Hello Lurker! Remove this ad and much more by logging in. Pages: 1 2 Go Down. In my younger teens I was attracted to pocket knives, and I had a Swiss Army knife. One day the blade folded on me and gave me a bad cut. After that experience I swore I'd never use a Swiss Army knife, or any folding pocket knife again with a passion. I felt they were accidents waiting to happen. I only used fixed blade knives after that. Years later, I got a Victorinox Recruit as a Christmas gift from work.
They gave them to all the employees. I rediscovered the conveniences and some of the virtues of a Swiss Army knife again. The screwdrivers, can opener, bottle opener, small blade for intricate cutting.
So I started carrying it again, but the folding main blade was always a point of contention, and I relied on a good fixed blade knife for any heavy duty cutting tasks. So the SAK was still relegated to a secondary backup knife status for me, when it came to knives. It wasn't a knife for serious cutting tasks as far as I was concerned. Kudos for their foresight. So when I discovered the Wenger lives in Victorinox as the Delemont collection with the locking blade option, it restored my faith in SAKs.
I've put away my fixed blade, and love having my Victorinox Evolution S17 and S as my main knife for all tasks. I wish Victorinox would replace the Wenger style scissors with the brilliant Victorinox scissors in the Delemont collection.
Then it would be perfection. I do prefer those Victorinox tools over what Wenger had. I do love the ergonomic scales from Wenger though. I initially did not like them, but they feel damn great in the hands now after some time with them. The more compact and lighter 85 mm size of the Delemont Evolution series vs 91 mm medium Victorinox line more than makes up for the slightly wider scales.
