Ive had my Swish Champ for 28 years, I've lost the plastics and mini tools and the scissors are broken, but still my favourite multitool. Think it's time for a new one though haha
@@UJSupanova I have replaced the original pen twice with a new one, replaced the tooth pick with a Firefly fire starter and added Fire Ant Helix Tinder to the corkscrew under the still original micro screwdriver. The scissors are still going strong, I just have to tighten them regularly.
A man enthusiastically talking about the subject of his passion. What a sight, honestly! And I also appreciated that your knife seems to be super heavily used (as it should be). Being the first time viewer of your channel, I'm genuinely charmed.
I've long said that I love watching people discussing something they're passionate about, even if I don't happen to share that passion. Course in this case, I do love my Swiss Army knives. I always have a Mini Champ on my keychain and an Alox Farmer X in my pocket, and I've carried some kind of SAK on me daily for 40+ years. I loved this video!
I know I’ve just learned that to, I don’t think that it is mentioned on the package, to be fair I didn’t take a good look at the packaging for my knife!
@@Wooden-plank3743 I don’t remember it being mentioned on the packaging, but to be fair I have a bad memory and it’s been years since I bought a new Swiss Army knife.
Since I was a small boy, I have owned so many knives amd pocket knives. They are invaluable tools and I carry one all the time and find I use one several times a day. For years and years, I never got round to buying into the hype of the Swiss Army Knife. I have multi tools and many small pocket tools that go into pouches or bags and tins. Then, a few years ago, I bought my son his first knife; a Hunter Swiss Army Knife. I was very impressed and he uses it still to this day, on a daily basis. Somehow, I still failed to buy myself one!! Then, FINALLY early this year, aged 60, I bought the latest version of the Hunter and at the same time, discovererd Felix!! What a revelation! I am now a huge fan and love the qualty and utility of these knives. I have added simple extras to mine, such as a pin, as it didn't come with one, but had the hole. I also bought a screwdriver for the corkscrew, and brilliantly, a great little flat ferro rod, made especially to fit in the tooth pick slot, as I also do a bit of bushcraft and always need to be able to spark up a fire. I already own a clever little Swiss Card, bought for me as present, many years ago, by a dear friend, and that has the biro and a tooth pick anyway, but I now want to change the scales on my knife, so I can add a biro back into the knife itself. Great tools and I am a genuine convert. What a nice clear video you have made and what a beautiful place you live! Thanks. 😊
@@TheFairway8 Hello there! Yes, I just looked them up on the internet, and found a company called Firefly accessories who make a pack of three of them, ready designed to fit in the toothpick slot on most SAK's. I may have bought from Heinee Haynes or e-bay....cant actually remember! A quick check just now shows them listed on e-bay. They were not cheap! (really annoying actually, for such a simple and small tool) but they will last a long time. I have deployed the other spares to a couple of other very small pocket fire lighting kits to carry in other tiny tins etc. with tinder. You might find a few other types available if you search and might find them cheaper. The ones I bought, have a glo-in-the-dark plastic tip bonded to them, (and shaped like the top of the toothpick where they fit perfectly into the knife), which I assume, might just help find it of you drop it in the dark....assuming the knife has been exposed to enough light to charge it up! If you keep the knife in your pocket or a sheath, its probably a gimmick! It is a very effective tiny rod and I have already used it to start fires very easily. Top Tip: these rods are flat, to fit into the toothpick slot. You should only strike along the narrow edge, not the flat surface. This will help stop snapping it if you are a bit too rough (they spark very easily so you don't need a lot of force!) and also will mean it does not wear down and become too loose to stay in the toothpick slot. Hope this helps. Have fun!
Love the idea of the dressmaker's pin, will search through my wife's sewing kit for one to replace the one in my Fieldmaster! Great video, love your natural enthusiam.
Thank you for your video. I have carried different SAK's for over 30 years. They are excellent and non threatening. Thanks again. Regards from Durban, South Africa
When the thumbnail popped up in my feed I thought for a minute that it was one of Felix's videos! I did put plus scales on my 33 year old Huntsman recently, and with properly cleaning and lubrication it is like new (apart from so much blade having been sharpened away!) Great video, sharing the SAK love.
Thank you for the clear demo of how to change the covers. My Champ came with red. But that yellow would be better for visibility purposes. I'm a fan of the Victorinox Swiss Army Knives, and ever since I was able to buy the first Champ, I have kept upgrading to the newer version. I love them. My favorite tools are the scissors first, then the rest. The pliers were a great addition. The Phillips screw driver and tweezers have always been a go-to tools. My first knife was very useful, and the very first thing I cut was my thumb, after which I learned to respect it.
I've had a Swiss Army knife since I was a boy when my dad gave me one. Its still in my knife drawer to this day. But I never knew all the things you just showefd us, thank you! I think I'll dig the ole girl out & get some upgrades.
Thanks for the modding tips. It looks like there are other slots that could be accessed, as well, by cutting through to them. And I hadn't before seen the idea of remove the scale to perform helpful maintenance on the SAK. Great idea.
I have several of these knives. Love them. My Dad was the first person to have one, many years ago, in the fifties. He had found them when living in Switzerland in the late forties. He loved the ones with lots of attachments. Really enjoyed this video! Unfortunately all my knives are too old to have the pin and biro! Cheers from Nova Scotia.
A remarkable video indeed, brimming with brilliance. Might I gently suggest cleaning the tools for added grandeur? Eagerly anticipating the next video!
