The Victorinox swiss army knife is simply the best pocket tool! (Edit: no one tool is everyone’s best)

@edc

The more I look at alternatives, the more I realize, nothing can give you this much functionality in this small a package, while being so high quality and reasonably priced. Popular (machine-assembled) versions regularly go for $25.

The one caveat is that it falls behind modern knives in terms of safety and ease for opening/closing. I’d love to see a next-gen SAK without nail nicks.

  • mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Depends on your use case, I carried one for years, and found it limited.
    Switched to a Leatherman Skeletool and used it far more often, one of the major advantages is one hand knife opening (without a spring). If I’m holding something that needs to be cut, it’s often inconvenient to have to put it down to get out a blade.
    Best part is that it’s really not noticeably bigger than a swiss army knife.

    These days I carry a belt pouch with a Leatherman Signal, but if I’m going somewhere that a belt pouch would be weird, I have a Skeletool in my pocket.