I carry a Rambler along with a Compact or Tinker, on most occasions, along with a locking folder. I also carry a compact pen in the 5th pocket and an Olight on my keychain
I’ve been carrying a Classic in my pocket since I was in middle school, that’s approximately 42 years. My dad bought me the first one- then, I continued to buy more in different colors and designs. Currently, I’m carrying the alox version and love how thin it is. And yes, I carry other knives, too, but the Classic is always in my pocket.
I carry either my classic sd alox or my rambler most days, but I also have a jet setter and a manager and midnight manager and I love them all and find them capable of almost anything I need, great video btw, thanks and God bless 🙏🏻👍
@@josephascroft4774 Thanks brother. Sounds like you have quite a collection there. Do you carry a larger knife or SAK as well? I usually pair my 58mm SAKs with the Pioneer X, Bantam Alox or my Spyderco UKPK. For larger cutting tasks such as cutting up fruit or breaking boxes down.
Good video. Also, the combo tool is magnetic, so, you can pickup screws and the pen on the Midnight Manager is pressurized, so, you can write upside down. (and it never fails; BTW, with the light, and pen you can write checks at midnight, in dark places, if you have to)
I love carrying 58 mm Victorinox models! I carry the rambler just about everyday.. I was carrying it on my keychain but recently received a leather neck slip.. It's great! Thanks for the video! I really enjoyed it!
I find my pre-SD Classic ideal for when I cannot carry anything larger, the nail cleaner is useful, I have no use for a screwdriver that is the wrong size for most things. 🎉
Haha! I don't have that...yet...! But...I actually think my Midnite Manager is better...! I don't need the tweezers and toothpick. You should try it....?
Well i had a midnite manager and it was too bulky , did not liked the coke sniffer and find no use for the that little hook thingy furthermore i kept searching for the tools , the rambler has 4 main tools 2 on each side
@ArrOShooter I believe you are describing the mini champ. I haven't got over of those yet. The Midnite Manager is like the Rambler with a pen and flashlight instead of tweezers/toothpick.
i've had my midnight manager (in green) for over 20 years & totally love it. it lives on the table next to my chair in the living room so i can always put my hands on it. I tend not to take it out with me much these days, but still use it often, and the red led still lights up without any battery change, the pen still works, and the knife/scissors still cut great, wonderful !!. thanks for the reviews
Thanks Bob. I always keep my MM in my jeans 5th pocket. I had a blue one and misplaced it in my house somewhere. I had to buy another within a couple of weeks ....
@@DavidRodriguez-ou9fy Good choice. My Midnite Manager has the same main toolset and pen/light instead of tweezers/toothpick. Do you carry a main knife as well?
In my experience most 5th pockets can comfortably hold Victorinox knives up to 84 mm, like the Cadet and Sportsman. For cutting apples these are way better suited that the 58 mm models. Still I always carry the sadly discontinued Manager on my keyring, which gets used multiple times a day. Great knive!
@@Luuk_M Agreed. To me that's an excuse to need two SAKs!!! I carry (and use) the Midnite Manager every day. Supplemented by another SAK (Pioneer X, Army 7 or Farmer X) or a single blade folder liker the Spyderco UKPK
My favourite is the Signature, basically a Classic with pen scales. It lives with my keys everywhere. The small scissors are great to trim nails and everything else is like a backup that can easily do as primary tools if i need so. I advocate everyone to have a 58mm in his keychain. Cheers!
Thanks. These 58mm are great. I think that the Signature has been discontinued and you can only get the SIgnature lite? Which is a shame....don't you think?
Fantastic video Mark….!!!! Despite my best intentions…. I’m still carrying a Classic SD on my keys…. Keep saying I’m going to upgrade to another model but still haven’t got round to it…! Really like the Phillips multi tool…😎👌🏻 I’ I’ve been planning to pick up a Rambler…. and will eventually…😀 The Midnight Manager is a fantastic option….but I’d miss the tweezers and toothpick… surely Victorinox could make that work…!!! Thanks mate… enjoyed this one… Speak soon…😎👊🏻
Thanks Sean. I don't think I'd use the toothpick and I usually have tweezers in my work bag. Definitely agree about the combo tool. If I did put one on my keyring it would have to be an alox one!!!
@@SteelCityKnives Thanks brother. I have realised In not good at doing knife reviews as such. So I'm trying to bring a different view to choosing/using knives...
@Citizen-pg8eu Well Victorinox call the notch in some of their tools a wire stripper... It can do that, but not very well. It is good at helping you to bend wires or pins to make hooks or other wire items.
I’ve been carrying a variety of SA knives for 55 years. My favourite it the money clip knife. Recently I carry two, the money clip and the SD with the scissors in the video. They are always really useful. I have bigger models for adventure trips.
I prefer to carry the Signature. You won't notice that you have it but you always carry a second small emergency blade, a scissors and a pen. The pen is the main reason to choose the signature because you hardly even need one, but when you do then it is always really important that you have it with you and regular pens are too long to carry in a jeans.
That's the same reason I always carry the Midnite Manager. It has the pen and a flashlight which is surprisingly useful too. It's expensive but good value I think as I use it every day.
