I hope you're joking :confused:

I love the pictures. Apparently such versatility and yet the best they can come up with is trimming a house plant and opening a bottle. The latter being the most these will ever do.

Also the Climber model at £16.99 is a steal and the Handyman at £30.15 offers bags of functionality whilst being considerably thinner than the Champ.

Classic for £8.99 if you like the mini ones.

These are all at noticeably lower prices than usual.

Yet another benefit of Brexit!

:smiley:

Also the Climber model at £16.99 is a steal and the Handyman at £30.15 offers bags of functionality whilst being considerably thinner than the Champ.

Classic for £8.99 if you like the mini ones.

These are all at noticeably lower prices than usual.

Great find, thanks! I love the mini ones.

Had mine about 13 years. Its had 2 free services in that time. Simply contact a Victorinox dealer when it becomes stuck or broken and they will send a free postage packet and repair it for free.

normally around the £40 mark. Going to try Flubit.

I hope you're joking :confused:

I have the Swiss Champ XLT. Paid £43 when it was on here over 2 years ago. Just checked the price and it's now £143!

Don't use the XLT, prefer my Climber and Huntsman.

I love the pictures. Apparently such versatility and yet the best they can come up with is trimming a house plant and opening a bottle. The latter being the most these will ever do.

Bought one. just for the corkscrew!

I carry a Compact. I do like the bigger models but I keep coming back to it.

Love mine. Use it loads!

This guy knows :innocent:

looks ridiculous

Also Huntsman camouflage for £24.99

Ordered a classic, cheers for pointing that one out!

I have a white one I bought off Ebay many years ago, probably for not much less than this, and it has paid for itself many times over. A really handy, and good quality, gadget. Hot!

Had mine since 1981, used it regularly for sea fishing and hasn't been effected by salt water. Broke the saw off dehusking coco-nuts, lost the plastic toothpick and the spring from the scissors, other than that it still does the job.

hiker 9.99 on prime if you can wait till December 9th

These things are amazing and last look long. I bought my classic from Switzerland. Many stores engrave your name for free.

​They were available to order (though out of stock) from Amazon, however date stock arrived seems to have progressed from 4th to 8th to 9th as time went on, and now they've stopped offering it for sale.

I picked up a black Swiss champ when it was 42.99. You very quickly get used to the weight of it in your hand, but it is definitely worth investigating in a belt pouch for it as it is quite a weight rattling around in a pocket. I use it all the time. Truth be told I could probably get away with a handyman, but that curiously doesn't have a decent Phillips head screwdriver. I will never use the fish scaler-a second file or saw would make more sense, or something else.

For those wondering of you need the xlt over this, you don't-just buy half a dozen of those poundland precision screwdriver sets which store the bits inside the driver body, and keep one in each toolbox or work bag.

Anyone ever seen the majestic Swiss army marching with their 3 inch blades held aloft? It's an awe inspiring sight.

Good price but being honest these SAKs with everything bar the kitchen sink are a silly novelty. Too thick to be usable.

I would get a thinner SAK and compliment it with a larger pliers-style multitool.

I've always fancied a Leatherman, I appreciate there are various models from both companies, but in terms of build quality etc, which is better? (Taking into learhermans higher price difference).

Thank you,

Must not buy another penknife...

Must not buy another penknife...

Still waiting on flubit here

Had mine for ages, it's a brilliant tool. It's actually not all that much bigger than the basic models, still completely useable. The Leatherman's are very good too, with much better pliers.

Flubit said no for me.

I love mine and take it virtually everywhere with me. Has got me out of some bother on a number of occasions.
There are plenty of youtube vids comparing the quality of these with leatherman; they all seem to suggest its quite subjective.
The classic multi tool though is and always will be, the SAK.
This is a good price for now.
It's one of those things you didn't realise you needed until you get it.

useful! good find op

​Yeah. Everyone knows that tool is for zip lining along a telegraph wire!

Useful if you have big fat sausage fingers that don't fit through ring pulls

The Victorinox Swiss Tool Spirit is a fantastic multi tool and deserves a mention. I much prefer it to the Leathermans I've owned, the build quality is far superior in my opinion.

Ahhh, but that is the Victorinox 1777089 Swiss Bratwurst model

Amazing price. Had mine for over 10 years and it's still going strong (apart from a broken spring on the scissors)

Told me no as well. Do you have Elite?

Anyway I bought it. Borderline unnecessary purchase but as said previously a classic and a beautiful bit of engineering.

oh great thanks op. Received my sak Hiker today (amzn deal for 9.99 few days back). Now I see all these! This Champ looks way overkill though. Main thing I felt lacking on the Hiker was scissors. Now I'm looking at the Huntsman and Handyman which are a whole £18-20 more :S

No elite, took about three hours, didn't use any point either, worth another go?

dear OP I paid £24.99 for this 19th Nov 2009...according to Amazon. My review of it is this. I've lost the tweezers from it, this is the best damn tool I've ever owned. My last one was destroyed when I cut through a live 30amp cooker cable. I use it for EVERYTHING!

Great find - ordered for my sons 16th birthday

no good no torch on it :disappointed:

I've bought it on Amazon now.

I seem to remember knives of any sort being on the excluded items list but it's been a while since I've looked at the terms. Perhaps your demand slipped through.

​pmsl....is it sad that I actually quite like the look of using that specific tool for that exact job :laughing:

I tend to disagree.
I'm actually pleased you put this up. My wife who has arthritic hands, now has a solution to opening cans of pop etc.
I never even gave my SKA a thought to do that with until now.

I've been getting by using the £3 draper one, but as it's nearly Christmas........

Surprised you haven't picked up one of these, which are designed just for that job! Ring pull

Ironically, that tool is one of the hardest to open out on the smaller knives as the finger hook is so close to the carrying eye. On the Swiss Champ it's a bit easier because there's more room.

Never even knew about it.

How bulky is this one? Can it be attached to your keys without it being too bulky and heavy? Don't want it to weigh down on my ignition potentially causing damage

The handyman has dropped further in price....it's now just £29.99