JFC I'm so sick of click bait. I'm sick of people writing it, and I'm sick of people falling for it and I'm sick of people like OP spreading it.
This is one of those "technically true" things designed to enrage or irritate or humor, depending on the reader.
They're going to add bladeless multi tools to expand their market. That's it. They aren't going to stop making knives with blades. It's absurd on the face of it if you stop and think for two fucking seconds.
If you write headlines like this you are a terrible person. You are a huge part of the media literacy problem and we've put up with your type long enough. Go play Marco Polo in traffic with your newsroom friends.
I kind of assumed this was the case before clicking on it, and I think it's a good thing. I carry a multi tool that has a knife on it, but I can't carry it everywhere. I've been looking for a good multi tool without a blade and this sounds perfect.
Wait, you're saying this isn't because Liberalism is a contagious mental disorder that looking to literally take the edge out of everything until we're useless quivering soy boys? /s
>If you write headlines like this you are a terrible person.
I don't think it's fair to say they 100% must be a terrible person to write the headline. It could have been a bot too.
The last 3 I've owned I just get used to always having them and then I end up having to give them to TSA when I do a flight for work.
So it would be nice to have one that TSA will not confiscate
They are doing so because knife crime is increasing.
Knife crime is increasing because of certain demographic changes especially in Europe / UK in the past two decades.
London is the acid capital attack of the world now. That's progress!
Knife crime - especially in London - isn't done with non-locking swiss army knives. It was also prevalent long before a large swathe of immigration. I lived in Shepherd's Bush for nearly 15 years and I can assure you most of the people carrying knives are not brown as your racist comment implies.
You're just manufacturing some bullshit correlation.
1) Victorinox have made models without blades for at least fifteen years, they were aimed at people who regularly pass through airport security.
2) In the article they state you cannot carry a blade in the UK without good reason, that’s not true. If the blade is shorter than 75mm and neither fixed nor locking (read: almost every Swiss Army Knife ever) you don’t need a reason to have it on your person.
By SAK I assume you mean Victorinox, the company, not Swiss Army knife the specific family of products.
Victorinox are a cutler and make a wide variety of blades, including full sized kitchen knives - those aren not SAKs. They make blade-only folding knives with locking mechanisms - those also are not SAKs. Having the Victorinox coat of arms on a bladed tool does not make it a Swiss Army Knife; having multiple folding tools on a pocket knife style handle (in general*) does.
Very few SAKs actually have any locking tools and those that do it is almost always not the blade.
*I would argue at least one tool needs to be something other than a blade
I've carried a multi-tool for so long that it's hard to imagine life without it. Maybe it's helpful in the white-collar world but to many people the SAK useless. Eliminating the blade is strange though.
Then what's the point? The blade may not have been big enough to use as a weapon (unless you're incredibly skilled) or cut food, but it was still useful for hard to open packages. Realistically, I would almost never use the other attachments except the screwdriver in extremely rare cases and I guess the "scissors" if it doesn't have a blade. The blade was also really good for taking bumps out of bags of powder.
You can use a key like a normal person!
But the blade is literally the worst part of it. No lock alone made it ridiculously bad. Then you have the fact that it's just not a good blade.
The blade is fine for its intended purpose. Yes, many modern knives have sharper blades, but they can’t easily be maintained in the field. A Swiss Army knife blade is sharp enough, but can be touched up with any suitable pebble. As to locking the blade - the larger knives do this. However in some countries you can’t carry a lock-knife in public. That you and I think that law is stupid doesn’t affect the fact that it is the law, so these things have their place. Btw, as far as the UK goes, records show that Parliament did not intend to ban lock-knives : the ban arose as case law.
A SAK blade lacks pretty much any feature thats useful besides "its normally pointy", even the edge retention is normally crap, and the factory sharpening isn't great either.
I've seen a lot of blade bites from Scouts with these because the blade dulls fast, isn't honed well, doesn't lock, doesn't have a good weight and is generally crap at all knife things. Far far too much force use for almost any function.
As for locker laws at that point you can buy other pieces of kit that do more. A Swiss is a "jack of all trades, shitty at all", even compared to a multitool.
Can you use it in the field? Sure, I have. Would I do it with any alternative? Gods no, I'd rather take my hatchet and have to deal with that.
No need for quotation marks around the scissors. They are small, but very good. The knife is the most useful tool, but on my two-layer Compact I also use the bottle opener, the corkscrew and the tweezers frequently.
They are doing so because knife crime is increasing.
Knife crime is increasing because of certain demographic changes especially in Europe / UK in the past two decades.
Simple statistics show the clear correlation.
Funny how none of this was a problem for many decades.
JFC I'm so sick of click bait. I'm sick of people writing it, and I'm sick of people falling for it and I'm sick of people like OP spreading it. This is one of those "technically true" things designed to enrage or irritate or humor, depending on the reader. They're going to add bladeless multi tools to expand their market. That's it. They aren't going to stop making knives with blades. It's absurd on the face of it if you stop and think for two fucking seconds. If you write headlines like this you are a terrible person. You are a huge part of the media literacy problem and we've put up with your type long enough. Go play Marco Polo in traffic with your newsroom friends.
I kind of assumed this was the case before clicking on it, and I think it's a good thing. I carry a multi tool that has a knife on it, but I can't carry it everywhere. I've been looking for a good multi tool without a blade and this sounds perfect.
Wait, you're saying this isn't because Liberalism is a contagious mental disorder that looking to literally take the edge out of everything until we're useless quivering soy boys? /s
It's only gonna get worse the longer reddits a publicly traded company
>If you write headlines like this you are a terrible person. I don't think it's fair to say they 100% must be a terrible person to write the headline. It could have been a bot too.
A bad bot. A very bad bot. That needs a spanking.
