Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Cadet Alox Multitool Review and Function Demonstration 

And my long long rant of the day to let me sleep better. I went to the dark side. After carrying a Delica 4 and and 2 different Leatherman for a long time I tried one of these cadets. Then after watching the old mcguyver on the CBS Streaming service I started to appreciate victorinox and former Wenger out of nostalgia and how my dad would never buy me a real one and just the fake knockoffs that would be a pile of rust wrapped in a ball of shrapnel after 3 months. Then I went down a rabbit hole on variations and the volumes of crazy history of these knives over the past 140 years. I respect the Cross dude. My griptilian and spydies are now idle, but are there if I need them. And I have started collecting SAK's from as far back as the 30's . (I can't afford the versions prior to that that are in decent ahape) they are not the greatest steel or the greatest functioning, but they fit in your pocket, fit nice in your hand, , they don't corrode, and they sharpen easily. Most of all I quite enjoy not being paranoid that my $200 blade is going to be fucked up when I pry open a small wood box or need to bend some wire or I'm trying to pry my fishing hook off the fk'ing log that I always get snagged on at the pond where I like to fish for a few hours each week. Also I don't sweat it when I'm trying to pry out a F'd up shell in an old rifle or have to break it down to pry a part or spring. Also no big deal when that one dude we all know who doesn't carry a knife needs to borrow it to fix his watch band or bend back a boot rivet on his fancy new slightly effeminate yellow Timberlands or cut open a plastic blister pack whatever that he just grabbed at the gas station and is trying to open it for 10 minutes like a bag of chips with his hands. It will come in handy at the ski hill when my kids bindings need to be adjusted every time the wind changes direction by a single degree. My little Cadet has shown me that I don't need perfect steel and a fancy lock. I still play with the spydies and my benchmade, but I fking live giving my little Cadet a quick sharpen each morning while I drink my coffee and slip it into my front watch pocket of my jeans. I can also peel my orange with it at the office and not have anybody freak the FK out about why I have a knife fit for skinning a feral hog next to my mouse. It's been several months and like I said I now respect the Cross. Used to make fun of people who carried them and ask when their next boy scout meeting was. Now I get what 140 years of making a product contributes to the quality of the product. It's like the go to .22 cal of the knife world. Small fun and practical. And when it does eventually get F'd up of gets some rust on it, you toss it to your 10 year old kid and buy a new one in a new color or variation for $35 bucks. Everyone wins. Respect the Cross.... The Swiss make some pretty good shit and they don't sell out to China. In fact they put away profits each year as a company to make up for the years when things slow down and then they don't have to lay people off. They took a big hit after the 9-11 attacks and there product could no longer be sold at airports or be carried into a keychain at an airport. Sales dropped 40%., But instead of laying off their staff to keep profitable they expanded into luggage and watches with other Swiss companies and kept every single person employed and busy adding value. The shareholder doesn't run the show, the company does. 2 World wars later they are still everywhere for a reason.

Probably the first guy to baton with a Swiss Army on RU-vid. A truly groundbreaking and historic moment for humanity.

This is the worst ring pop review I've watched today.

Your passion for hand modeling really comes thru in this one, the pirouette was especially well executed. 9/10

Watching you baton a stick on a desk with a Victorinox cadet was the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. Thank you,Sir..... thank you.

I can appreciate the time these take to make man. People just think you whip these out. The sound mixing alone and the detail I appreciate. Well done.

Love the Swiss army batoning! Thanks for another excellent and entertaining video!

Another entertaining review bud. Love it. I have been telling my buddies to look you up. Hopefully the channel keeps growing fast. Enjoy the content. I too am a production and film person. Most of my stuff has been for TV and I am inspired to start shooting and editing something for personal enjoyment and to share. Keep it up.

I have the mini version of this on my keyring for the past 6 years, and from all the knives I own, this has been used the most , i can't complain, used the file for all sorts of things, screw driver way bigger jobs than it was designed for, scissors for cutting my nails and knife for everything else. I love it

Almost fell off my chair laughing when you cut to the batoning clip! Great review as always.

Love the can opener demo!! Oh man, I've been away from your channel for months at least. I've got some AKB binge watching to do!

I got mine in white, and I've been waiting for your review, thanks!

the first video with special effects? The clone voices, were truly magical

I know I am late to the party, but you need to start listing the weight open AND closed. Really appreciate the videos and your sense of humor, keep it up.

1:18 "So let's take a look of the dimensions of my sack" 😆😆😆 Ik what he meant but it was still pretty funny.

Best review yet!