Awesome class thanks, I acquired an older one at a yard sale and am going to upgrade it. Here in Florida were I live ,we can open carry a knife or sword of any length but need a permit if concealed a little crazy I guess, and of course all none felons can carry concealed guns which a lot of us do especially we veterans.
Did you know they should really be called German army knives? Because it was the German army who put an order in for a multi utility knife first. The Swiss firm won the contract.
Brilliant! I'm off to treat my faithful old SAK to some new scales and a pen. I've already got the pin & little screwdriver and agree that they both come in jolly handy!
Superb job Sir! I have a number of SAKs to include one presented to me by the Chief of Staff of the Swiss Army in appreciation for a briefing I gave him after DESERT SHIELD/STORM. But my go-to SAK is one that I bought in the late '70s when I was in the Army stationed in Germany. I don't think that they make that model anymore, but it's similar to the Spartan, but with scissors. Based on your video, I think that I may upgrade the scales on my knife. Thanks for the great info and keep up the great work! Merry Christmas!
You can also add a small neodymium magnet to the knife. A very small one fits into the hook, a slightly bigger one can be stored near the base of the corkscrew (your big red pin head would get in the way though).
@@EnglishCountryLife another thing: One can make centimeter or inch marking on the file with a pencil or text marker. Due to the rough surface they persist quite well. They can't replace a proper ruler or calipers, but are good enough for ballparking things with known possible values. E.g, "is this bolt 14mm or 16mm?"
You can't go wrong with a Swiss Army Knife. One more tip if you want to upgrade/replace scales, there's a UK ebay seller who sells replacement scales with a pocket clip attached. The clip is screwed in and then glued on to the back scale, the one with the space for the screwdriver or corkscrew, on the opposite end, and done so well that they look like they came from the factory with the clip on, also very secure. He offers a variety of sizes and colours of pocket clip, as well as a variety of scale colours. Amazingly the price is pretty much the same as what you'd pay for just the scales without the pocket clip, I think I only paid £12 with free p&p for my black plus scales, with matching black pocket clip.
Great video buddy. I do enjoy watching a fellow SAK enthusiast 😁 I put Micarta scales in the compact and Ranger huge upgrade to the original scales, much less slippery however they don’t have the pin slot which is not a huge deal for me. I made a snake knot lanyard with a dressmaker’s pin inside using bank line for my Compact. Works surprisingly well and holds the pin very securely. The Leatherman small nylon pouch is perfect for a 2 layer 91mm SAK with a little effort originally. May even stretch to a 3 layer.
I prefer Geraniums, Daffodils, Roses, violets, alstromaria and perriwinkle for Ground cover. Tulips planted in orderly bunches etc.@@EnglishCountryLife
you can warm the new scales in hot water, then they will fit over the studs. the pen fits tightly inside the corkscrew for writing, where as elsewhere its still can move slightly.
Happy Sunday Hugh & Fiona from Steve in Tel Aviv, Israel, an ex-London born & bred Plonker who escaped from perfidious Albion in 1968 (during the time of the 1960's great white flight out of South East London). I am a lifelong Swiss Army Knife aficionado & have amassed over 250 Victorinox & 40 Wenger & 5 Swiss Buck Wengers (so far in my collection - but most of my SAK's are decorative scaled 58mm Classics / SD's and year end or other special collectables rather than EDC SAK's) At age 8 an uncle gave me a 58mm Red Classic for my keychain, at 10 years I bought with my saved up pocket money a red economy (no scale tools) my first 84mm Bantam & and only at age 16 did I buy a non-SAK knife for pocket carry, a Buck 110 folding hunter (It was a UK legal carry back then unlike now in 2023). I still have several SAK's over 45 years old & a number of 25 to 35+ years old well used EDC SAK's of all sizes as well as new in box / unused collectables of 20, 30 & 40+ years old. My daily carry always contains at least one SAK - my default keyring SAK, currently a SilverTech scaled 58mm Midnite Manager (I have used 58mm Midnite Mini-Champs too) & a 2nd larger bladed knife and if it is a SAK my number one preference is the 91mm Huntsman or a 91mm Compact or a 91mm Explorer or a EvoGrip S14, S17 or S18 ( lock blade, assisted opening, axis lock knifes, OTF knives are are all legal in Israel there is no blade length limitation either) or 93mm Pioneer X or Farmer X or a 111mm Nomad/Picnicker or Forester or a non SAK such as a Kershaw assisted opening knife with a 3" to 3.5" blade, like wise a 3" to 3.5" Civivi Flipper knife , a Buck 110 or 112 or a Case XX large Copperlock clip point knife. I use all manner & size of SAK's around the house for cutting & craft work. I have enjoyed collecting & using SAK's for 64 years now, I don't feel strange going out without a watch (got my phone for that) but without a SAK in my pocket I feel naked! ATB, Steve in Tel Aviv.
Hi Steve! Got my first SAK in the 60s too. Always had one in my pocket as a boy (at school or otherwise). I'm a fan of the 91mm size as the best mix of function & portability. Camper or Huntsman for preference although I have Rangers, Evos etc.
The Swiss Army Knife in this video is one of the most common ones available comercially, it's called the "Huntsman". Try the "Fieldmaster" model instead, it is identical in every way, even in price range, to the "Huntsman", however, it comes with a phillips screwdriver instead of a corkscrew. Might be more up your alley.
Thanks great to know the “scales” are replaceable, I somehow lost one of my sides, and I couldn’t get it over my heart to just chuck it away, thanks again really appreciate it, Keep well Ciao ciao
👍 I love my Victorinox SAKs. I have a Spartan for in town carry and a Huntsman for when I am in the countryside. One or the other is with me every day. I also place the Ultra scales on my knives and the Yellow color is my choice as well. Thank you for this video.
