This really nice delivery sounds something like my grandpa teaching me something that he has known for a long time.

20 minutes of maintenance distill down to a 7 minute video is an impressive feet. Thank you for putting out such informative and well structured maintenance suggestions

This was a fantastic video. For months I've been struggling to get good at sharpening on a stone, mostly because I've yet to develop a feel for the angle. Despite watching dozens of videos and 'knowing' that I needed to find a 15-20 degree slant; your's was the first to tell me the penny trick (which works out roughly the same as two 20c pieces down here in Australia). Your delivery style was straight to the point and only conveyed relevant information, which made every minute of viewing more worthwhile. Kudos to you.

Toothpaste is a good mild abrasive.

Excellent video. And it is an understatement. Crisp picture, succinct and comprehensive elaboration, vivid presentation, step by step / slowly and meticulously. Many, many thanks Sir. 👋🏻 George from Greece.

Great video, a well taken care of knife lasts generations

I strop all my knives using the window of my Jeep. Very good result.

For many years I've been using handy oil so I've picked up some victorinox oil and I've got to say it's fantastic it stays on the knife for much longer than the rest thanks again pal

Nicely presented, I recalled the learning of a cub scout again when taught to care for my first knife by my grandfather. Thank you

Love the tips. Thank you very much from Malaysia! 🇲🇾

I am so glad I happened upon this video. The penny method is genius.

Excellent tips! 2 pennies wow, quick and simple. Thanks for sharing.

Great video ! Helped me a lot. Thanks and regards from The Netherlands

Thank you for the very informative video!

My father taught me how to use a knife. At the end of this video you close the blade in exactly the way my father taught me. No other KZfaq videos I’ve seen does. Blades are pushed upwards with apparently less than firm grip on the body of the knife. When you’ve cut your fingers with a non locking blade of an Opinel knife you take great care never to repeat the mistake with any other knife. ‘Our’method keeps sharp edges away from fingers without having to look.

This is an awesome guide. Thank you for taking your time and educating us.

Great video thanks

Nice! Thanks!😊

This is a fantastic video 👍

very informative, thank you. I will only be doing the cleaning and oiling for now but will definitely return to this video if I ever have to sharpen my knife and for the lovely knot. and yes, "the best pocket knife is the one you have with you" ^_^

I've just purchased a champ swiss army knife, great piece of kit.

Very educational video. The knot you tie at the end is beautiful. I maintain my knife edges with a butcher honing steel rod. Or chaira. Doesn't remove material from blade and realigns the edge.

Thanks for making the video.

Great video

Thanks. Useful video

Excellent tutorial 👌

Great information I have 24 SAK I'LL be spending a day cleaning and polishing my collection.

Great video thanks. Love and peace. Tim

Very Helpful. Thanks

Thanks for the informative video! You more than earned my like and subscribe. I am looking forward to seeing more from you! Thank you, sir.

Nice tutorial - the two-penny angle guide was new to me. I like to use Q-tips to dig out all the crud inside the handle layers. The figure-eight stage in the diamond lanyard knot is called a carrick bend - you can develop many other knots from it.

great video!

Thanks for this. Enjoyed the simplicity of the video and honest options. Going to likely go with the stone method for my champ.

Loving the diamond knot! Great tips

Thank you!

Great video Thanks !!!

Gracias muy bien vídeo saludos desde MÉXICO

thank you for sharing your knowledge wise man

Great info! I know whatI'll be doing later. Thank you! Subscribed & Liked.

Thanks for sharing your knowladge. For my Victorinoxs I use a pull through Victorinox Sharpener wirh tungsten and ceramic rods. It works...

I've had my Swiss Army Knife for about 30 years, and have never cleaned or honed it. That's fixin' to change.

Ty, nice and clear

I use ronson lighter fluid for adhesive clean up then soak in ammonia water for about 5-10 min to get all the internal gunk then I use a light machin oil for lubrication and to get the scratches off the handle 500-2000 grit progressively to polish the handles

Cheers 🏆👍

Thank you so much sir you give good information thank you so much

*Easy to use and safe! The base grips firmly on my countertop **MyBest.Kitchen** and my knives have never been sharper. I run my knives through the fine setting before each use, and use the coarse setting only about once a month. A sharp knife is much safer to use!*

Thank you

Excellent informative video! I will switch from petroleum based products to grape seed oil to remove sticky tape residue

*Great video! Clear and understandable! Really liked the way you tied the knot at the end! I love the knives! Come by and visit )*

I like the two Penny sharping.

Genial video 👌

Thank you so much

Could you just show me that knot again, about another thousand times and it might sink in 😂😂👍🇬🇧

Tengo varias navajas Victorinox y es útil tu video

Good info on sharpening but for cleaning, when my knife gets really dirty, I just run it thru the dishwasher with the forks and spoons. After that just a little oil and its done.

