Reinier]

Ah. I'm learning something here.... Does that refer to the offset nature of the blade angle--ie, it's straight on one side, and angled on the other?

Yes exactly that

[Jim the Brave]

Yes exactly that

I did notice the difference, and found that they sharpen better if I set them off a bit sideways in my sharpener.....

[Jim the Brave]

Somehow, on the microscopic level, though, I still have a hard time understanding how it can make a difference to the flower stems. It's still a wedge. We usually used scissors, anyway, for a good crisp cut.


Also, since this evidently is dependent on the shape of the blade, and it's off center, I suppose this is strictly a right-handed knife? If a lefty used it, they'd smurf everything up on the flower stem?

[Jud65]

I think this is a pre-86 Champion C - just arrived in the post today. Half decent price, in good condition & I fancied something with a few years on it. Needs some TLC, but don't we all?

[jnoxyd]

Something simple but nice nevertheless. Premier for kids with rounded blade tip. Funny knife with both stamps from Victorinox and Wenger on one blade.

[DavZell]

Somehow, on the microscopic level, though, I still have a hard time understanding how it can make a difference to the flower stems. It's still a wedge. We usually used scissors, anyway, for a good crisp cut.


Also, since this evidently is dependent on the shape of the blade, and it's off center, I suppose this is strictly a right-handed knife? If a lefty used it, they'd smurf everything up on the flower stem?

I guess you could think of it this way:  it's a wedge on side, which pushes/crushes as it goes, but it's flat on the other, which doesn't crush, it just slices.  With a traditional blade, the way you would normally make a cut, you are using a wedge on both sides, pushing things aside/crushing.  I'm guessing all of this might be more important to a plant you are taking cuttings from than it is to, say, an already cut flower you are just shortening or freshening the stem on.


You will read the same thing about pruning shears, too.  The anvil type are not good for pruning living plants, I think it is, where you should use bypass cutters instead.  The anvil make a crushing cut, while bypass make a slicing cut.

[pfrsantos]

You say this to the person with the wiggle-pattern avatar?!  I'm looking for hidden meaning in the dots on the board myself.  So far, I think they mention Tang, the moon landing, and who shot JR, but I may be wrong about the Tang part.  That might say something about drinking the Kool-Aid.

You know what the weirdest/coolest thing is?! That pic isn't animated! It's a still pic! The wiggle is awl in your head!



 

[pfrsantos]

Yes, he's our resident OCD King

 

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Latest purchase was this SwissCard.

[MichaelGT83]

Bit the bullet on an XAVT, what with them being discontinued and all, and a standard Swiss Champ.

[pfrsantos]

Bit the bullet on an XAVT, what with them being discontinued and all, and a standard Swiss Champ.

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Well done!

 

[VICMAN]

Latest purchase was this SwissCard.

Cool SwissCard FB!

[VICMAN]

Bit the bullet on an XAVT, what with them being discontinued and all, and a standard Swiss Champ.

Nice pics Michael!

[Jim the Brave]

And all this time I never realized the XAVT had two socket drivers.....