Id also say you can sharpen it at whatever angle you prefer. The steel is relatively soft so it wouldnt be too difficult to adjust to your preference.Hope you enjoy it!
Congrats on the Swisstool! Hope you enjoy it!
If you are unhappy with using soap and water a bit of WD40 (light oil) on a cloth would do and any more ingrained rust can be removed with one of those scratchy plastic washing up scourers (this may sightly scratch though).
Please do not be too hasty in dismissing the SwissTool. It felt very different to me when I first bought mine but, over the years (ten years now and still going strong despite daily use) it has proved its worth again and again, they just take a bit of getting used to.
Any idea what factory angle is?
Victorinox recommends sharpening at 15 - 20 degrees, so cutting edge is 30 - 40 degrees inclusive.
The spring on the scissors can be replaced and it’ll get the nice action back. That one looks like it’s lost it’s springiness.Opening/closing/moving the tools around while submerged in the hot soapy water should help clean out the nooks and crannies as well.The new Victorinox Spirit MX has one hand opening blade and a good pocket clip. The MXBS adds a second OHO serrated blade.I’ve never tried opening up the pliers on my Spirits one handed, just tried and they will open with a firm flick after first nudging it ajar with your thumb.
The scissors spring is not worn from what i can tell, when i used some alcohol to try and relieve the stuckyness of the tools the scissors actually worked for a few minutes until the alcohol evaporated.i have some victorinox oil on order should be here tomorrow. I am not sure about putting a tool with rust in the joints in water, but I will try that once I have the oil in hand. I am also going to use a toothbrush on the plier pivots, hopefully to some effect. They are pretty gritty.The MX is $160, for 1 one hand opening blade and a pocket clip, which is seriously a lot more than $99 for a wave, which, if i'm not mistaken comes with the pocket clip. The MXBS is $210 and no pocket clip. to me those are some pretty expensive tools. they might be worth that much to someone but I am not that someone. i had hoped that someone who similarly liked pocket clips had modeled a clip that i could 3d print. but it appears only belt cases from what i could find.day after tomorrow I should have the 2 new in packaging Swisstool RS's, I'm going to put one on ebay as soon as it gets here and probably the other in a few weeks. with the money that brings, maybe I'll check out the MX, from the pictures it appears that thumb stud might catch on more than just your fingers. Also, does the scissors on the MX appear to use a similar mechanism for the scissors to the leatherman?
Yep the MX (and all the Spirit line) scissors have the same mechanism as the Wave. They have their differences and feel very different to use though. I've seen some users on here doing a little mod to the Spirit scissors to allow them to open further.
Here in Australia Leathermans are relatively more expensive and Victorinox's cheaper than the US which changes the value proposition equation a bit. In US dollars, a standard Wave Plus with nylon pouch here is $US115, a Spirit X with leather or nylon pouch is $US117 and a Spirit MX Clip is around $US125. MXBS is $US174 and a Charge Plus is $US162.
I plan on putting the file, saw, knife, pliers, scissors and rescue cutter of the RS up against the leatherman I have. to see which works better. Right now I'm sure the pliers will swing victorinox way but the others, i think, will be much closer, performance wise.