I've had my Explorer for 35 years now, and I just recently upgraded to those same plus scales in yellow. Looks really sharp, and it's so much easier for my old eyes to find now when I drop it while I'm working in the yard! 😂
Excellent video information. My SAK is the Huntsman. Suggestion, please in your future videos eliminate background music. We came to hear you, yet to do that we must fight the music. Many viewers have hearing difficulties, the background music quickly becomes very annoying and intrusive. Thus, they must concentrate on your voice while at the same time concentrate on attempting to tune out the music. Very frustrating.
Advisory: make sure the jaws of the vice do not have indentations or lines across the flat surface. Even if you have a fabric around the scales they might be marked permanently. I prefer to do the pressing manually over a table protected with a mat with some thickness to it. Thanks for the video!
I use a woodworking vice. The jaws are lined with leather covered wood so as not to mar delicate surfaces. A metal working vice with serrated jaws should have inserts available for soft metals like aluminium that present a flat, non marking, surface
As you say, a pen is always useful. I'm not really an outdoors person, but the wood saw on the camper and the huntsman make them perfect all round knives.@@EnglishCountryLife
My all time favorite is now called The Explorer but mine was called The Officer and the only knives I've had as long are Schrade's Bearhead Trapper and large lockblade! So for decades my Officer/Explorer have always gone with me! Almost daily I open package, cut fingernails, tighten screws. Back in the early 80's I mounted rif)escapes with it! I now have 3 spare Explorers and 1 Huntsman, 2 Treckers, 1 Outrider!
I’m 66 and we regularly took knives into school for dinner time fun including sheaf knives. I still have plenty UK Legal carry knives that are always in my pockets
Lovely presentation. Even though I knew about the option of changing to plus scales, your video was a nice distraction on a Saturday afternoon. Like and subscription is done.
What a great video again on a nice channel 😊. Just wondering if upgrading the scales and additional tools is possible for the older models too. I have a 45 year old “officiers Suisse” knife in use almost every day and it could use some improvements.
Another one for you is I tie a short (braided jute) lanyard (square knot to ring) and sort of clove hitch it to my belt or loop so it doesn't make me unbalanced in my pocket on long walks.
You inspired my gf and I to go SAK shopping:D I'm getting a Ranger and they're getting a Swiss Tool X! We're very excited! Also Felix Immler is a freaking genius 😐
Do you think you can fit a bit of cut-down emergency microfiber cloth somewhere under one or two of those tools? I used to have one of these when I was a kid and I saw the Huntsman on sale for only 28 dollars on Amazon and decided it's time to go back to the basics and get one of these again. I'm thinking of customizing mine a lot for fun.
I think that would be a challenge with the cut outs but you might be able to fit some under one of the scales and then pry the scale off to access the microfibre
@@EnglishCountryLife I'm thinking something cut down to about the size of my thumbprint if laid flat. Then maybe it can squeeze under something or maybe even wrap it around the eyeglass screwdriver bit.
So rather than a pin, I put a small sewing needle in that spot. It will do everything a pin will do, (prying out a splinter, etc.) plus you can use it to sew a button, fix a tear in clothing, or yourself. Have had my knife for close to 30 years now, and it with a proper multitool like a Leatherman, Gerber covers just about any problem I have come across. Great video by the way, I should probably get new scales for my knife as its been a bit.
Even if you buy standard replacement they will have the gole for the pin Also if yiu fit the new ines with a vice be careful not to overtighten It makes the can opener and bottle stiff to open I speak from experience
The tweezers can be inserted and pushed into the center hole of a non key interior door knob to unlock and open the door your little one just trapped themselves inside. (USA)
@EnglishCountryLife Those are generally interior doors here Hugh. Most more modern houses don't have that style door knob anymore. I grew up in one which had them, we used an ice pick to open one that was inadvertently locked. God bless, Rob
Speaking of the wood saw, I tried Felix Immler's T-shank jigsaw blade hack and I can confidently say the OG Victorinox wood saw is appreciably better at hand-sawing wood. If that's a need you anticipate, to me it's worth the size and weight cost. Ditto for the metal file/saw combo. Is it as efficient at turning metal into dust as a big file and hacksaw? Obviously not. Can you get it into narrow gaps and small holes where the big tools just don't fit? You bet!!! You can also get jigsaw blades to do the metal saw's job, and a regular diamond nail file _will_ file metal... just about... but the jigsaw blades don't work as well by hand and filing steel with a small nail file is a waste of time (not to mention it gums up quickly), so if thar's a job you foresee, then it's a tool worth having.
Gday all, as an Aussie i shoudnt be making fun of accents. but also as an Aussie have too. its a dilemma. when you first started talking about the PIN on the swiss army knife, the only word i kept hearing was PEN. just poking fun, thx for the video and a bunch of info i never knew. CHEERS.
My smaller green one has a pin hole, but the larger red one does not. The red one does has two saws. The green one has a grey thing, but I am not sure what it is or does. It has a battery.
A few years ago I almost got fined and or arrested in the UK after I had bought myself a Seagull outboard motor. The reason was that I was carrying a non locking blunt nose sailor's or boat utility 3" knife. The problem apparently was in the locking poker one uses to undo knots that was part of the boat knife. I needed it to tie the motor to the crate.
That's ridiculous 😳. It's absolutely fine to have any kind of knife so lung as you have a good reason. I've carried a 12" fixed blade and an axe before!
