Whatever Works... Victorinox Swiss Army Knives and into the third decade. Knives out!
I cannot understand how most people get through the day without a penknife of some kind. Half a dozen times a day I reach for mine, permanently carabinered to my belt and tucked into my trouser back pocket, to access scissors, knife, screwdriver, or whatever. So many gadgets, so many uses. This post, anyway, is about my latest Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, the 'Tinker', thirty-odd quid at Amazon UK . Now, before you say that this is a lot of money, the knives shown here are, from left to right: the aforementioned 4-layer Tinker, bought in the last few weeks (see below for what it has) my original 4-layer Victorinox knife, from the early 1980s. So it's now over 40 years old and still fully functional. The only reason I don't still use it is that the keyring/carabiner attachment point got mangled when doing some DIY - so it's now my backup 'briefcase'/car knife. my second knife, bought around 2000, and slightly slimmer with 3 layers. It's now 22 years o