I agree, BUT, you can simply unscrew the blade in this to travel or placate nervous work colleagues....

This is why I am switching over to carrying my leatherman over a spiderco para 3. One looks like a scary knife, the other is a folding set of pliers (never mind that it actually has multiple knives with comparable length blades).

You are sowing the seeds to a nanny state by conditioning yourself and others by doing this nonsense. A knife is a knife. People are supposedly told not to judge by looks? The majority of people aren’t going to misuse them.

@@edwardfletcher7790 I don’t care about accommodating 🐈s

@@BC08 Ohhh yeah, you da' man 💪😁

Lol...I too am 62 and received a Huntsman as a gift at around age 12. I hope my sixth grade Teacher is still enjoying that knife...

Myself! My first was a recruit which I still have but my favorite is the Spartan 🦉

@@dlrmon1 I remember when our science teacher in junior high was trying to open a box and asked if anyone had a knife. Every single boy and half the girls in class had one out in a second. Minnesota schools were different back then. Nobody batted an eye at pocket knives, or later on at gun racks in the back of students pickups. Unfortunately we lost our way since then.

@Tracy81258...I very much remember those days from an Idaho perspective. It was definitely a different way of life...

My Leatherman has locking tools.

It's impossible to beat the sheer versatility of a SAK 👍

I'd rather put my money and trust towards quality materials and good manufacturing rather than tradition since the former gets the job done rather than the latter. I'm not saying Victorinox produces bad products necessarily, I'm saying other companies have produced multitools that are just made better and around the same price point.

Does tradition effect function?

In case of SAK, yeah it does...

@wellregulated8725 Tradition does not correlate with product quality or function. Sticking with what you have done does not make your product better, it makes it stagnant when others innovate and improve their products.

@ApocGuy soft steel, fragile scales, very little innovation and improvement on product models... No, tradition does not equal quality. There are plenty of companies that offer products with significantly better materials and build quality than Victorinox does.

Awesome!!!

Yep - and the Mossy Oak is cheaper & includes a nice belt pouch (if that’s your thing)

@maxlvledc while I was watching this, I was like...I made one of the these from an Ozark trail multiforce after watching your video. I do like this scissor option on this better, though. And I only buy that tool to modify it into one of these setups. If the quality is good, this is more economical.

I had the MossyOak tool like this one. The screwdriver was locking on it. I loved it and used it daily. I gave it to my son in law

@@knife_knut Amazon dropped the price of the Rock by 26%, so it's $19.99 also at this time. I like the idea of a belt pouch.

At the cost of your whole pocket tho. 😂

The inline Philips they have is fantastic; but it always comes paired with either the most useless light (e.g. huntsman lite, which is about as bright as a geriatric firefly, provided the battery isn’t flat because it was accidentally left on) or the magnifying glasses. As long as they don’t fine something worthwhile to put across the Philips, there’s no point.

Hahaha!!

You bet

Couldn't agree more! I'm starting to get tired of the cheap Chinese stuff! I want something that works for the long term. I'd rather have one leatherman or one victorinox than 5 cheap Chinese tools.

@@billybunter3753Absolutely, but it is important for Leatherman (and Victorinox less so) to remember to keep pricing in touch with reality (or maybe use social media like KZfaq to give facility tours showing where all the extra money goes on tools that were designed 20 plus years ago) so that I can justify in my head that it’s good to support them and not give in to the darkside, eh 👏🇨🇦

Chinese also make good stuff. I got a Roxon KS 2. It has fantastic scissors and I bought the extra bits kit and it's really cool.