Remember WD40 is not not not a lubricant. It was invented as a water displacement WD liquid. There was some good spray liquid occurred in a blue can with bright yellow markings was that the WD40 could have its original and best use----- water displacement, folks.
My Swiss Champ predates the parcel hook and the pin. It has lived in my pocket nearly every day for 37 years and has saved my bacon many many times.
Excellent to hear!
Ive had my Swish Champ for 28 years, I've lost the plastics and mini tools and the scissors are broken, but still my favourite multitool. Think it's time for a new one though haha
@@UJSupanova I have replaced the original pen twice with a new one, replaced the tooth pick with a Firefly fire starter and added Fire Ant Helix Tinder to the corkscrew under the still original micro screwdriver. The scissors are still going strong, I just have to tighten them regularly.
@@johnossendorf9979 Excellent, some good upgrades there
That’s sooo cool!! Such a great testimony to Victorinox too.
A man enthusiastically talking about the subject of his passion. What a sight, honestly! And I also appreciated that your knife seems to be super heavily used (as it should be). Being the first time viewer of your channel, I'm genuinely charmed.
Thank you 😊. Certainly heavily used. So far today on feed sacks, bailer twine etc.
Not seen him before but he’s a great presenter
@@elliottalter7937 Thank you ☺️
I've long said that I love watching people discussing something they're passionate about, even if I don't happen to share that passion. Course in this case, I do love my Swiss Army knives. I always have a Mini Champ on my keychain and an Alox Farmer X in my pocket, and I've carried some kind of SAK on me daily for 40+ years. I loved this video!
I have owned my Swiss Cybertool for 15ish years and I JUST found out there is a pin under the corkscrew thanks to you. Thank you!
I didn't know for a long time either 😁
I know I’ve just learned that to, I don’t think that it is mentioned on the package, to be fair I didn’t take a good look at the packaging for my knife!
@@Wooden-plank3743 I don’t remember it being mentioned on the packaging, but to be fair I have a bad memory and it’s been years since I bought a new Swiss Army knife.
Nice video! I bought one in Switserland when I was 15 years old. Now, over 30 years later, it still works well.
You can't say that for many purchases!
Since I was a small boy, I have owned so many knives amd pocket knives. They are invaluable tools and I carry one all the time and find I use one several times a day. For years and years, I never got round to buying into the hype of the Swiss Army Knife. I have multi tools and many small pocket tools that go into pouches or bags and tins. Then, a few years ago, I bought my son his first knife; a Hunter Swiss Army Knife. I was very impressed and he uses it still to this day, on a daily basis. Somehow, I still failed to buy myself one!! Then, FINALLY early this year, aged 60, I bought the latest version of the Hunter and at the same time, discovererd Felix!! What a revelation! I am now a huge fan and love the qualty and utility of these knives. I have added simple extras to mine, such as a pin, as it didn't come with one, but had the hole. I also bought a screwdriver for the corkscrew, and brilliantly, a great little flat ferro rod, made especially to fit in the tooth pick slot, as I also do a bit of bushcraft and always need to be able to spark up a fire. I already own a clever little Swiss Card, bought for me as present, many years ago, by a dear friend, and that has the biro and a tooth pick anyway, but I now want to change the scales on my knife, so I can add a biro back into the knife itself. Great tools and I am a genuine convert. What a nice clear video you have made and what a beautiful place you live! Thanks. 😊
Swiss Army Knives are easily overlooked because they are inexpensive and unassuming. But they just work!
Can I ask where you got the small ferro rod from
@@TheFairway8 Hello there! Yes, I just looked them up on the internet, and found a company called Firefly accessories who make a pack of three of them, ready designed to fit in the toothpick slot on most SAK's. I may have bought from Heinee Haynes or e-bay....cant actually remember! A quick check just now shows them listed on e-bay.
They were not cheap! (really annoying actually, for such a simple and small tool) but they will last a long time. I have deployed the other spares to a couple of other very small pocket fire lighting kits to carry in other tiny tins etc. with tinder. You might find a few other types available if you search and might find them cheaper. The ones I bought, have a glo-in-the-dark plastic tip bonded to them, (and shaped like the top of the toothpick where they fit perfectly into the knife), which I assume, might just help find it of you drop it in the dark....assuming the knife has been exposed to enough light to charge it up! If you keep the knife in your pocket or a sheath, its probably a gimmick! It is a very effective tiny rod and I have already used it to start fires very easily. Top Tip: these rods are flat, to fit into the toothpick slot. You should only strike along the narrow edge, not the flat surface. This will help stop snapping it if you are a bit too rough (they spark very easily so you don't need a lot of force!) and also will mean it does not wear down and become too loose to stay in the toothpick slot. Hope this helps. Have fun!
Love the idea of the dressmaker's pin, will search through my wife's sewing kit for one to replace the one in my Fieldmaster! Great video, love your natural enthusiam.
Thanks! You want the type with the slightly smaller head - the very large don't fit
The little pin can also be bent on one of the can opener tools to turn it into a fishhook for fishing..
Oh I like that 👏
That's what she said.
Wonderful garden, love the lupine.
@@Music-AsLife Thank you!
Thank you for your video. I have carried different SAK's for over 30 years. They are excellent and non threatening. Thanks again. Regards from Durban, South Africa
They really are a tool, not a weapon!
Wonderful garden you have there sir!
Thank you!
Thank you, I have learned something new, despite having owned a SAK for over 4 decades.