I have carried a SAK Executive 58 mm for over 50 years. Bought my first one in Geneva, Switzerland about 1970. It is a two layer knife with a small blade, large blade, scissors, nail file (point at end works as a Phillips screwdriver), and the rather strange orange peeler with a useful flat blade screwdriver on the end. It has the ubiquitous tweezers and toothpick and the split ring attachment. I replaced the toothpick with a Firefly Ferocerium rod as a firestarter. Unfortunately, Victorinox has discontinued the Executive. Over the decades I have broken several knives with improper use. Thankfully, I saved the four broken knives and recently learned that Victorinox will repair and restore all models, current and discontinued, to new specs for basically the cost of return mailing. So, now I have several like new Executive models, even though that model has been discontinued.
That is so true. Even the medium size SAKs barely cause an eyebrow to be raised when used in public... I think it unlikely that much of any knife crime is committed with a Swiss Army Knife.....
I did put an SD in my med kit for outdoors when I didn't intend to take a bigger SAK with tweezers with me. The tweezers and smaller blade is a good thorn/splinter removal combo which is the main first aid need by far. Mines a Wenger SD so it's gone into semi retirement and I need to get a Victorinox to replace it. Don't know why I do that with the discontinued models, id never sell them and you only live once.
Sounds like a perfect use for the Classic SD. I carry a Midnite Manager myself - but I do have some tweezers in my fixit kit. You could upgrade to a Rambler and then you have the small combi tool as well....Or go full medical and get the MiniChamp - that has the Wharncliffe (tracheotomy) knife blade!!!!
Ah the good old Jetsetter aka the Swiss Army Knifeless...lol 🤣 I carry a Rambler on my keychain everyday, great little 58mm SAK. 👍 Thanks for sharing, take care my friend and Cheers!
I got my first SAK in 1969. I've carried the tinker, hiker, pioneer, my old Wenger SI, recruit, waiter, and bantam. They were all good, but I never thought about the 58mm's. I thought they were so small, they were a joke. Well, the joke was on me. My wife got me one in 1996, and I started to use it as an experiment. I thought it would self destruct. I was soooo wrong! Since then I've learned that the 58mm SAK's are a seriously capable EDC for most urban and suburban environments. No, its n to for taking out enemy sentries or surviving the Alaskan wilderness, but it opens packages, and opens mail, cuts cardboard, string, plastic wrapping, with ease. I use my classic SD at least a couple times a day for something. Even the tweezers get out stickers from between my dogs paw pads. My knife nut days are long gone, and now I only carry a Vic classic and I'm fine.
Wow! A great pedigree of knives carried. I agree totally about the 58mm knives. I treated myself to the Midnite Manager and have carried one in my pocket for over a year now and use it every day. It's true that the best tool is there over you have with you!!! Thanks for sharing your story!!!
@@MB_EDC The Rambler is my only 58mm. I also carry a Pioneer X Alox and Benchmade Mini Crooked River. I have an 84mm Bantam Alox in my wallet. And, a 91mm Ranger, also with ferro rod, in my bum bag.
My most carried Victorinox model is since a couple of years the MiniChamp Alox. Usually, I modify my MiniChamps a bit in a couple of minutes (shown on my channel how to) so they have even more functionality than with what they already are sold with.
@@MB_EDC IMHO the MiniChamps are the best things Victorinox ever produced, extremely practical and easy to carry. The ordinary one with the Cellidor scales is maybe the best survival tool one can get. Yet the Alox model is my favourite because I carry usually also a bigger model (like the Walker or the Huntsman) with me when I'm out, as well as a torch (since years the Nitecore Tini2). So all my ordinary daily needs are fully satisfied 🤣 Of course, everybody has different needs and use scenarios, so it is just what I prefer. Basically, all Victorinox models are great, and the wide variety in their portfolio allows everybody to choose and combine what fits best. And finally, it even seems we all have always a number of models at home to choose from ... 🤣🤣🤣
I fully agree. It's good to have a selection of SAKs to choose the best one fort the day you have planned. I have a few and have some video reviews for them.
@@NorfTec Great combination. I get the readings too. I can get away with using my Midnite Manager or Pioneer X in the office. But get a few raised eyebrows from my Spyderco UKPK...
True! I only got back into carrying a pocket knife in the last couple of years. I had stopped when my SAK was confiscated by airport security just after the knife ban came in. Then I switched to the Gerber Shard. No blade, but a free built in tools.
I don't know how many times I've forgotten i had it in my pocket, and so far I've never had an issue going through security anywhere. I think it's the size @@MB_EDC
I find the nail file perfect for cracked/spilt nails that snag on clothing and can be really annoying. I never thought (before doing You Tube) that I would best hand model!!!🤣
Nice video, always interested in any SAKS, currently carrying the Alox mini champ, superb little knives, I have a few, a wee bit of a collector. Peace from Scotland
A great carry - The Pioneer X is my standard office/city carry. Have you considered pairing your pioneer with a classic SD to give you scissors, nail file, Tweezers and toothpick????
Check out the Steinwhale I did a first look review. It's worth it for the double side bits alone...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zU0K2x6RtpU.htmlsi=6gVSGKXJlpfyg6qI
My choice was a MiniChamp with the addition of the scale with the retractable pen. My watch takes care of the tiny light and the extra tools in the minichamp complete the daily normal stuff.