I saw 5 tools in that shot. BOOM! When I was a kid, I had one of the shorter SAKs. As I get older, my SAK has gotten longer.

Once again, great vid, bro, cheers.

"wine screwer" is the new name of my band

You know I really appreciate the detail shots of the width and height dimensions. So many reviewers just skip over that. For SAKs, I think the thickness is a major factor considering they are multi-layered tools and can get quite thick

I just bought a blue Cadet today. It is my favorite aluminum SAK by a wide margin.

Love my lockblade swissarmy knives, still got one from my teens I carried

😂 Great review and funny too. Nice one dude

Awesome! Blue lines are back!

Love the video, damn funny. I have several larger tactical knives, BM's, SPYDY's etc. but always carry the Cadet too. Perfect for simple cutting chores.

Thank goodness you batoned this blade! I was worried you wouldn't since it isn't a comtacbush blade.

Bling and a tie cool . It's greyhounds instead of screwdrivers now. Nice knife and batoning btw. I lost a Swiss Army knife and it still makes me sad thinking about it.Well done as always.

Victorinox is an awesome knife. I have the Cub Cadet and Tinker which is no stinker. Keep em coming bro :-)

It's not a SAK review until the Batoning comes out. Hells Yeah!!

you better be getting the new sexy 2023 Winter Magic Alox Cadet that comes out this month or I'm tellin Mom. Totally unique Alox scales on this L.E. and crazy how they were able to multicolor it.

Nice knife and review. I gave a few of these away for Christmas this past Yuletide season... except I didn’t give one to me. Grrr. Pencil batoning is quite the test.

I love my little Tinker ... Tactical AF.

Beautiful ring.

I enjoyed the insertion of the sac into the beer bottle, it was very oddly entertaining :)

Great. Thank you!

Nice review. Hearing you say a Cara Cara 2 costs 20 makes my heart hurt, I can easily pay triple over here in the old continent. I've discussed it with Sal Glesser, and sadly he told me the retailer was doing an ok job of pricing. This is why so many European collectors buy so much from Gearbest. Still want a Para 2 sometime though.

The Cadet is my single favorite EDC. The limited editions are very collectible too. Got the berry red and it's fabulous ;) Interestingly the file looks different on this 2018 model - I prefer the old version.

The Cadet is my favorite

I used to baton grandpas slip joint pocket knives in the mid 60s . Hey I could patent batoning!!!

The steel that Victorinox uses for there blades is X55CrMo14. The 1.4110 number is their internal material number.

My SAK Cadet is my EDC and probably my favorite pocket knife of all-time. It's very useful yet cheap so losing or destroying it would not be a big deal. Hopefully my next knife purchase will be a custom by SAKmodder. I want to add scissors and his blue titanium scales with the drawer to the Cadet tool layout.

The thin stock and shorter lengths on SAKs makes them ideal for apple flavored ring pop slicing duties.

I usually carry a spartan if I'm carrying a sak. I like (need) the wine opener and the awl is quite nice. Those alox scales looks slim though. Shame they don't have tweezers.

Well done bro finally a knife that's UK legal carry...for now !

Fun fact: if you get a Swiss army knife nice and sharp then listen closely you can almost hear it getting duller. Still, any time this bro has to put on a fancy suit, it's a Pioneer that goes in the pocket.

10/10 for batoning with slip joint

It's been a while since I owned a much respected Victorinox, and I ended up not wanting to carry items like a saw, screwdriver, can opener, secondary blade, etc. Bottle opener and screwdriver are probably things I would mist use. The Cadet seems to be a model I wouldn't mind having in my car. Have you compared the Cadet with the Pioneer yet?

you are the only advanced knife bro that does not look silly batoning a tiny blade when access to axes are available.

That might have been your finest batoning ever.

I prefer a nice sturdy SAK. It helps take up vibrations when I hit my tip to hard.

NOW I CAN RELATE AGAIN! except for the batoning part.

I have a proximately 75 cadets. There are three basic models, the regular cadet you have, one with a saw and another with saw and second small blade. Some of the colors come out less than 50 units total. This is my weakness.

Love your videos. Haha

Wasn't gonna get one until I saw you could baton with it...

The Alox is nice. Have a couple Pioneers. Nice one even though it's a slip joint.

Yay batoning! So tactical!

So would this be the proper tool to open the box that my Fleshlight came in? it’s a really really big box and I’m worried I might need something with better edge retention…..

Once you carry one a little the Alox scales really DO make a difference over the red fiber scales that were the iconic character of the Swiss Army Knives I had growing up. I find the texture on the Alox scales also a better grip, I use my Cadet a lot as I am in the technical professions...

