Our range of Swiss Army Knives have been established since 1897 and continue to be an icon of utility and smart design. If I sharpen this too much it’s going to need replacing and they don’t make blades with that cool tang stamp any longer. Since the Compact has a combo tool and the Explorer (as well as the Yeoman, Wrenchman, Cyber Tool, etc) already has(have) an in-line Philips, I never actually used the can opener as a screwdriver. On the smaller red-handled Swiss Army knives the nail nick is on other side of scissors, enabling you to open them exactly like the main blade - from the top down. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

This bold, bright electric yellow-colored Pioneer X has Alox handles, which are punched from aluminum, embossed, anodized and coated with a protective layer to keep them safe from the effects of use and corrosion. Hard to say – the ‘medium’ range stretches from the Swiss Champ Damast which packs 29 tools (including pliers), down to the Excelsior that simply has two knife blades. The spear shape blade found on both Pioneer X and Farmer is a little longer and a little thicker than the main blades found on similar length non-Pioneer range knives from Victorinox. That said, every single tool on both of these knives is well-made and robust and will handle a good deal of punishment and abuse.I have carried the pioneer for four decades on a daily basis and often thought about a pair of scissors and what if . But in my years of carrying one, there was only one instance where my SAK was the only available corkscrew. Blade large, Can opener, Screwdriver 3 mm, Bottle opener, Screwdriver 7 mm, Wire stripper, Reamer punch, Scissors, Key ring. Performance has always been a strongpoint for Victorinox Swiss Army knives of all styles, and the Pioneer X is no different. This makes the lines of the knife cleaner, but does mean you miss out on a corkscrew attachment, which is arguably a bit of a blow.

That desire for preparedness and my love of tinkering drew me to the EDC community and through it, to Victorinox.

Well compared to all other models in the officier range that is , victorinox have used scissors from their 111mm range that i may add are no bigger and ive even contacted them to try and get an answer about it !

Machined entirely from Stainless Steel, the tools deliver exactly as you’d expect, without bending, slipping or chipping in use. Super sharp and precise making them perfect for opening packages snipping string clipping out articles and so much more. Victorinox AG guarantees all knives and tools to be of first-class stainless steel and guarantees a lifetime against any defects in material and workmanship (2 years for electronic components). An example could be using the collected information to analyze and determine what information is most popular on the site, to be aware of what should be easy to find on the site.These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. The different extra tool that each provides means that each is best suited to very different environments. Three Points of the Compass sets out on a winter wander from London to Birmingham along the Grand Union Canal.