@@walthanas I'm so glad it was useful
When the thumbnail popped up in my feed I thought for a minute that it was one of Felix's videos! I did put plus scales on my 33 year old Huntsman recently, and with properly cleaning and lubrication it is like new (apart from so much blade having been sharpened away!)
Great video, sharing the SAK love.
Hi Alan! Felix is awesome isn't he? I nicked the idea of dunking the SAK in hot water to soften the scales from him - it really works 👍
Thank you for the clear demo of how to change the covers. My Champ came with red. But that yellow would be better for visibility purposes. I'm a fan of the Victorinox Swiss Army Knives, and ever since I was able to buy the first Champ, I have kept upgrading to the newer version. I love them. My favorite tools are the scissors first, then the rest. The pliers were a great addition. The Phillips screw driver and tweezers have always been a go-to tools. My first knife was very useful, and the very first thing I cut was my thumb, after which I learned to respect it.
The scissors are amazing - especially for their size. The Swiss Army knife is genuinely amazing value
I've had a Swiss Army knife since I was a boy when my dad gave me one. Its still in my knife drawer to this day. But I never knew all the things you just showefd us, thank you! I think I'll dig the ole girl out & get some upgrades.
@@kawasakifreak77 For shear value and usefulness they are still hard to beat! Sounds like your Dad knew a thing or two
Thanks for the modding tips. It looks like there are other slots that could be accessed, as well,
by cutting through to them. And I hadn't before seen the idea of remove the scale to perform helpful maintenance on the SAK. Great idea.
Glad it was useful
I like the yellow dayglow plus scales !
Helps me not lose it 🤣
Awesome job. Enjoyed your enthusiasm and information
Thanks Shane 👍
I have several of these knives. Love them. My Dad was the first person to have one, many years ago, in the fifties. He had found them when living in Switzerland in the late forties. He loved the ones with lots of attachments.
Really enjoyed this video! Unfortunately all my knives are too old to have the pin and biro! Cheers from Nova Scotia.
Good excuse to add another one to the collection 😉
Oh, I e been carrying a succession of SAKs for nearly 60 years, but you taught me something new: holding the pen with the package hook. Brilliant!
@@prestongivens3594 Glad it was useful!
GREAT PRESENTATION!! Please show us more everyday tools that are your favorites.
Will do!
Great tip with the plastic head pin and the sides with pen hole.
Glad it was helpful!
Love the yellow scales!
Me too - I can find it when I put it down 😁
They do look sharp. Might have missed it-what model did you use for the yellow scales?
A remarkable video indeed, brimming with brilliance. Might I gently suggest cleaning the tools for added grandeur? Eagerly anticipating the next video!
Yep, it's a knife carried in the picket, not a prop
Brilliant mod kit bro!
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Useful tips. Thank you.
@@mrakl3 I'm glad 😁
Awesome class thanks, I acquired an older one at a yard sale and am going to upgrade it. Here in Florida were I live ,we can open carry a knife or sword of any length but need a permit if concealed a little crazy I guess, and of course all none felons can carry concealed guns which a lot of us do especially we veterans.
When you say a permit to concealed carry a knife - I assume pocket carry of a folding knife is okay?
I like the way how you tell the story sir.
@@GeWij Why thank you 😊
Swiss army knifes are the best.
They are incredibly useful and amazing value!
Did you know they should really be called German army knives? Because it was the German army who put an order in for a multi utility knife first. The Swiss firm won the contract.
Brilliant! I'm off to treat my faithful old SAK to some new scales and a pen. I've already got the pin & little screwdriver and agree that they both come in jolly handy!
Outstanding, let me know if you find it straightforward?
Superb job Sir! I have a number of SAKs to include one presented to me by the Chief of Staff of the Swiss Army in appreciation for a briefing I gave him after DESERT SHIELD/STORM. But my go-to SAK is one that I bought in the late '70s when I was in the Army stationed in Germany. I don't think that they make that model anymore, but it's similar to the Spartan, but with scissors. Based on your video, I think that I may upgrade the scales on my knife. Thanks for the great info and keep up the great work! Merry Christmas!
@@roycelabor4339 Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🎁
You can also add a small neodymium magnet to the knife. A very small one fits into the hook, a slightly bigger one can be stored near the base of the corkscrew (your big red pin head would get in the way though).
Great idea 💡
@@EnglishCountryLife another thing:
One can make centimeter or inch marking on the file with a pencil or text marker. Due to the rough surface they persist quite well.
They can't replace a proper ruler or calipers, but are good enough for ballparking things with known possible values. E.g, "is this bolt 14mm or 16mm?"
@jenswurm there's always measurements on the fish scaler tho..
@@Zeeboklown true, but not every model has a fish scaler.
06:52 Haha, I often use that exact line from Blackadder. Good old Tom Baker. Thank you, very helpful video.
@@theplaneimage 😁😉
You can't go wrong with a Swiss Army Knife. One more tip if you want to upgrade/replace scales, there's a UK ebay seller who sells replacement scales with a pocket clip attached. The clip is screwed in and then glued on to the back scale, the one with the space for the screwdriver or corkscrew, on the opposite end, and done so well that they look like they came from the factory with the clip on, also very secure. He offers a variety of sizes and colours of pocket clip, as well as a variety of scale colours. Amazingly the price is pretty much the same as what you'd pay for just the scales without the pocket clip, I think I only paid £12 with free p&p for my black plus scales, with matching black pocket clip.
Great tip Simon, thanks 👍
I just found your channel and I really enjoy it! Look it forward to a lot more content!
Awesome! Thank you!
Good video. I enjoyed it from Central Iowa, U.S.A.
Thank you very much!