I have numerous Vict and Wenger pocket knives. Several years ago I bought a well-regarded electric sharpener that works great on my kitchen knives. This has the capacity to sharpen to the European "standard" as well as the Japanese. The difference is that the European is a steeper angle edge (wider) than the European. The accompanying material said that Victorinox and Wenger need to be sharpened to the narrower, Japanese standard.

Great video. All my user SAKs have nylon or G10 scales so no need to polish.

An SAK makeover should also include replacing the scissor spring, but yours looked good when you were cutting the paracord.

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Great video! I always keep my blades sharp and the blade/tools clean. It bugs me if there's even any dust/pocket lint in my knives. I never know if I'm going to need it to cut food or open food containers.

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I tried to sharpen it using sharping rig, it works kinda, but leave scrathces on side(from abrasives that get into the clamp). Also adding water to the sharpening stone crucial for proper surfacing of the edge. I also tried hand sharpening. It may seems hard but actually its not with this knowves, they have very nice curve that lays on the stone very well when sharpening by hand. I'd say if you have a rig - sharp with the rig, you'll be able to set strict edge, but if you haven't - do by hand, it's not so complicated as may apear, it's even easier to get nice edge and razor sharpness by hand sharpening than using rig. Llike from start to finish its 3-5 minutess of hand sharpening vs 30-40 min using a rig to achive same result, with rig sharpener edge will be same sharpness but sligthly more clear and flat edge line. Also I do not recomment to polish edge with stones over 600 - they become duler and stops shave, especially when i go over 1k grid. IDK why, is it my cheap chineeze stones or Victorynox stainless steel didnt make for that. To make edge shine I use skin belt after 400 grid with small ammount of polishing compound.

The SAK I always carry in my pocket has a tiny old style digital watch built in. I suppose that part wouldn't appreciate a soap bath too much. (But I do appreciate the clip - I can use the method presented on my Victorinox multitool 🙂)

My knives also get gunked up with opening boxes, I use orange oil to clean the blades. A small bottle lasts a long time.

I'd be inclined to put a round-turn of the cord on the split-ring, to halve the wear from tension on the lanyard.

What about sharpening the scissors, awl, and chisel? Any tips for restoring their sharpness?

Good advice as I'm getting a Swiss army knife for my birthday in a few weeks don't know which one I'm getting

With both the victorinox sharpener and the sandpaper, he's running the abrasive completely past the blade tip, which is going to round it off. And as far as the automotive compound, why the dickens would you feel the need to remove light scratches from an SAK blade?

I get my partner to do it for me. She's my _Swiss Army Wife._ 🤪😂😂😂

What kind of cloth did you use to rub the compound

Good stuff! But unless the paracord has sentimental value why not just discard it and replace with new cordage? You're probably using a foot's worth or less so maybe a dime's worth of cordage.

Would you not load the strop more evenly? It seems you have a lot of unevenness on it with some leather spots with nothing. I use a hairdryer to heat the compound and the strop and spread it till there's nothing but green.

Id it Tinker ? I'm so proud of you🙂

If you have sharpened on stones you can tell if you are sharpening effectively because of the sound

You don’t need that much stropping compound. A little goes a long, long way.

In a pinch use a human-based oil to remove blade gunk. Take facial oils and rub on the blade. Boom! Gunk is gone

I broke a piece of my blade (using it as a screwdriver.. yeah I know). I still love /carry/use the knife though so I will maybe reshape the blade and I really should service it.

The tools missing when I find one! People discard them probably because they lose the tools. Can you get tools somewhere?

Can i use olive oil or mineral oil to lubricate ?

Weird. I use a Sorby ProEdge Plus and it takes less than 2 minutes. Since it sharpens every other edge I have it was money very well spent.

I'm really pleased with this! It works like a charm kzfaq.infoUgkxDcr-y2Pf6xdnrFHrSP7dl9kpKaCozcSQ Takes less time than my old electric sharpener because it can take more off the knife faster, and then it smooths out nicely with the finer grit polisher. I don't know how long it will last before the grit wears away, but I wouldn't mind having to replace it every once in a while.

You forgot to address the pair of scissors

I see damage to the edge towards the tip of the blade

My Swiss Army knife came with a sharpener no clue how to use because there was no directions

Nice video! I have three Victorinox knives, and as nostalgic as I feel about them, they’re just not reliable tools. The steel is way too soft. It would be nice if they started selling something more modern at a higher cost, with more utility.

What about cleaning your dirty nails before thinking to the knife ?

Why aren't you sharpening your knife tip?

why i like all metal multi tools just leave in jar of alcohol over night to sanitize

With how cheap decently good diamond sharpening plates are nowadays, I don't think sandpaper is worth it.

Tip nr. 1: send it to victorinox, they will service it (life long warranty)

It takes less than 5mins to buy a new one.

Y such a difficult knot ❓🤣

Until you've owned one of these tools you'll never understand how utterly shit they are.

the 2 penny method? well it depends on how far down the blade you contact the 2 pennies - close to the edge will have a much steeper angle that out at the top edge