Victorinox Swiss Army One-Hand Trekker Multi-Tool Pocket Knife

I'm a avidd hiker and occasional hunter and fishermen. I started with a Leatherman but didn't like the weight. Then I moved to the Swisschamp and a fixed blade but prefer not to have a knife showing when hiking anywhere around kids. So I moved to the champ and a Buck 110. Still too heavy. I wanted a one tool option with a one handed open blade and other tools as well. I got this model with a full straight edge.Pros: great one handed opening option. Locks secure. Hair busting sharp right out the box. Comfortable in hand. I exchanged the toothpick for a ferrod called the Firefly. The flathead snaps into position half way and actually locks in the fully open position. The saw is amazing for a saw on a multitool. It is the longest I've seen, neutral cut, 90° spine sends great sparks from a ferro rod, the spine is thicker than on the champ and seems very sturdy. The tool is light for its size and pocket carries well. The tip of the main blade is not sharp, I like this as it causes me to use the reamer rather than breaking the tip of my knife drilling holes and cleaning small animals is easier if you don't have to worry about poking what need not be poked.Cons: (if you can call them that) it's odd that the locking feature is on the flathead/bottle opener rather than the can opener. For $50. If I bought a single bladed knife the edge retention on the blade and the metal would be better. It's not that the metal is bad but on multitools in general the edge needs sharpening often and this one is no exception.

As a guy who owns literally over 50 knives ranging from a thousand bucks to $2.00 and all points in between i can tell you if i had to run out of the house because it was on fire this would be the first knife i would grab. The quality versatility and cool factor of the camo non serrated blade is a not just a knife but a everyday tool that i use again and again. I own gerber, leatherman snd even had a few swiss army knives back in the day but i truly forgot how amazing this multitool really is. Buy it and put it in your pocket.

In my opinion this is one of the best all-around outdoor knives you can buy. If someone were to tell me that I was going on a 2 week backpacking trip and could only take one tool, I would absolutely take this. The tool selection is well thought out, the quality is supreme, the steel is fantastic, and the price is staggeringly low.The main blade is the clear selling point to the Trekker/Trailmaster as it is a beautifully utilitarian design with no unneeded or flashy features. It sports a Kephart blade pattern, a very hygienic/ideal uncoated and polished finish, a good balance of thickness of the spine vs thinness at the start of the secondary bevel, and it uses Victorinox's legendary steel (I'll talk more about the steel below). I am not a huge fan of the one handed model as the blade pattern changes and it feels a lot more clumsy to use, just my opinion though. The blade locks, which isn't very important to me however some people find that to be a must. I've been using slip joint Vic's for most of my teenage and adult life and never once have I found myself in a situation where I felt the design of the Vic was a hindrance to my task. But different strokes for different folks I suppose.The saw is another one of the huge selling points to the Trekker/Trailmaster. I vastly prefer the Vic saw over other saws like the Leatherman. The Vic saw has very aggressive teeth that cut on both the push and the pull, making it a very efficient cutter. Its also very ridged and stiff so it doesn't catch in wood as easy. Another feature of the saw is that it has a sharp 90 degree spine that does a good job of producing sparks off of a ferro rod. The saw doesn't lock which to some people means you cant bare down on the ferro rod and produce a shower of molten iron and magnesium, however this is untrue. I've used it plenty of times for just this without problems. If you need to really bare down in it (in the case of damp tinder) all you have to do is go find a stick that is about three times as thick as the saw, cut the stick to the rough length of the saw, and either saw a channel longways into the stick or just press the saw into the stick. Then you can use the stick (now covering the teeth of the saw) to press down on it and create those Ray Mears sparks you need.The next tools are pretty common Victorinox offerings, including cap lifter/large flat driver/wire stripper, can opener/small flat driver, 90 degree Philips driver, and reamer.The final note I would like to talk about is the steel that Victorinox uses. They use a steel called 1.4110 which is roughly equivalent to 440A steel. While this doesn't sound impressive with knives out there with crazy steels like CPM S90V, VG-10, and CTS XHP, the steel itself has fantastic performance for a few very good reasons. First, any knife maker worth his salt knows that the single most important factor of any steel when being used for a knife is the heat treat. Victorinox has been using this exact same steel for a very long time, long enough that they have the heat treating process perfected. The steel is hard enough to take a serious beating but soft enough to be easily sharpened to a wicked razors edge, the steels composition makes it very resistant to rust however not too laden with vanadium and chromium that it easily chips (I'm looking at you S30V - S110V), its also a breeze to sharpen compared to some of the more "designer" powdered steels we see today. Sure its a bit softer than some of those other steels, but that is on purpose as a roll is much easier to work out than a chip or gouge. Also, a knife that you cant easily sharpen back to life is not a very good knife to rely on. If you ever look down at your fancy knife after a hard days work and think "Better bust out the Sharpmaker/Edge Pro/Work Sharp/Wicked Edge and my 3 tier stropping systems" you probably should start shopping for a better knife (unless you just like sharpening with over the top systems, in which case sharpen on!). With a Vic you can grab your closest Arkansas or ceramic stone and take a few passes between cheeseburger bites to bring it right back to shaving sharp.I guess the point of this whole long post is to let you know that if you are looking for a knife built for real use with no frills, no tacticool black finishes, or the latest snake-oil steel that claim to never need sharpening, then this is your knife! But in all honesty, I'd recommend looking at Victorinox's catalog of knives, if you find one that suits your needs better than this one, get that instead. You can't go wrong with a Vic.

La calidad de la marca Victorinox es bien conocida y con este producto, por supuesto, no hay excepción en esta característica. Posee herramientas muy poderosas, es decir, de buen tamaño y para aquellos deberes donde se requiera aplicar una fuerza considerable. Tal vez su tamaño sea un poco grande para el uso en la ciudad, pero es cuestión de preferencias y las tareas que se pretendan realizar; personalmente, recomendaría este producto tanto para el uso en ciudad como para un uso en el bosque/campo o exteriores de este tipo. Le he dado sólo cuatro estrellas a este artículo porque considero que el precio podría mejorar, el cual fue alrededor de $1000.00.

Un completo robo....para empezar es chino, ni siquiera es como en la foto, pésima calidad, y es increíble que tengan el valor de decir que es victorinox siendo un producto chino

Very good! I love it. The only thing is the price - I think it was cheaper when I ordered it before. The only complaint is the box. Some years ago I bought the same one, it came with a very neat and hard-paper box, but recently, I've noticed that the box has been changed, the quality of it is not as good as it was - the box is thin and soft, and was sent in a soft envelop. When the knife came, the box was wrinkled and twisted and it didn't match the quality of the knife. If the company makes all the efforts to produce such a attractive knives, why doesn't it pay more attention to the box (as they did before) nice?

This knife checks a lot of boxes for me, instead of carrying a large lockblade folder and small victorinox for the additional tools I have it all in one well put together package. For about 12 years I've carried a vic classic for the toothpick and tweezers, sometimes the scissors. Along with that a nite ize key tool for the caplifter and prying capability and for heavy work related cutting a large folder such as the Kershaw thermite or buck vantage. Thats three too,s carried in varios places in my pockets...the trekker takes one spot and contains almost all of these tools. Very good carrying option for minimalists.

Smart idea to put serrations at the tip of the knife. German, US and Swiss militaries are now issuing this knife as standard kit. I have a Leatherman Surge and a Swiss Champ but don't always need to carry unnecessary tools and weight. This is a good combination of tools for my needs