Lovely presentation, Sir.
Thank you!
Great video buddy. I do enjoy watching a fellow SAK enthusiast 😁
I put Micarta scales in the compact and Ranger huge upgrade to the original scales, much less slippery however they don’t have the pin slot which is not a huge deal for me.
I made a snake knot lanyard with a dressmaker’s pin inside using bank line for my Compact. Works surprisingly well and holds the pin very securely.
The Leatherman small nylon pouch is perfect for a 2 layer 91mm SAK with a little effort originally. May even stretch to a 3 layer.
Good to know!
Great tutorial. Someone needs to rototill those weeds behind you. None of mine have the hole in the Awl or the pin.
Anyone who rototills my wife's cottage garden plants better be fast on their feet 😁
In Canada that would be a noxious weed patch. Sorry.@@EnglishCountryLife
@@gordbaker896 Really, you don't like things like Lupins & Delphiniums? Here cottage gardens are very informal and flower all season in succession
I prefer Geraniums, Daffodils, Roses, violets, alstromaria and perriwinkle for Ground cover.
Tulips planted in orderly bunches etc.@@EnglishCountryLife
@@gordbaker896 That's seen as "parks & gardens" in traditional cottages here (meaning stiff and formal) 🙂
I was sceptical when I startet the video. But you surprised me: There are still new handy things to know about SAKs.
I'm so glad it was useful - I'm still finding new things too 🙂
Great video thanks a lot ❤
I love all my Victorinox!
Me too!
Thank you Hugh, ive just found the pin in my SAK, i never knew it was in there👍👍
Excellent - I hadn't heard of it either for a long time - crazy huh? 🤯
Wonderful video, watching from Caribbean. I tried putting a SIM ejector tool in the little pin slot and it just barely fit, but it should hold
@@videogames8261 Clever!
You don't need to carry the SIM ejector, use instead a clip attached around the corkscrew 😎📎
Una cuchilla de trabajo sin duda. Todas las que salen en vídeos están limpias, excepto estas.
Yes indeed - lives in my pocket!
Funny, I've just put plus scales on two of mine recently, one green and one yellow too 😀. SAKS are amazing useful. Great video. 👍
Thanks Pete. I agree, they are such an underrated tool - I use mine several times a day. Even the metal file is good!
Thanks for the video! That was exactly what I searched for. I'll update my knife now with those new usefull extras.
So glad it helped Eryk 🙂
you can warm the new scales in hot water, then they will fit over the studs.
the pen fits tightly inside the corkscrew for writing, where as elsewhere its still can move slightly.
Interesting - I'll try it in the corkscrew
Happy Sunday Hugh & Fiona from Steve in Tel Aviv, Israel, an ex-London born & bred Plonker who escaped from perfidious Albion in 1968 (during the time of the 1960's great white flight out of South East London). I am a lifelong Swiss Army Knife aficionado & have amassed over 250 Victorinox & 40 Wenger & 5 Swiss Buck Wengers (so far in my collection - but most of my SAK's are decorative scaled 58mm Classics / SD's and year end or other special collectables rather than EDC SAK's) At age 8 an uncle gave me a 58mm Red Classic for my keychain, at 10 years I bought with my saved up pocket money a red economy (no scale tools) my first 84mm Bantam & and only at age 16 did I buy a non-SAK knife for pocket carry, a Buck 110 folding hunter (It was a UK legal carry back then unlike now in 2023). I still have several SAK's over 45 years old & a number of 25 to 35+ years old well used EDC SAK's of all sizes as well as new in box / unused collectables of 20, 30 & 40+ years old. My daily carry always contains at least one SAK - my default keyring SAK, currently a SilverTech scaled 58mm Midnite Manager (I have used 58mm Midnite Mini-Champs too) & a 2nd larger bladed knife and if it is a SAK my number one preference is the 91mm Huntsman or a 91mm Compact or a 91mm Explorer or a EvoGrip S14, S17 or S18 ( lock blade, assisted opening, axis lock knifes, OTF knives are are all legal in Israel there is no blade length limitation either) or 93mm Pioneer X or Farmer X or a 111mm Nomad/Picnicker or Forester or a non SAK such as a Kershaw assisted opening knife with a 3" to 3.5" blade, like wise a 3" to 3.5" Civivi Flipper knife , a Buck 110 or 112 or a Case XX large Copperlock clip point knife.
I use all manner & size of SAK's around the house for cutting & craft work. I have enjoyed collecting & using SAK's for 64 years now, I don't feel strange going out without a watch (got my phone for that) but without a SAK in my pocket I feel naked! ATB, Steve in Tel Aviv.
Hi Steve! Got my first SAK in the 60s too. Always had one in my pocket as a boy (at school or otherwise). I'm a fan of the 91mm size as the best mix of function & portability. Camper or Huntsman for preference although I have Rangers, Evos etc.
@@EnglishCountryLife Cheers Hugh 😎👍👌
I enjoyed your video 💜
Thank you
The little tweezers is the first thing to fall out and get lost.
finally you've found a useful function for the corkscrew tool. I usually cut it off.
I've never lost tweezers? Perhaps try some new scales on your knife?
The Swiss Army Knife in this video is one of the most common ones available comercially, it's called the "Huntsman".
Try the "Fieldmaster" model instead, it is identical in every way, even in price range, to the "Huntsman", however, it comes with a phillips screwdriver instead of a corkscrew.
Might be more up your alley.
