I can empathize. You have my deepest and most sincere condolences.
Just last week, a couple of friends flew back and forth between Poland and the UK with a classic and a rambler. They were not spotted. On the same trip a few month back, the agent wanted to take my Jetsetter. I managed to explain my way out. But I also flew a few many other times without any questions. Best
I had an epiphany while eatIng breakfast. Bladeless 91mm models might mean no corkscrew or back layer Phillips, which would in turn mean a new liner and scale for that side. And the awl could likely be considered a blade. So that may be a way to get 91mm models with no back tools. If so, I'd only need to figure out how to get a spring for the blades and mod them in.Bladeless Explorer with no back tools? Sign me up!
I awlways carry a Classic in my hand luggage and have never had an issue travelling to/from the UK & Europe Which country/agent wanted to take your Jetsetter? If it was the UK they "may" not like that the combi tool looks like it "could" be used to loosen/remove bits of aircraft (albeit your flight would land before you managed to do anything )As I say, I've never even been questioned on my EU/UK journeys
It was on the Polish side. Once he agreed to open it, he was ok with it. I guess the size helped as well.
I kind of worry they wont be using any of the current sizes and will be making a clean break into various other tool sizes/shapes.
I would love to see a Compact with a nails file from the 85mm line in place of the blade.
You could just make your own, Tuisto. Take a Solo. Break the blade. Voila!
I had an epiphany while eatIng breakfast. Bladeless 91mm models might mean no corkscrew or back layer Phillips, which would in turn mean a new liner and scale for that side. And the awl could likely be considered a blade. So that may be a way to get 91mm models with no back tools. If so, I'd only need to figure out how to get a spring for the blades and mod them in.
Excellent ideas and points. To be honest, I'm surprised we do not have a bladeless line already. The blade restrictions are certainly not a new thing.I'd be sad to see the awl go. I like the inline awl so much, but the back awl is awlso great and useful. Some new implements might be worth looking into. A cutting hook should be mostly ok, if the sharpened edge is hidden and short.Maybe a utility or craft blade holder? The blade can be tossed to make it compliant, and we can just get a new blade for cheap.Maybe a blunt-tipped blade, like a rescue blade? If the police is concerned about stabbing, this should be fine.
That's pretty much the 93mm line (except for the "bladeless" part).
A comment under Jon Gadget's video (linked in my previous comment) coming directly from Victorinox states that they will not make a new tool unless it solves a modern problem.Thinking about that... I realize that they mean - people have had to cut things, tighten things, loosen things, open things, drill things, file things, etc for the last hundred years, and the near future is no different. The package opener (which they have had on their pliers-based tools) which now appears on the Companion solves a modern problem of a vast increase in the number of deliveries in the last 4 years, much of which has fragile contents (when you accidentally cut open 4 coffee pods while opening a box, you will know why they say to use the right tool for the job).Wanting some tools and not others is in no way a modern problem, so I don't suppose we will be seeing a modular tool anytime soon. More restrictions on carrying a pocketknife is certainly a modern problem, as my folks had carried pocketknives in the UK since the war until the 1970s. So I can see Victorinox adapting to that. Otherwise, I don't think I can come up with a modern problem that uses a tool that isn't available on a Victorinox already.
I am kind of dense so I actually had to look up a list of modern problems. It was not a lot that could be solved via pocket implements. You are probably correct that we will never see a modular tool from Vic, the modding will just have to continue.
I could go for a bladless Cybertool M with a phillips/mag layer from an explorer. That would make a pretty great EDC.