Swiss Army knife Handyman, Fieldmaster, Camper

[@alejandrosanchez7673]

I like the Farmer X and The Ranger.

[@gregp716]

Great video and overview. Totally agree about them being addictive. I bought one 18 months ago and now have 28 of them 😬

[@blacksmith44]

They are addictive. I recently bought 4 more at two local flea markets in our area. Only have $35 dollars invested into 4 of them. 😉

[@Ashysand]

I’m just waiting for my handyman to arrive. Looking forward to used to if

[@tguyhasham727]

Beautiful knife love mine good choice

[@charlesmckinney]

I intended to by one and now have 17, including a Swiss Champ.

[@bmillerburton13]

It’s so hard to choose between the handyman and the field-master. I think I gonna choose the field-master cause it’s nice and compact while the handyman is huge and thick. I would like the pliers though!

[@piotrekz2142]

So what did you choose? 😊

[@davidmathews2124]

I like the Ranger. First knife I’ve found that adds the metal saw/file to my required wood saw & scissors...and is OK for my pocket. Don’t need the pliers. I don’t come across loose bolts in the woods. The ideal knife would be the above in Alox. One nice thing about a Celador clad SAK is the folks aren’t afraid of ‘em. They’re universally seen as a friendly camping kind of thing.

[@RandoRaf]

I like the pliers for fishing, helps get hooks out or any quick repairs

[@davidmathews2124]

Yup. Good plan. Note: it might be mentioned that the file is not intended for hard steel...even steel as soft as an ax. The file steel used by Victorinox in this is not your typical file steel. Non-ferrous should be fine + plastics & wood. This is not officially from the maker but I’ve seen it posted in several reviews, etc.

[@MSkachenite]

I used the pliers as a tweezers. I needed to make a hole in 5 mm small detail. The pliers of SAK worked as a tweezers.

[@tguyhasham727]

I've got the handyman with plus scales and the pliers have come in handy many many times really don't have problems carrying it think to me it's all I need for edc

[@simonh6371]

Mountaineer is everything on the Handyman minus pliers AND saw, on the back it's minus the small flathead and chisel. The one you were thinking of is the Ranger, which is Handyman minus pliers. I do the pairing with a keychain multitool too, but it's the Leatherman Squirt with the Hiker. Hiker is the same as Camper except it has a 3D Phillips SD (like on your Fieldmaster). Personally I prefer the Squirt over the Dime because the file is bigger. The Hiker and Squirt give me the same toolset as the Handyman, minus corkscrew and chisel (which would be difficult to use as a backtool on an SAK anyway), with an added small blade. Squirt lives in my coin pocket and the Hiker goes in my back pocket on a small carabiner off a belt loop.

[@RandoRaf]

Great points. And totally squirt is great,wish price was little better so can have couple. Drop has new small tool might pick it up.

[@simonh6371]

@@RandoRaf Yeah you're right about the price, I'm in the UK and US brand multitools are really expensive here, you won't normally find a Squirt for less than £40 ($50), if you shop around you can get a Handyman for the same.

[@Lettusfarm]

I use my corkscrew when camping to twist into the end of a long stick, then pull out the saw and use it as a saw extension to get dead hanging branches that are out of reach for firewood

[@ronagoodwell2709]

How about the Explorer? It has the scissors AND the newer-style magnifying glass. Though I wish the housing was metal and not plastic.

[@chasingthetrail9375]

One way to make carrying this easier I like to carry the super tinker with the farmer the in-line all is a great tool and it has a thicker, more durable knife, and a better saw than the 91 mm versions and having two tools with separate things that I can hold out on something like a nut with the pliers on one side while turning a screw with the others can opener etc so it makes it more versatile and easier to carry just throw one in each pocket.

[@ruairigoat]

I've a huntsman with the plus scales.... it includes a pen. Very useful piece of kit.. l don't know how l went so long without one.

[@RandoRaf]

nice. I have the cybertool coming soon. excited for that one.