Thanks great to know the “scales” are replaceable, I somehow lost one of my sides, and I couldn’t get it over my heart to just chuck it away, thanks again really appreciate it,
Keep well
Ciao ciao
Excellent - easy to fit a new set now 👍
👍 I love my Victorinox SAKs.
I have a Spartan for in town carry and a Huntsman for when I am in the countryside. One or the other is with me every day. I also place the Ultra scales on my knives and the Yellow color is my choice as well.
Thank you for this video.
They sound like great choices!
Great and informative video.
Thanks Mike!
Really interesting thank you
@@graybex Glad it was useful!
I've had my Explorer for 35 years now, and I just recently upgraded to those same plus scales in yellow. Looks really sharp, and it's so much easier for my old eyes to find now when I drop it while I'm working in the yard! 😂
@@poetrychurch Same here 🤣
If you're buying a new one the different coloured scales are a factory fitted option
Sadly they never seem to have the colour & model I want!
@@EnglishCountryLife What model is your SAK?
@@Mr.56Goldtop I believe this one is a Ranger. Huntsman & Camper are similar with slight changes.
This video is great. Thanks!
@@ronnyraygunz8718 Glad you liked it!
You may be able to cut the pen notch on regular scales
I wouldn't be surprised - if you are careful!
Have u seen the fero rod to replace the toothpick or to screw on the corkscrew
Yes, they are very clever
Good video thanks
Thanks Tom
I have had my swiss champ for about 15 years by now and i allways carry it on me in the victorinox beltpouch.
Good choice although I prefer something a little slimmer
Very useful, thank you for this video!
Glad you found it useful 🙂
Glad you found it useful 🙂
Excellent video information. My SAK is the Huntsman.
Suggestion, please in your future videos eliminate background music. We came to hear you, yet to do that we must fight the music. Many viewers have hearing difficulties, the background music quickly becomes very annoying and intrusive. Thus, they must concentrate on your voice while at the same time concentrate on attempting to tune out the music. Very frustrating.
I understand, but others prefer music. It's hard to please everyone
The dressmaker’s pin is a great idea. It should also be a bit easier to use (and not lose!).
It's working so far 😉
do you have a link to such a pin. most pins head is too bulky, to fit with the corkscrew ...
@@g.h._4968 Honestly I just took it from Fiona's sewing box 😊
thanks
Advisory: make sure the jaws of the vice do not have indentations or lines across the flat surface. Even if you have a fabric around the scales they might be marked permanently.
I prefer to do the pressing manually over a table protected with a mat with some thickness to it.
Thanks for the video!
I use a woodworking vice. The jaws are lined with leather covered wood so as not to mar delicate surfaces. A metal working vice with serrated jaws should have inserts available for soft metals like aluminium that present a flat, non marking, surface
Thanks
Glad you liked it 🙂
My huntsman and my camper both have plus scales, mini screwdrivers, and custom made lanyards. So does my explorer.
Did they come with plus scales or did you swap them?
I swapped them. My camper is yellow, and my huntsman is green. Also have an explorer, soldier, minichamp ans a swiss card!
@@EnglishCountryLife
@@mjdegrey4843 Good job, I much prefer the plus scales!
As you say, a pen is always useful. I'm not really an outdoors person, but the wood saw on the camper and the huntsman make them perfect all round knives.@@EnglishCountryLife
@@mjdegrey4843 I agree. I wish there was a phillips screwdriver on them both
I like the stayglow (glow in the dark) scales.
I've not seen them John - do you have a link?
@@EnglishCountryLife hi I've not seen seen the scales sold individually. I've had several knives that came with them.
@@johnlynch7834 Interesting - I'll look into them thanks 👍
My all time favorite is now called The Explorer but mine was called The Officer and the only knives I've had as long are Schrade's Bearhead Trapper and large lockblade! So for decades my Officer/Explorer have always gone with me! Almost daily I open package, cut fingernails, tighten screws. Back in the early 80's I mounted rif)escapes with it! I now have 3 spare Explorers and 1 Huntsman, 2 Treckers, 1 Outrider!
@@michaelcarey3105 They simply are the best toolkit in a small package!
My deepest warmest regards
Thank you 👍
That was awesome. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m 66 and we regularly took knives into school for dinner time fun including sheaf knives.
I still have plenty UK Legal carry knives that are always in my pockets
Pen knives were just tools back then. Simpler times.
what knife did you use in this episode? 😊 5:45
Fairly sure it was an old Victorinox Ranger
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Lovely presentation.
Even though I knew about the option of changing to plus scales, your video was a nice distraction on a Saturday afternoon. Like and subscription is done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Subscribed 🦉
Welcome 🤗
What a great video again on a nice channel 😊.
Just wondering if upgrading the scales and additional tools is possible for the older models too.
I have a 45 year old “officiers Suisse” knife in use almost every day and it could use some improvements.
@@Oldnose63 A lot of them are backwardly compatible. The length of the knife is the determining factor
Nice vid thanks
No problem
You can screw the mini screwdriver in backwards
Interesting - does that help in some way?
@@EnglishCountryLife not really that I know of, but it seems like it could
Another one for you is I tie a short (braided jute) lanyard (square knot to ring) and sort of clove hitch it to my belt or loop so it doesn't make me unbalanced in my pocket on long walks.
@@tylergramelspacher7706 I know they do other tools. I wonder if I could fit two in if I reversed one?
You inspired my gf and I to go SAK shopping:D I'm getting a Ranger and they're getting a Swiss Tool X! We're very excited! Also Felix Immler is a freaking genius 😐
Excellent! Ours are used every day, from opening feed sacks to trimming branches. I'm sure yours will be every bit as useful!
oh and yes, he is 😁
I would love more videos about tools! It is always great to learn what is useful and practical :-)
Righton- let me give it some thought!
