I also may have gone a little overboard on grabbing spares when they were discontinued, so if anyone is having trouble getting their hands on one, drop me a PM and we can figure something out.
I’m new to this model and new to this forum, so my apologies for asking stupid questions.Both the OP an the first reply suggests these are discontinued, but Victorinox.com show a model named “Executive” as in stock, and nothing to indicate it’s disco’ed. Am I misunderstanding something? I don’t think it looks like a particularly useful model, but the challenge sounds fun, and worst case I might be able to mod it into something more useful afterwards. Just have to make sure I’m buying the right one.
There may be an "Executive 81" available. That is not the same knife and is not suitable for this challenge.When I go to the Victorinox.com english website, the old (now discontinued) Executive isn't available online. As to your concern that they don't seem useful....well....that's what the challenge is awl about! Try one for 30-days and see if they aren't more useful than you might think.
I don’t think it looks like a particularly useful model...
Strange..I guess I’ll just have to try to order one and see what happens (Image removed from quote.)
Welcome to the 2022 Chuck Yeager memorial challenge!If you don’t have an Executive already, you might consider using this challenge as the perfect excuse to obtain one and test it out...
I guess I’ll just have to try to order one and see what happens
The challenge will certainly show how well it works for you. I've found it to be very useful, but of course, your results may vary.
Strange..I guess I’ll just have to try to order one and see what happens
Well, that went quite well.(Image removed from quote.)This is pretty bananas, buying a MT I really don’t see any use for, but I like the backstory for this particular challenge. Hopefully the only time I’ll go ahead and buy a MT for the sole purpose of participating in a forum challenge, but this Yeager fellow seems like the one to do it for, if anyone.
Well, that's half the fun of the challenges - finding out how the SAK in question works for you (or doesn't).I'll add a fun fact about the Executive. It was also used by MacGyver in several episodes of the original series, especially in Season 1.
I didn't have an Executive either, but I found one on the eBay before last year's challenge. By the end of it I had several more. I still have an open search on the eBay for the Executive too. Recently found a nice Alox one that's simply added to my collection.
Nice find! I usually prefer alox models, even if it means giving up the scale tools.Ohh... and by the way. After giving it some more thought, it seems there is actually a niche for my executive to fill beyond the scope of this challenge.I don't often think about MT's from the perspective of grooming, it's not a use case that appeals very much to me, that said.. I do often keep my Compact in my office, just to have basic grooming capability that can covertly by brought to the restroom in case of "emergency" .The thing is though, the Compact is an important component in some of my "multitool combo's", so keeping it stored in my office isn't ideal.If nothing else, the Executive should be able to free up my Compact for easier logistics. And I even expect it would outperform it in that specific role.And I actually peel a lot of oranges when I'm at work too. Pretty much every day when they're in season, and while I don't really need a dedicated orange peeler for that, the knives I use at work are typically carbon steel or low chromium stainless, and all that orange peeling really put a noticeable patina on my blades after a while. So, again I wouldn't have bought any tool just to have a dedicated orange peeler, but now that I'll have it there anyways, it makes perfect sense to use it.
As we rev up for the challenge, let's take a minute to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the General's most famous accomplishment: breaking the sound barrier.
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