[@bohnert75]

I use a 84 mm 'tourist' as backup for my 91 mm 'huntsman+', and a 'signature light' for my 'tourist'. My first choice for a SAK would be the 'Supertinker' or the 'climber', but they costs more than the huntsman. Greets

[@colt5189]

I did a bunch of research and decided to get the Fieldmaster. As I'm only going to get one. I wanted to get one to mess around with while rewatching all of the original Macgyver episodes. As I find them a little hard to watch now even though I loved it back in the day. I went to Boyscouts back when Macgyver was on the air, and you had to have a knife. And so we went to the store and they had an authentic red Swiss Army Knife, but I guess it was too expensive. And luckily I guess they had a cheaper knock off, which is what I got. It was a knock off of the Camper. Though I always was pissed that I didn't have an authentic Swiss Army Knife. I also hated the cork screw as I found it to be useless and was jealous of a friend who had an authentic Swiss Army Knife that had a screw driver instead of a cork screw.

[@Lettusfarm]

Also I recommend the SwissQlip for SAK knives. I have them on all of mine. Really nice for the bigger ones

[@manuelbaldaque9246]

By bigger ones, how many layers do you mean? I'm thinking about a Swiss champ sized one, more or less, and I can't see how that would work

[@Maen963]

Handyman is heaven of SAK .. i absolutely would buy it if my swisschamp wasnt given to me as a gift

[@bobbyd4400]

Totally addictive just got the recruit delux tinker rangergrip 78

[@StrongFaith09]

Have you thought about the Victorianox Ranger?

[@dataclast]

This is a great watch video

[@mutlee299]

I EDC the Swiss Champ in my right front pocket within the inner pocket watch/change pocket. I do not realize it’s there unless I reach in my pocket. I carry a Buck 112 in the left front pocket and the Buck 110 in the left rear pocket. I guess being a former artillery guy I have become accustomed to carrying what others consider heavy.

[@RandoRaf]

I'll EDC my handyman sometimes, but def feel it. For normal EDC bugout and squirt is my fav combo.

[@blacksmith44]

I would think that the perfect office carrier would be the Super Tinker. Philips and Scissors.

[@RandoRaf]

I have since gotten many more haha. but my fav/most carried is now the leatherman squirt or SAK Rambler. But if have jeans and belt leatherman p4

[@blacksmith44]

@@RandoRaf Squirt or Rambler are perfect too. I forgot about those, lol...

[@jwilsonhandmadeknives2760]

the Rambler belongs on every single keychain on the planet. It’s just incredibly useful, while totally unnoticeable size wise. I carry my Deluxe Tinker on a dangling pocket clip and don’t even know it’s there. I’m 50 and kind of wish it had a magnifying glass. I use the magnifier app on my phone quite often to read serial number or see fine details if I don’t have my reading glasses handy. So that led me to the Explorer, but I also love my little pliers on the Tinker Deluxe. Gahhh…. So many choices. I may just customize my Tinker by adding the magnifier, but then it’s going to be a chonk.

[@blacksmith44]

@@jwilsonhandmadeknives2760 I completely agree. I now keep one on my key chain.

[@chinmaykane2196]

Is the handyman too bulky as a keychain? Weight is not a problem for me. I have around 6-7 medium sized keys. So will the pocket bulge be really visible?

[@RandoRaf]

Yea I would say so, I couldn't imagine it as keychain. I think the camper or compact would be as large as I can see being keychain worthy.

[@chinmaykane2196]

@@RandoRaf oh thanks. Also most of those tools are never used in urban environments. Could settle with something smaller. Personally I think the simple 5 tool one is good. Maybe I'll buy a special edition design/ color or material or something so I can add to the aesthetic value.....

[@ccmogs5757]

Way too big for a keychain (i don"t think anyone would disagree) carry mine on a 5-8 layer leather pouch

[@faizalkifli1844]

@@chinmaykane2196 i think for a keychain maybe you can choose victorinox midnite manager. It suitable as a keychain

[@RobertR3843]

It's a trap, a trap! Yes, just like the rest of us

[@diyakohere]

Its cool man

[@RandoRaf]

Ya these are cool little tools. For anyone who watched MacGyver growing up these were the coolest tools.

[@diyakohere]

@@RandoRaf yes i can see and im also realy big fan of u but my knife is not like that but still cool

[@ilijabosnjak76]

I got Camper and Huntsman is on the way,that’s my choice plus they’re not that cheap up here in Canada 🇨🇦 since our Border security is kinda dickish about knives and SAK is safe from seizure..You open a flipper and people think you’re killer??? I love ❤️ knives and for myself they’re just tools 🧰 but if you piss me off I don’t know what might happen…

[@RandoRaf]

Yes these are cool gadgets...can't get enough of them.

[@Lettusfarm]

Great video, but please quit saying watch when you're talking about knives and tools😂

[@brnobre4301]

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