If you like the victorinox Cadet you should try the Tops El Chete! It is also a knife! A hair less pocketable, but if you believe in yourself and try hard anything is possible!

Do you still rock the cadet?

Nice video

I'd note that Alox blades are a bit deeper and thicker plus the liners are a rust-proof nickel silver instead of aluminum.

My SAK has a small knobbly bit on the end that hurts by palm when the blade is open. Actually it bothered be so much I had to file it off.

Best pocket knife ever. I’ve mediocrityly used every tool except the wire bender. Wait a minute, maybe I’m being exceedingly hasty. I’ll save my judgement until I find some wire to bend.

Bro.... I fucking lost my shit when you batoned that stick... Good shit

Hi Advanced Knife Bro, I just Graduated Highschool and want to invest in a new pocket knife for everyday carry, my Current Kit is a Benchmade Bug out and a Leatherman Signal or Original Supertool, I’m debating between a new Benchmade or possibly a Spyderco, my Budget is $100-$200 ish, any suggestions? I’m looking for something maybe bigger, I love Deep carry but not having deep carry isn’t enough to keep me away from a knife, thanks.

I still find it interesting that you have an actual job. Not saying that you shouldn’t have or can’t get said job, I just imagine you getting paid to shoot RU-vid videos and baton yard- forests...much like a docudrama. Anyhow, great video as usual!

Nice SAK Bro

If you never owned a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife you should buy one, so you can know the feeling of owning a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife before consigning it to a drawer, never to be seen again.

My brother drinks screw drives. But I don't trust his opinion and I'm I'm the RU-vid comment section so I'm much to lazy to fashion one or aquire one so instead I'll demand I see a review from you that's how this works right? Mixed drinks review sweet can't wait

Is it me, or did you use the can opener exactly back asswards? That's not the way I use mine. 😯

Does the Swiss Army even use these? Why were Panama hats so named when they weren’t made in Panama? Discuss

Dude I do IT cabling and might have done work in your building..... that IT supply room looks familiar.....lol my company is called BIG. Does that sound familiar?

What knife would you recommend for $53.37?

Those aluminium scales ding up like buggery when you try to throw it ninja like into a wooden target in your parents’ 1980s rockery. Just needed to warn fellow K. Bro’s who might be tempted to act out scenes from Crocodile Dundee with such a tool.

Love me some alox. You lose the tweezers and toothpick but those scales are worth it. I carry a Wave, some model of Victorinox alox or not, and a main blade. People don't look at you like a lunatic for pulling out the Victorinox for a smaller job. They envy you and want one of their own.

It's too late to come up with a funny comment. Great Video. I think it's time to buy another Victorinox. Why? I don't know. Just seems to be the right time.

But seriously... Which do you prefer... Vodoo ranger or swiss army knife?

Great review plus a Sweet Baby Jesus sighting

there are very few tasks that can't be handled with a Cadet/Tinker and and Opinel

I'm beck... Nice vidooo

You opened the fuck out of that can...👌 Great job.

If we're measuring in metric now, I think it's obligatory that you say "al-you-min-ee-um" when describing the scales.

Does the Swiss army really use these??

Every man needs to have 'wood' at his desk! Or a pencil.

I’ve taken a mans eye out with the corkscrew

"no blue lines sorry" I feel like you're addressing me. Apology accepted...maybe.

Are swiss knives actually multitools? I always thought multitools are built around the full-size pliers. Well, in any case the large army backup knives and their civilian versions are certainly more useful than a ladies' purse knife.

"Let's look at the dimensions of MY SAK." Let's not and say we did.

A Swiss Army Knife? Is the channel renamed Basic Knife Bro now?

Doing some RU-vid swag while being payed at work? Hahaha winning!

🔦🔦 BLF GT ???

I filed that annoying ass key ring hook off it now it’s a great knife

I am a service tech (hvacr) and I "lost" my old Swiss after 3 months of carrying and trying to use. If your not in the boy scouts this knife is useless. I did enjoy the little stabby tool, worked good to restring baseball mitts.

The airport steals a shit ton of them !

I seen a homeless bag lady clean her nails with a Swiss Army knife on a park bench once.

Wait?! The blade doesn't lock?

No phillips blade is inexcusable on the Cadet. Anyone make a SAK with just a flat blade/bottle opener, phillips blade and a knife blade ?

I still drink screws sometimes... #hipster

Be careful when you baton firewood with these . They were designed to baton toothpicks .