@@tm2bow653 Since I work at a hardware store I have used almost every multitool there has been, I use them daily and at least a dozen times a day. I don’t remember half the names of all the stuff I’ve tried but here goes: The roxon multitool (the one with a variety of tools and a corkscrew) had the scissors develop serious wear and burrs after about four times cutting zip ties, the flat head driver started to twist slightly after removing bolts from garden hose faucets to remove washers after two tries, the Philips head slightly twisted after attaching the bit adapter and a nut driver to assemble brooms for sale. Onto the Roxon knife scissors tool, the scissors wouldn’t close after cutting zip ties again once, the knife got dull after three times of cutting carpet by the foot for a customer. Next up the Gerber suspension, the awl developed a dull point (like the nose of a paper airplane when it hits a wall) after punching holes in Bristol board paper for a sign promoting a paint sale, the scissors slipped right over and wouldn’t cut fishing line for hanging a banner. And now the Leatherman wingman, tried to cut through the white flexible hose that we cut by the foot for dryer vents and scissors slipped and jammed on the 1/2 the width of a paper clip wire that is in the liner of the hose. Now Bibury, the 31 in 1 model I think; has the jig saw blade adapter. Tried cutting a bag open to test a sharkbyte fitting and jammed the scissors, later tried cutting a zip tie with these huge Leatherman surge like scissors and no go as the burr from one try was so bad the scissors wouldn’t even fold back into the handle of the tool. I could go on and on but my point holds since I have used a Leatherman surge and scissors on it have cut zip ties most of a year with no issues (but the tools weight was bothering me with all the other stuff I carry) so I switched to the wave and the scissors on ONE of them have cut over a hundred zip ties and are still going strong, the bit driver with the easy access to sixty bits has helped dozens of customers with a variety of bolts in every shape and size; yes they can be butter soft bits but it lets me know exactly which one we need every time. In my job I need to help solve problems for people right away not five minutes later when I get the toolbox, the customer wants help now and I know I can trust either the wave or the surge. Am I disappointed that the price keeps going up, absolutely, but I don’t lose my tools that often and when I recommend a tool to a customer who notices how handy a Leatherman is I mention buy it once and just keep an eye on it so it doesn’t walk off rather than the it’s ok to lend it out cheaper Chinese stuff that has repeatedly failed ME and from what I recall has so many problems with soft steel that all the KZfaqrs out there keep defending it with the “but you can buy 4 of them for the price of one Leatherman bs”. Sorry to rant but if you use multitools hourly then you know why cheap is NOT good. Lastly, I think it’s pretty nice to support American workers; but every once in a while I get very frustrated with Leatherman not seeming to pay attention to to the new reality out there.

I have a collection of these tools and use one at work quite often. The ones with the bit drivers can be easily modded to take standard 1/4 inch bits by just putting a small thin button magnet in the driver. The scissors in the ones I have used work great, and I have had zero issues with them. All of the ones I have have one thing in common....they are a much better tool than the Gerber Armbar which I am sure influenced them in some way. My Armbar is a good small pocket knife, but the scissors spring pops out sometimes when I use them and the bit driver does not lock, at all. Not even a strong slip joint detent. Half the time when I used it, it would close up on my hand. Why is that so difficult for a major player in the multitool game, but no name and off brand name tools have locking or semi locking tools?? The Armbar is also about twice the price of most of these cheaper tools. I am a PC tech and these tools work great for me.

Agreed. The Victorinox Huntsman has proven to be an excellent companion and daily worker for me for years. The Vic saw is one of the best size/function tools available that can fit comfortably in your pocket for use at home in the yard, or on the trail and campground to process tinder and camp setup. These days, with my degrading sight, I have switched to the Explorer as my EDC, and have been grateful for the aid of the magnifier, as well as the straight Phillips driver. There are very good reasons that SAKs have been so prolific and so desired over the last several decades: because they are excellently manufactured, consistently reliable in meeting most daily tasks of common citizens, smartly packaged in an aesthetically pleasing form, and reasonably priced, to name a few. The Chinese multitool reviewed in this video has its place, but that place will never be in my pocket.

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There is no doubt the Explorer is a good option! However I have many SAK including the Explorer . I did a mod ,in fact I mod all my SAK apart from that swiss champ. To give a very good 2d Phillips a small flathead and an improved can opener, so I don't use the explorer much ,but i even did the mod on the Explorer. I have several videos about the mod , should you care to look at your leisure? Victorinox explorer, huntsman, farmer, climber, screwdriver can opener mod. Victorinox Spartan All Blue. Victorinox Angler Black plus scales and modification.

Nice!

Can you explain this? You are removing the blade from the tool in this video and adding what? Or you are making a baseless version in a plier based tool?

My pleasure!

Same to you! Haha

It is similar but better

You can even buy Chinese clones of these deep carry pocket clips for about 50 cents a piece if that is something you are looking for. I have put them on all my SAKs and they work just fine

@@stefannouwen6120 good to know!

Yeah same here, I am a big LM and SAK guy, but the Swisstech version is awesome and functional. Can definitely recommend it.

Nice!