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Excellent video, Mark. I love my WorkSharp, and it gets the job done. Not as refined as others, but in a pinch, this is all you need!

Bonus tip Nr 2: the grooves on the faces allow fishing hooks to be sharpened.

Good stuff. I'm staying with family abroad and need to sharpen their knives (which have been through hell since my grandfather doesn't know how to sharpen, and thinks banging knives against each other like a bad imitation of a tv chef is enough) but it's impossible to find good stones locally so I bit the bullet and ordered this. Probably not near as amazing as the high end stuff but it looks like it should definitely do the job. Hopefully it'll hold up alright with a set of knives.

My first victorinox I bought was at age 15 it was a champ . I've had one with me ever since ,like 31 years . . I got in the limited edition 2024 pioneer x and I got the army 7 last night . I've had them with me all day long , I'm going through the same dilemma and logic that you are but with a twist I'm comparing the farmer x alox with the field master . I also agree adding the special blade from the army 7 to the farmer x would be great .

Fantastic options!! Glad you like the money clip still!

Both are fantastic knives with exceptional design and build quality. I agree about the lanyard loop. A keychain ring on what is essentially a full sized pocket knife seems useless and can cut a hole in a pocket with repeated use.

2024 Winter Magic came out today for $55 and I'm not in love with the look of the scales. Looks like it was made for 8 year old girls

Nice one, buddy!

You can't beat a SAK. I have an SD with my house keys, and usually one other close to hand.

How many times have you actually used the pruning blade for pruning? My guess is zip, since you obviously didn't know what it was. I have issues with your critiques, not least because I think you review on perception, not actual usage experience. There's no logic to denigrating a model based on an additional function with minimal increase in size unless you're a) and idiot or b) come into an eval with a bias. When you choose to do reviews without preemptive (and dipshit) bias... lemme know. Then I might actually view your channel without a lens that tells me "This guy is a knucklehead couch-comfort"

I know this is supposed to be a clean sharpening experiment but Does it say about adding any water on the packaging? I've got a similar plate and I've always added a little water but after watching this im not sure why as it seemed to do the job dry 👍🏻

After trying a bunch of different ones, I kinda prefer cheaper ones. Like, not the absolute worst ones, but a step up from that I think is very good value. The more expensive ones have much better grit consistency, diamonds better adheres to the substrate and all that, but they all wear out eventually regardless and I just feel like the mid-tier ones are better value because of that. I would absolutely recommend getting one of those adjustable stone holders though, since they work with any stone and they are much less in the way of your hand/handle than these boxes. How do you feel about diamond vs waterstone when it comes to being messy though? I really feel like its just trading one type of messy for another since dry grinding doesnt have any slurry going all over the place, but they do produce alot of steel and graphite dust going everywhere and is very bad to breathe in. I remember you saying you had some trouble raising a burr, its really nice to see how fast you got one on this stone! I have a tip for getting rid of it again though, once you have raised a burr on both sides then you know you have completely apexed. At that point, try going alternating stropping (edge trailing) passes with very light pressure (for a kitchen knife id say the weight of the knife, but the one you used is obviously a bit lighter) until you no longer feel the burr. A good visualization is thinking that you are trying to wipe the burr off on the stone. I like to do this between every stone because it gives very predictable and consistent results. I really like seeing the progression thats happening on this channel though, its really fun to see and I feel invested now haha

Thank you, brother! It really was a pleasure being on. Have a blessed week, my friend.

it works

you can use the pull through for shitty knifes of friends and relatives if they ask you to sharpen them. They usually don't need shaving sharp (they cannot appreciate it, they cannot maintain it, they absolutely will get injured - all of my relatives did, when i sharpened theirs)

It was a blast thank y'all

Thanks for sharing about these rare SAK's, the money clip is really cool. 😎👌Take care my friend and Cheers!

I have grown weary collecting Barlow style knives. I needed something new and colorful. Then, one day, while scaring up my next folder, I came across a Wenger. I have a lot to learn, for example, the orange peeling blade. Since Victorinox assimilated Wenger, so without any difficulty, I can justify buying Victorinox too. Just hope this doesn't bleed over to expensive Wenger watches. I Subscribed and gave you a 👍

Somebody told me that Victorinox used to produce a Waiter in 91mm. I will love to have one of those. Thanks, bro

Liked the video, but you should pronounce it like it was written, with a strong K in the beginning, because it's a German word. Maybe you know it know because I'm telling you this a year later )

Thinking about getting a slim alox for a friend, but I, myself, prefer a larger SAK with more tools/functions. If im going to put something in my pocket to take everywhere, it better do a lot.😂

I hope Victorinox does not go from Money clip to Money Grab like Leatherman did. 😂 That Hercules side lock variant is rare now, buy some spare scales just in case.

I like my SAK Outrider. The Hercules was $25 more, and the Champ was $40 more in the USA. Since the only extra tools on the Hercules are nail file and pliers, it wasn't worth the price. People might prefer the Champ or stick with the Outrider; both were better values. I have the others (except Executive). The money clip is really a great pocket/belt carry.

I have all four and I agree; they are all great SAKs. Thanks for sharing yours.

Fantastic options there! Cheers, buddy!

Great video and topic! Thanks for sharing!

