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Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Spartan

Spartan / Red

This 3-1/2-inch-long pocket knife holds 12 tools into it is traditional, red plastic casing. They include: huge and little knife blades; a corkscrew; a may opener with 3mm screwdriver; a bottle-cap lifter with 6mm screwdriver and a wire stripper; a punch; a key ring; tweezers; and a toothpick. All blades and tools (except for the plastic toothpick) are made of first-class, stainless steel. Tools are separated by rust-proof aluminum alloy, while lasting brass rivets and bushings hold knife layers together. This Swiss Army knife is covered by a full, lifetime product warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde

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20 of 20 humans found the following review helpful.
Quality General Purpose Knife
By Lonnie E. Holder
I carry at least one Swiss Army Knife with me each where I go (except a plane, of course). This 3 1/2 inch all-purpose tool is suitable for your pocket, glove compartment or tool box. This knife has dozens of uses for a do-it-yourselfer, a garden caretaker or a camper.

This little wonder has a huge and little knife, a corkscrew, a punch, a may opener with a flat blade screwdrive on the end, a bottle opener with a flat blade screwdriver on the end and what purports to be a wire stripper on the side (I have never used that), a key ring, tweezers and a toothpick. This knife is water immune and made of high quality components.

I tend to use the knives on the pocket knife more than any other tools. After that I find that the combining of one of the knives and the tweezers are utile for splinters and thorns, and thence the tweezers often become the third most utile tool. I will have to confess that most times I use the toothpick, peculiarly when real toothpicks are not available.

The littler screwdriver blade is little sufficient that it may likewise fit into a Phillips head screw. I have even been competent to use the flat blade on a great deal of little internal hex head screws. I have never employed the corkscrew, and I have used the punch as an awl. The may opener blade has yet to be employed on this knife as well.

The difficultness with carrying tools is that they may fill your pocket very quickly. This little Swiss Army knife is little sufficient to fit into a purse or a pocket and yet huge sufficient to be useful. While the more prominent Swiss Army knives have even more and more spectacular tools and blades, they are also harder to carry. Of course this peculiar knife will not replace a tool box, but I find it astounding how some tasks I may accomplish with the simple tools available in this gem.

11 of 11 humans found the following review helpful.
The firstborn and still the best
By S. W. Aboelela
I received this knife as a gift from a Swiss business associate back in 1998, and have carried it almost each day since. I have to say that I am genuinely impressed with the amount of abuse this little tool may stand up to as it's been dropped innumerable times and overtorqued more ofttimes than I care to admit, but has never failed to spring back open ready for the next task.

I can't tell you how a great deal of times a friend has brought a bottle of wine to a picnic or a heap of remote emplacement only to all of a sudden come to the panicked realization that he/she forgot the corkscrew. You wouldn't believe the gratitude as they listen the cork being got rid of by the unassuming little corkscrew on this knife.

One little tip: sharpen the blades from time to time. A minute on a frequent cutlery sharpening steel is all it takes to have these little blades ready for a heap of severe work.

8 of 8 humans found the following review helpful.
A piece of history!
By Chronoserpent
I gather Victorinox Swiss Army knives, and I purchased the Spartan for my collection. The Spartan is the direct descendant of the firstborn "Swiss Officer's Knife" that Karl Elsener devised in 1897, derived from his earlier 1891 design for his Swiss Soldier's knife (which is represented today by the alox Soldier model).

All of the tools on the Spartan are well thought out and very effective.
1. Large and Small blades: Comes exceedingly sharp. Large blade is great for ordinary cutting tasks, and is huge sufficient to without apparent effort peel fruit. The little blade is great for littler tasks like opening envelopes. I like to rely on the huge blade and keep the little blade exceedingly sharp in case I ever need a in truth precise cut.
2. Can opener/small screwdriver: Opens cans. Also works in most Philips head screws.
3. Large screwdriver, bottle opener, wire stripper: The screwdriver and bottle opener work well. You may likewise use the screwdriver blade for galore light prying, such as removing staples. The wire stripper does work, but isn't very effective and I would never use it over a consecrated wire stripper.
4. Corkscrew: Removes corks. If you get creative, you may find other uses for it like using the tip as kind of a marlinspike for untying little knots and pulling cotton out of medicine bottles. You may likewise buy a little eyeglass screwdriver that fits inside the corkscrew.
5. Awl: I find it awkward to use because of it is placement on the back. But is is very sharp and will punch through leather well. Use a twisting motion so you're "drilling" and not just pushing through. It likewise has a pretty sharp edge so I use it to cut tape and open boxes when I don't want my blades to get encrusted with glue residue. I prefer the awl on the Soldier for punching holes.
6. Tweezers: Good for removing splinters and picking up little objects.
7. Toothpick: Works well in it is intended job. I've also applied it to point out little locatings on a map.

The Spartan is very useful, and I love it for it is historical significance. However, for each and everyday use I would commend either the Victorinox Swiss Army Super Tinker Pocket Tool or Victorinox Swiss Army Executive Pocket Knife. The Super Tinker adds big scissors (very handy for cutting paper, clipping coupons, etc.) and has a Philips screwdriver rather of the corkscrew. The executive offers a assortment of utile tools in a littler package than the Spartan. There are a great deal of Victorinox Swiss Army knives out there, so do some through exploration and find the one that is best for your needs!

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