Do you think you can fit a bit of cut-down emergency microfiber cloth somewhere under one or two of those tools?
I used to have one of these when I was a kid and I saw the Huntsman on sale for only 28 dollars on Amazon and decided it's time to go back to the basics and get one of these again.
I'm thinking of customizing mine a lot for fun.
I think that would be a challenge with the cut outs but you might be able to fit some under one of the scales and then pry the scale off to access the microfibre
@@EnglishCountryLife I'm thinking something cut down to about the size of my thumbprint if laid flat. Then maybe it can squeeze under something or maybe even wrap it around the eyeglass screwdriver bit.
@@Xearrik The small screwdriver doesn't occupy all of the length of the corkscrew so you could probably manage something there
you could make a pouch for the knife out of microfiber cloth.
@@cplcabs Great idea
Awesome ❤
Thanks 🤗
So rather than a pin, I put a small sewing needle in that spot. It will do everything a pin will do, (prying out a splinter, etc.) plus you can use it to sew a button, fix a tear in clothing, or yourself. Have had my knife for close to 30 years now, and it with a proper multitool like a Leatherman, Gerber covers just about any problem I have come across. Great video by the way, I should probably get new scales for my knife as its been a bit.
@@AnonymousMontanan How do you get the needle out again?
felix is the grandmaster in Victorinoxing :)
@CyberBeep_kenshi Absolutely right!
Even if you buy standard replacement they will have the gole for the pin
Also if yiu fit the new ines with a vice be careful not to overtighten It makes the can opener and bottle stiff to open I speak from experience
Good point!
Another WoW moment watching your vids.
I have a small one (Quiet at the back there) and it has a hole for a pin!!!
Now to find a pin
I found mine in Fiona's sewing box...she then watched the video 🤦
I have the huntsman Swiss Army knife and I’m waiting for my + scale in forest green to come in the mail
Excellent - hope it goes well!
may I have those old scales?
@@Dani-wn6wh Sorry Dani, they are for a broken set - but they are cheap to buy 🙂
@@EnglishCountryLife Thank you never the less for the content!
The tweezers can be inserted and pushed into the center hole of a non key interior door knob to unlock and open the door your little one just trapped themselves inside. (USA)
I suspect your locks are different to ours but that's a great tip!
... or you can use a hairpin, small screwdriver or cap to a ballpoint pen.
@@formermpc10 Wow they aren't very secure are they? 😁
@EnglishCountryLife Those are generally interior doors here Hugh. Most more modern houses don't have that style door knob anymore. I grew up in one which had them, we used an ice pick to open one that was inadvertently locked. God bless, Rob
Speaking of the wood saw, I tried Felix Immler's T-shank jigsaw blade hack and I can confidently say the OG Victorinox wood saw is appreciably better at hand-sawing wood. If that's a need you anticipate, to me it's worth the size and weight cost.
Ditto for the metal file/saw combo. Is it as efficient at turning metal into dust as a big file and hacksaw? Obviously not. Can you get it into narrow gaps and small holes where the big tools just don't fit? You bet!!!
You can also get jigsaw blades to do the metal saw's job, and a regular diamond nail file _will_ file metal... just about... but the jigsaw blades don't work as well by hand and filing steel with a small nail file is a waste of time (not to mention it gums up quickly), so if thar's a job you foresee, then it's a tool worth having.
@@233kosta Agreed
Gday all, as an Aussie i shoudnt be making fun of accents. but also as an Aussie have too. its a dilemma. when you first started talking about the PIN on the swiss army knife, the only word i kept hearing was PEN.
just poking fun, thx for the video and a bunch of info i never knew. CHEERS.
There's a pen in there too?
The scales can actually be removed using the toothpick!
I've never tried that!
Your pin seems way better than the original.
It's certainly easier to get out! Cost less than a penny too 😁
Now, I have to get my two and check for the pin and see if I have the slot for the pen.
Enquiring minds need to know whether you found the pin hole 🙂
My smaller green one has a pin hole, but the larger red one does not. The red one does has two saws. The green one has a grey thing, but I am not sure what it is or does. It has a battery.
The grey thing is a light
@@gumm1912 They are not very good I'm afraid
A few years ago I almost got fined and or arrested in the UK after I had bought myself a Seagull outboard motor. The reason was that I was carrying a non locking blunt nose sailor's or boat utility 3" knife. The problem apparently was in the locking poker one uses to undo knots that was part of the boat knife. I needed it to tie the motor to the crate.
That's ridiculous 😳. It's absolutely fine to have any kind of knife so lung as you have a good reason. I've carried a 12" fixed blade and an axe before!
I want to get a sak so bad, i have s gerber multitool amd only see weher i woukd miss the needle nose pliers. I dint know which sak to get
For me, my favourite models that are not too large but have the best tool selection are the Huntsman, Camper and Ranger models
Remember WD40 is not not not a lubricant. It was invented as a water displacement WD liquid. There was some good spray liquid occurred in a blue can with bright yellow markings was that the WD40 could have its original and best use----- water displacement, folks.
And given this knife was immersed in water to soften the scales, water dispersal is why it was used
Awesome
Thank you!
Third time,e watching thus, because I enjoyed the content
@@amandant Thank yo so much
Would you tell us the name of the model of the knife used in this demonstration?
The model that I added the new Scales to is an old Victorinox Ranger amzn.to/3KdXcfG
What is the model is this
Victorinox Ranger