Brakuje mi w nim kółeczka, co nie zmienia faktu, ze bardzo fajny scyzoryk.

We can actually buy second hand SAKs on etsy here in the UK. Last year I bought a 74mm Ambassador with woodland camo scales, which are actually very rare, I've only found one photo of a camo Ambassador on reddit somewhere. It cost me £10.

The sides of the stone have been reverse labelled by the manufacturers. This is a well known issue with this product.

Never seen the Money Clip before, great stuff! The discontinued ones I kick myself for not getting more of was the series with the scales the same as the old style German Army knife, a sort of grippy thick plastic. There was the Mauser and a few other brightly coloured ones. I really like those scales from a practical perspective but have to admit they weren't overly pretty. If I had a Victorinox then that was it I didn't buy more and I had 2.

I believe the Hercules is still available in the US market (check out Victorinox US page). The tourist is just a 84mm Spartan, exactly same toolset. The Executive is my favourite, very useful toolset and size, great for social carry. The Money Clip has the same tools as the Ambassador, if you would prefer it without the money clip (and with toothpick, tweezers). Also with the same toolset, but smaller, are the Classic (58mm) and the Wenger/Executive 81 (65mm).

I guess youre NOT American ? So why in the hell did you leave a wetstone on the rubber to dry ? I thought you were a little smarter than that . 🙄🙄🙄🙄👎👎👎👎

actually, I bought Farmer X because of your recommendation and I absolutely like it. Wear it on my shoulder bag so I don't notice it's weight. Also, I have Knipex Cobra XS on my shoulder bag, I think it's an ultimate combination of compact edc tools. Also in case if I wanna wear it on my pants - I bought titanium pocket clip and the eyelid is not bothering me, it would be worse for me without an option to carry it on my pocket with a clip.

I managed to find a Hercules secondhand, it's AWESOME, I'm so lucky to have found it, because I work in electronics and the very long philips driver is fantastic for recessed screws 👍

Pairing is the key. If you carry a Classic or even better a MiniChamp, you are good with more or less any Alox model. My fav is the Army 7 of course, as I am a total fan of hooked blades. And I feel also better with a knife which comes with 2 blades ... ;-) That said, one of the main reasons why I do not really like the Farmer X is the key ring. This construction really hurts my hand when I want to use the knife. I'm not sure why but I don't have these problems with standard Cellidor Victorinox models, it happens only with the Alox key rings (resp. the fixture of the ring).

Thanks, and just to tell it, I have all 4 of them and didn't even know that they are discontinued. ;-( My favourite discontinued model is the Walker ... Cellidor, 0.2313

Ooh, that Hercules seems NICE! Thanks for profiling it. My favorite obscure SAK is the S557.

I think the money clip is cool. Have a wonderful day today and enjoy the slip from randy he's a great guy

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Easily my favourite SAK. As a community volunteer looking after gardens, paths and other public spaces, this compact little knife lives in my pocket. The hawksbill is the most useful pruning blade and the nice thick stock of the main blade is just superb. My only real gripe is that the saw is a little flimsy in comparison to the other blades and really needs a liner lock or something to use it safely.

i just had a luck in a junk market with that money clip sak for 1.5 dollar

Actually, the favorite model of the Swiss soldiers is one of the thin models. The "chunky" models, however, do a very good job at home as a quick tool for a diversity of needs coming up.

I carry a knife less rebar literally every day and every single tool in it gets used regularly (home and at work). I also carry a small folding knife and to be honest, it gets used maybe once or twice a month. Get a knife less rebar if the knife is the problem, go out of your way to use it as much as possible for the first week or 2 and you’ll either be lost without it or a plier multitool just isn’t for you.

the Alox Cadet is less than 9 mm thick and thinner than an Alox 2. Just Sayin !!! 2023 Winter Magic Alox Cadet is pretty sexy

Great show! Had to catch it on the replay. Great group of guys!

Thanks for the video 😊 I own the three “regular” Alox and I use them on a daily basis. The Bantam - Classic combo is my go-to for work (office environment). At home I have the Alox Swiss Army 2 in my pocket for everything: fruits, packages, little works around the house. I own more Alox: Minichamp, Cadet, Pioneer X (orange, yellow and storm grey versions), Farmer X and Hunter Pro orange. I have also some classic red models and a Swisstool Spirit X. Along with my wife and daughter, I think there are 20 or 21 SAKs at home 😊 I really love the Alox models, they are more robust and more elegant at the same time than the celidor ones. I make a rotation to carry and use all of them.

I look forward to more bladeless models. People have gotten weirded out pretty much every time I have deployed an SAK blade in public, even a Classic SD, and no I'm not joking! So I'd probably choose a good bladeless model (even just swapping the blade for scissors in most current models would be good) if it helped reassure people. It's not a big sacrifice. We can grumpily moan about this culture shift where people see all blades as instruments of violence, instead of as utilitarian tools, but hey, I can't blame them. We have a knife crime problem, and we're hardly skinning rabbits out here in modern-day urban UK so it's hard for the uninitiated to see any reason to want to carry a blade.

Nice comparison! Thanks for sharing!!

Im the opposite i like my single or two bladed knives to be on the thicker side. And i like my multiblade/tool knives to be slimmer. 😂 Good video brother!