Well done. I love a SAK. The Alox Mini Champ been on my radar forever. The current price on Amazon made it a go. I'm pumped. I particularly like the ruler! I have gifted most of the SAKs purchased over the years and my family loves that. The second blade on the Mini Champ is originally a tracheotomy blade to be kept clean, sharp and sterile. Add an alcohol wipe to a back pocket in a small plastic bag (survives washing). The Victorinox Mini Champ has one of the best tool sets. My current personal SAK is the deluxe tinker. I crave the Victorinox Hercules as the pinnacle of SAKs and will likely buy it for my birthday. Some fav old school edc: Hele Nying Neck Knife, Mini long nose vice -grips, 4" Crescent wrench, Klein electrician's scissors,... SOG Powerpint (Great design, ho-hum materials, finish it with a file then polish, great design for 5th pocket). I am fascinated with the anthropology of knives and tools and in the behavioral biology of tool using hominids. We have an ancient connection there. Thanks for the video!
Hook tool, Spoon tool and odd blade were originally for a pharmacist knife (long discontinued). Hook tool was originally a Pick and Pull tool used for opening seal on medicine bottles and then used to hook and pull the cotton because some bottle mouths in a pharmacy are not that wide to remove cotton with a finger. Spoon/Spatula tool, referred to by jokers online as a cocaine spoon, was used to sort pill quantities and fill capsules with powdered medicines. The odd shaped knife was used for removing stitches/suchers in a hospital setting. Instead of just scrapping the tools, Victorinox just repurposed them for the Minichamp.
I think it's an all around really nice knife! A great piece to have. Thank you sir!
It's a great knife, especially in alox!
Well done. I love a SAK. The Alox Mini Champ been on my radar forever. The current price on Amazon made it a go. I'm pumped. I particularly like the ruler! I have gifted most of the SAKs purchased over the years and my family loves that. The second blade on the Mini Champ is originally a tracheotomy blade to be kept clean, sharp and sterile. Add an alcohol wipe to a back pocket in a small plastic bag (survives washing). The Victorinox Mini Champ has one of the best tool sets. My current personal SAK is the deluxe tinker. I crave the Victorinox Hercules as the pinnacle of SAKs and will likely buy it for my birthday.
Some fav old school edc: Hele Nying Neck Knife, Mini long nose vice -grips, 4" Crescent wrench, Klein electrician's scissors,... SOG Powerpint (Great design, ho-hum materials, finish it with a file then polish, great design for 5th pocket).
I am fascinated with the anthropology of knives and tools and in the behavioral biology of tool using hominids. We have an ancient connection there. Thanks for the video!
Hook tool, Spoon tool and odd blade were originally for a pharmacist knife (long discontinued). Hook tool was originally a Pick and Pull tool used for opening seal on medicine bottles and then used to hook and pull the cotton because some bottle mouths in a pharmacy are not that wide to remove cotton with a finger. Spoon/Spatula tool, referred to by jokers online as a cocaine spoon, was used to sort pill quantities and fill capsules with powdered medicines. The odd shaped knife was used for removing stitches/suchers in a hospital setting. Instead of just scrapping the tools, Victorinox just repurposed them for the Minichamp.