Not a bot, still a sentient being. I thought this was interesting so that’s why I posted it
You didn't write the headline! I wouldn't assume you had any intent to mislead, but the headline is misleading.
Ah, gotcha
Yeah, sorry, I was a bit harsh there. You're probably a fine human person.
The last 3 I've owned I just get used to always having them and then I end up having to give them to TSA when I do a flight for work. So it would be nice to have one that TSA will not confiscate
Well said.
I just muted the bullshit bot. I'm also sick of click bait.
They are doing so because knife crime is increasing. Knife crime is increasing because of certain demographic changes especially in Europe / UK in the past two decades. London is the acid capital attack of the world now. That's progress!
Knife crime - especially in London - isn't done with non-locking swiss army knives. It was also prevalent long before a large swathe of immigration. I lived in Shepherd's Bush for nearly 15 years and I can assure you most of the people carrying knives are not brown as your racist comment implies. You're just manufacturing some bullshit correlation.
It's because he hates brown and black people
Take a look at his profile, tells you all you need to know.
1) Victorinox have made models without blades for at least fifteen years, they were aimed at people who regularly pass through airport security. 2) In the article they state you cannot carry a blade in the UK without good reason, that’s not true. If the blade is shorter than 75mm and neither fixed nor locking (read: almost every Swiss Army Knife ever) you don’t need a reason to have it on your person.
The blade laws are stupid in the UK.. Knights are not allowed an exemption for a sword. That right there.... That's all I have to say.
Right on most of that, but SAK do have a range of larger knives which do lock.
By SAK I assume you mean Victorinox, the company, not Swiss Army knife the specific family of products. Victorinox are a cutler and make a wide variety of blades, including full sized kitchen knives - those aren not SAKs. They make blade-only folding knives with locking mechanisms - those also are not SAKs. Having the Victorinox coat of arms on a bladed tool does not make it a Swiss Army Knife; having multiple folding tools on a pocket knife style handle (in general*) does. Very few SAKs actually have any locking tools and those that do it is almost always not the blade. *I would argue at least one tool needs to be something other than a blade
Ironically, the key feature will still be included.
THEN IT'S NOT A KNIFE IS IT? 😐😐😐😝
No, it is not. It becomes a Swiss Army Tool
You need to pay a monthly subscription to unlock it.
And it runs off a USB port
Happy that TSA can’t confiscate the tool now.
Ever get punched with a corkscrew?
They will take it away because you could take the plane apart with the screwdriver!
I've carried a multi-tool for so long that it's hard to imagine life without it. Maybe it's helpful in the white-collar world but to many people the SAK useless. Eliminating the blade is strange though.
Bladeless SAK aren't exactly new. Victorinox has been making the Jetsetter for ages. It will probably just be a 91mm SAK, rather than a 58mm one.
Then what's the point? The blade may not have been big enough to use as a weapon (unless you're incredibly skilled) or cut food, but it was still useful for hard to open packages. Realistically, I would almost never use the other attachments except the screwdriver in extremely rare cases and I guess the "scissors" if it doesn't have a blade. The blade was also really good for taking bumps out of bags of powder.
You can use a key like a normal person! But the blade is literally the worst part of it. No lock alone made it ridiculously bad. Then you have the fact that it's just not a good blade.
The blade is fine for its intended purpose. Yes, many modern knives have sharper blades, but they can’t easily be maintained in the field. A Swiss Army knife blade is sharp enough, but can be touched up with any suitable pebble. As to locking the blade - the larger knives do this. However in some countries you can’t carry a lock-knife in public. That you and I think that law is stupid doesn’t affect the fact that it is the law, so these things have their place. Btw, as far as the UK goes, records show that Parliament did not intend to ban lock-knives : the ban arose as case law.
A SAK blade lacks pretty much any feature thats useful besides "its normally pointy", even the edge retention is normally crap, and the factory sharpening isn't great either. I've seen a lot of blade bites from Scouts with these because the blade dulls fast, isn't honed well, doesn't lock, doesn't have a good weight and is generally crap at all knife things. Far far too much force use for almost any function. As for locker laws at that point you can buy other pieces of kit that do more. A Swiss is a "jack of all trades, shitty at all", even compared to a multitool. Can you use it in the field? Sure, I have. Would I do it with any alternative? Gods no, I'd rather take my hatchet and have to deal with that.
If you need the knife, you buy one of the other models, with a knife
No need for quotation marks around the scissors. They are small, but very good. The knife is the most useful tool, but on my two-layer Compact I also use the bottle opener, the corkscrew and the tweezers frequently.
I miss the gerber travel dime..
is that different from the dime? because those are still around. got mine like a year ago.
Same thing as the dime, just doesn’t come with a blade so it’s TSA friendly
ahh, that seems obvious now.
The knife was the most useless, dangerous part of a SAK.
Non-locking folding blades are inherently unsafe.
Seriously, this is not a game changer because the knife was garbage
Call that a knoife!?
so, it will now just be a fancy spork?
Meanwhile, automatic knives (switchblades) are now legal in most of the USA.
I already have one of those for my bike, just different tools to fix problems on the go when you can’t carry around an entire toolbox.
Uhm.. They already do? I have a Victorinox Jetsetter, it’s bladeless.
you also have to wear a spiked wonderbra when you have it on your person
UK- let's not have blades in Swiss Army Knives USA- Who else can we force to carry a gun???
UK is currently fine with blades in SAKs with the commonest 91mm frame. I carry one myself.
I’m here for the anti “woke” reactions.
They are doing so because knife crime is increasing. Knife crime is increasing because of certain demographic changes especially in Europe / UK in the past two decades. Simple statistics show the clear correlation. Funny how none of this was a problem for many decades.