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Victorinox Swiss Army Climber II Pocket Knife

$11.99
$32 63% off Reference Price
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Incredible Value for an Every Day Carrier
By R. Gibbs on Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2008
This is already a thoroughly-reviewed knife, but I'll emphasize two specific points: one, that this knife, with its small size, sturdy construction, useful toolset, stainless materials, and ridiculously low price point, is an unbelievably good value for an everyday-use tool; and two, that it came with both blades literally razor sharp--shaving sharp. This isn't a knife with soul or character to speak of, but its actual day-to-day use value is off the charts.Edit 08/01/2012: Out of deference to the following edit's comment's commenter, I present a TL;DR: The Climber II is a three-layer knife whose dual blades and separate cap lifter/bottle opener are redundant, and whose awl is nearly useless; the Victorinox Compact is a two-layer pocket knife with a superset of tools and is a clear win unless you know for sure that you need two blades or an awl. 15 months later, still happy with it.Edit 03/22/2011: Am very disappointed to have just had to replace this knife. The one previously reviewed now lies somewhere in the filth of Lake Michigan -- don't ask. I didn't get the same model though. For considerably more money I got the Victorinox Compact, which scraps the awl (used it only for cleaning my fingernails, which, really.) and small knife blade (sure, you could delegate tasks between two knife blades in various clever ways [I at first used the large, e.g., for crude tasks and the small for precise; then I tried reserving the large only for edibles; then I tried using the small blade only for work that would preserve its shaving-sharp edge so I'd always have a shaving-sharp edge; etc.; but I eventually decided that keeping both blades clean and sharp, which you ought to do anyway, makes it unnecessary to have two of them -- though with that said, if I still had two, my current policy would be to reserve one blade for anything involving adhesive, which is pretty much the bane of my existence--even more than the muck of Lake Michigan]) but combines the can opener and cap lifter into one tool, leaving you with an appreciably smaller and lighter pocket knife (two layers instead of three) that has blade, scissors, can opener/cap lifter, corkscrew (used by me probably as much or more than anything else on the knife), and hook (completely useless as a hook, but featuring in this case a minimally-useful nail file on its spine, which my Climber II didn't have) and retains the tweezers and toothpick, but adds a wee screwdriver (presumably useful for eyeglasses or similar?), needle, and, way usefully, a ball point pen. If you're even a little enterprising and have an internet connection and $5 you can teach yourself to replace the scales (handles) of the Climber II with ones that include a ball point pen, but you're still stuck with a three-layer pocket knife that unnecessarily divides can opening / cap lifting into two tools (and the combo tool works just as well, believe me; I use it all the time for both tasks) and includes the only-dubiously-useful small blade. For my money (literally) (and despite the inexplicable fact that it costs nearly twice as much, which, murky lakes nothwithstanding, what's an extra $12 divided into the lifetime of the knife?), the Compact is a better bet. Reckon I'll let you know in another 3 years.
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Not a matte (ecoline) handles!
By Dmitry Orlov on Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2023
I wanted to buy it because I like matte (ecoline, nylon) victorinox handles instead of regular one. Climber II must be with matte handles, also description said "Same exact functions as the Climber, but with textured EcoLine scales that provide a more hardwearing alternative to the traditional polished ABS scales". But as you can see in the photo, this knife has regular polish handles. Still great knife but not what I was looking for.

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