Tinker

One week review of my Tinker as a new EDC. Foremost, VICTORINOX makes so many wonderful tools that analysis can become paralysis. My typical daily activities consist of, small projects around the house, opening way too many AMAZON boxes (😀) shooting range, saltwater surf fishing, bicycle riding and the fitness trail at the local park. So my goal was to find a knife that suited those situations and after way too much research I settled on the Tinker. Aesthetically the Sapphire Scales (while non traditional) are opaque and pleasing to the eye. The carry weight is surprisingly light, the Tinker’s size is ergonomically practical, the stainless blades and tools are of high quality, edges are sharp, the ‘Walk and Talk’ of the implements is what I would expect from VICTORINOX. The tools are easy to use and functional. Overall, the Tinker is an excellent choice for my lifestyle. Value for the money is so subjective but considering the quality and utility of the Tinker how can you go wrong? Note in the photograph that the smaller SD was a gift, inspiration for my Tinker and attached to my SUV FOB key chain. While the Tinker is on my ‘outdoor’ key chain. The Orange device is a whistle and the safety pin keeps my keys secure inside my pocket while active. Regrets or second guesses: do I miss the Scissors and the file? Well, I shouldn’t be picking my nails in public and both Tinker blades can do most tasks that a Scissor can handle. But… Lastly, there is a spot for a straight pin inside the Scale behind the Phillips Screwdriver so I ordered a few pins. As well as, the pen shaped sharpener, color coded tweezers and color coded toothpicks for both the Tinker and SD in the photos. Great product and highly recommended. But be careful not to fall into the 🐇 🕳️ that is VICTORINOX- just one more knife! Update: Just completed my first bushcraft project (Slingshot) with the Tinker using the small blade and awl. Full disclosure, used a LEATHERMAN saw to cut the large branches, so maybe a different knife choice would have been better? Working on the larger Slingshot later on. ☮️

Well made, very handy to always carry. Blades are sharp, other tools work well

I bought this pocketknife to replace one (identical or near as) that I had been given many years ago but have recently lost—and much missed. It has enough blades and other features to be a good utility tool while not being too bulky or too overladen. The blades are nicely sharp, and this tool seems built to last, like my previous one. The instructions also point out a few features easy to overlook, like the toothpick, tweezers and wire stripper notch.

I got this as a gift is is super useful 12 different things. It has a knife, small knife screwdriver bottle opener can opener super good for when you’re at work like if you’re in hands-on job I wouldn’t say outdoorsy but like if you let’s say work like a wood shopping place like place where you use your hands for your work could be very good. Could work for camping, but I wouldn’t say the best very good. I think every man should happen. Good value for money super small. It’s effective good gift small size and I love the design for knives one of my favorite sleek nice must buy.

I just turned 57 and just ordered my fifth Tinker. In my pocketknife carrying lifetime, I have worn out two Tinkers, lost my most recent one, and thanks to listening to one of my ex-wives had to throw a perfectly good Tinker in the trash at the Salt Lake Airport. I think that Tinkers are THE most all-around utilitarian knives that Victorinox makes. I cannot recommend it enough.

Very compact and a great day to day carry even for someone young like me, easy to be safe with and 10 out of 10 would recommend

My pops always carried one so I wanted to get one as well, it’s great and would’ve been five stars but it came with some deep scratches.

As soon as I picked up this particular knife I was sure. Thin, light, short, but not too short to end up with too short knives, or tools. I’ve only had this particular knife for a few months, but so far I’ve been completely satisfied with the choice of tools. Sure there are more tools that I could use, this is not my first Swiss Army knife, I have quite a few, including one of the larger ones with lots of tools. Still, when you boil it down, certain tools get used more than others. Corkscrews and wood saws are rarely used everyday for me at least. Scissors too, though often used, are just too small for a sturdy implementation. Far better to have a good sharp knife, or two really, in this case a smaller one that works for higher leverage uses, box cutting, or any use that benefits a smaller blade to prevent inadvertent cuts. The longer knife shines for easy cutting of larger items, and doubles for a food knife. As a comparison, I have a much smaller multi-tool. It is smaller that this knife by half, and it has more tools, but it fails In the sturdy catagory, the single knife is just too small, with a tiny spine, and a one side taper that makes sharpening difficult. That life sits in my knife drawer, waiting with all the others to find it’s use. The color, black, is better for discrete pocket use. I like the red color, but for everyday pocket use, black is better. Could there be more tools that would fit in this exactly right pocket size? Sure, the pressurized pen comes to mind. It has the toothpick and the tweezers that find quite a bit of daily use. Another would be the magnifier, but not if the width is larger. With the Swiss sharpener tool used to give these blades a finish at the factory, the knives remain almos razor sharp, yet much sturdier. Also, if it wouldn’t change the knife dimensions, a locking blade would be welcomed. Yet strangely I don’t miss the lock as much as I thought I would, pretty every use I’ve tasked these knife blades for, the lock wouldn’t have mattered. If you need a larger knife, you would probably utilize a knife belt holster.Nothing wrong with this, but it doesn’t fit within the pocket cary Carry At this point, this knife is the currently designated “Everyday Pocket Carry”.

Das Messer ist super, aber der Preis, Junge, Junge!!!! Dafür habe ich es jetzt in der Farbe die ich haben wollte.

Excelente qualidade, padrão victorinox

Superb quality, value.

Esta marca es muy buena y sus navajas excelentes

Excelente precio e inigualable calidad.