Buy Swiss Army 53501 91mm SwissChamp Knife (Red)Swiss Army 53501 91mm SwissChamp Knife (Red) Product Description:
- Large Blade
- Small Blade
- Corkscrew
- Can Opener with Small Screwdriver (also for Phillips screws)
- Bottle Opener with Large Screwdriver and Wire Stripper
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Includes 91mm SwissChamp Knife (Red) - 53501
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Travel Companion and a True Champion
By Yasunori-San
I tried to edit/update a previous review about the Victorinox Swiss Champ model, but Amazon would not let me, so I am re-submitting my edited review here under a new product heading (same brand and model, just different colour side scales).My trusty old Swiss Champ has served me reliably for 3 decades now. It has literally been around the world with me, from steamy equatorial jungles to the freezing far north. I find that I have some use for it almost daily. The tools, though mini versions, are for the most part practical and functional, and they are beautifully compacted into a 3 1/2" package x 1" package.The most frequently used tools for me are the SCISSORS, great for anything from paper trimming to personal grooming, like fingernails, the TWEEZERS are surprisingly precise and useful, and the LARGE SCREWDRIVER/bottle opener which I use more for prying and scraping than actual screwdriving.The tiny combination PLIERS/WIRE CUTTERS would seem to be of limited use because they are so small, but they are engineered with such precise tolerances that they make excellent, hardy tweezers or forceps also. They are handy for gripping small things, bending metal with leverage, holding objects close to a flame, and untying those impossible little knots.One of the best functioning tools IMO is the little SAW! It has a very aggressive tooth pattern, and rips through wood and tree branches better than some full-size hand saws. No exaggeration, I've gone head to head against a conventional full size handsaw and won, sawing through hockey sticks at the rink.The LARGE CLIP POINT KNIFE BLADE and the SMALL CLIP POINT KNIFE BLADE come with an amazing proprietary scalpel-sharp factory sharpening. I have used these blades for literally a million functions through the years... mechanical repair, crafts, fishing, surgery, woodworking, dining/cooking, signaling, trapping, rope handling, sewing, leather working, package opening, etc, etc. not to mention as a mirror, heliograph, eating utensil, shaving razor, and fire striker.I've never used the FISH SCALER for actual fish yet, but it also has a handy metric/english RULER on it, and, I have often used the little HOOK DISGORGER prongs on the end as a 2 tined fork!The little MAGNIFYING GLASS is really quite powerful (and replaces my redundant set of separate field lenses). I have used it effectively to start fires when other methods were not available.The MINI PEN comes in handy when you have no other writing instrument available and it works decently despite it's tiny size. Pen refills are inexpensive. The ballpoint end is useful also as a non-sharp stylus for pushing reset buttons and setting certain clocks with recessed buttons.The LEATHER AWL is actually very good as a sort hole drill for almost any softer than metal material, leather, wood, plastic. Just twisting it back and forth starts it burrowing straight down, making a nice round hole. The small hole in the awl can be threaded to actually stitch up leather.Both the METAL SAW and FILE/RASP are useful for crafting and fabrication. They work well. I have literally sawn off a firearm barrel with the metal saw. I use the file to sharpen blades, carve and shape things I'm fabricating, and even to file my toenails.The CORKSCREW is handy and works surprisingly well! I've become a very popular person around campsites or on the ski slopes on more than one occasion because of this corkscrew. More importantly, the corkscrew stores the little MICRO-SCREWDRIVER in it's spiral whorls useful for eyeglasses and small electronic devices like watches. There is even a small but very useful STRAIGHT PIN hidden in the scales behind the corkscrew, useful for splinter removal, can be magnetized to make a float compass, or in a pinch, bent into a fish hook.The CAN OPENER is functional, but honestly, you'll get repetitive motion injury trying to open a single can with this design. But when you're hungry, who cares. Right?The PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER although only in one (small) size seems to work well for a great range of screws. If a screw is much larger, one can improvise and use one of the (many) standard head screwdrivers in the Phillips slot.The plastic TOOTHPICK is probably the one practically useless tool on the whole Swiss Champ. It's thin and probably unsanitary to use repeatedly.I don't often use the strange looking HOOK thingy which I'm told is used to carry packages tied with string in Europe. I've used it to tighten boot laces.The mini-CHISEL works very well. It doesn't lock, which is very dangerous when you apply pressure. But if you work very carefully, I have chiseled out indentations, key holes, drainage channels, and an initial or two with it.To mention a few minor shortcomings of the Swiss Champ knife, my main complaint would be, ironically, with the knife blades. I would merely wish that the MAIN BLADE was locking, a feature that Wenger the other official Swiss Army knife maker now acquired by Victorinox incorporated in their design but not Victorinox. Also, the blades are just a tad bit tricky to deploy if you have big fingers or if you just trimmed your fingernails, so I wish it had a raised thumb knob or hole to ease opening. Finally, I think that having the two clip point blades is redundant. I wish that one of the blades (perhaps the large one) could be replaced with a blunt, serrated or semi-serrated sheep's foot blade (practical for quick rope cutting or rescue applications) or one with a hook-design strap cutter.I wish the LARGE SCREWDRIVER/bottle opener was locking also as it tends to close on you when you are applying pressure to a screw or abusing it to pry something.Victorinox has made even higher model upgrade Swiss knives (loaded with even more tools, LED lights, USB thumb drives, clocks, compass, and changeable bits) but I don't think they were vast practical improvements over the Swiss Champ. The interchangeable screwdriver bits are neat, but usually require separate carrying of the spare tips. Most of newest improvements involve modifications to the exterior scales. I personally don't prefer to mix electronic devices that use expendable batteries with my hand tools due to the ruggedness I require of tools (like hammering and prying) thereby increasing the chance of breakage of the electronics.My final suggestion for a nice improvement for the Swiss Champ is that the plain smooth scales be modified as a practical grip and/or an additional resource also. Like, make the scales out of hardened checkered rubber for better grip, or some grippy knurled plastic. And emboss, engrave or cast some brief practical information on the scales, like the International Morse Alphabet. There seems to still be ample unused portions of the scales, so why not utilize them to store a few more useful items like small flints, ferro-cerium rod, or an eyed sewing needle.There are a couple of multi-tools out there that I recommend in addition to the Swiss Champ for enhanced, higher-tech tool qualities, but the Swiss Champ remains a durable, compact and useful workhorse that continues to serve me well. It has literally saved my life a few times. I am not materialistic, but I would call my Swiss Champ one of my most valued possessions for sentimental reasons.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Great knife
By L. Fajardo
Very useful. I carry it with me everywhere. All its tools are extremely useful. It did not bring a case but I bought one separately and now hang it from my belt
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