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Ever wondered what that curious attachment in the bottom of your knife was for? This site www.smartknives.com seems to belong to a US-based dealer, but it has a splendidly comprehensive catalogue of models and parts, with explanations of what they do and how to make them better. Nice just to find that someone else appreciates the orange peeler in the Executive knife as much as I do.
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I have one of these....it does enough for my needs......
www.smartknives.com/Victorinox-Knives/Victorinox-Recruit.htm
My son bought it for me years ago, a really good present. I carry it all the time, although the toothpick is the most used bit. Mine's a white one so it's rudely referred to as my " Swiss Army Deserters Knife "
Cheek !
Ted
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There is a joke about a Swiss Army Wife, but it's probably inappropriate!
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The Swiss Army were show-offs. The British Army managed quite adequately with a Jack Knife like this ............ tinyurl.com/755vdt4 I had one, bought at an army surplus store, just after the end of the war. Many's the stone I got out of a horse's hoof with it.
Last edited by: L'escargot on Mon 2 Jul 12 at 09:12
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My dad used to use one of those, l'Es. It was horrible - a Trabant next to which anything by Victorinox feels like a Mercedes. He oiled it from time to time but it still required another tool to open it. I've got half a dozen Swiss knives in various places, the oldest dating from 1981. None has ever seen a drop of oil and they all open perfectly.
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I used to carry a little penknife which fell out of a Christmas cracker.
In a shop, I wanted to check everything was in a sealed package before I bought the item.
The assistant set about 'cutting' the packing tape with his ballpoint pen, so I produced the knife.
Oh dear, the young man was - for a split second - visibly shocked and fearful.
Modern times.
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>> The Swiss Army were show-offs.
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Today we have naming of parts:
Large Blade
Small Blade
Can Opener with Small Screwdriver
Bottle Opener with Large Screwdriver
Scissors
Awl
Pliers with Wire Cutter and Crimper
Wrench and Bits for Torx, Ponzidrive, and Hex bolts
Phillips Screwdriver
Corkscrew
Hook
Mini Screwdriver
Pen
Straight Pin
Toothpick Tweezers
Key Ring
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"Today we have naming of parts"
"And this is the piling swivel, which in your case you have not got."
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Took me a while to discover mine is a Ranger Camping.
www.smartknives.com/Victorinox-Knives/Victorinox-Ranger.htm
Bought me by the family about 20 years ago with a leather belt pouch. It looks a bit of affectation on the belt and might attract attention these days, so I've never used it other than as a case. I always used to travel with it until they started confiscating nail files, now I keep it in the car.
Just dug it out and sharpened it.
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I still have one of these! -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinel_knife
had it about 38years now, bought it out of the Farmers Weekly when I worked on the farms as as a youth!
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Opinels are a whole different kettle of ball games. I'm constitutionally incapable of coming home from France without at least one new one, so we must have a dozen of them, sizes 6 to 10; thought this year would be different but then we got there to find the only one we'd brought wouldn't open (they don't like getting damp) and you really can't have a picnic in France without an Opinel, so it was off to the fishing shop for a new one. No 8 in stainless steel this time - one the collection didn't already have.
It's a pure cutting knife, though. Better for that than a Victorinox, so a complement to it, not an alternative.
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My in-law and neighbour whose Opinel has been 'impounded' by south coast fuzz (see other thread) went to France yesterday, and will doubtless return with a new one.
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The Swiss Army Knife decoded - Zero
