Victorinox Trekker: Value Beyond Price
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2009
- For many outdoor excursions many will find the Victorinox Trekker ideal in its capabilities. Featuring a 4.4" stainless pen shaped blade, the Trekker is a competent camp companion. The Trekker shown is a veteran to several Nutnfancy adventures and has proven itself well. It is an able skinner as well as an ideal food preparation blade. Add in a solid locking liner for the main blade and large flat blade driver, 3mm small flat blade, a Phillips driver, can opener, awl/reamer, useful wood saw, lanyard ring, tweezers, and a toothpick. Few downsides sully the excellent reputation of the Trekker: maybe the flexing reamer under hard use may pinch fingers, somewhat soft steel (but easy to re-sharpen!), lack of a pocket clip, and a 4.8 oz weight. New versions of the Trekker include the One Handed and German Army Trekker, both featuring an oval deployment hole and forward serrated blade (might be tough to sharpen). The Trekker carries well in sheath and is quick to action if outfitted with a lanyard my own design shown). There might be a few lighter options out there for pure blade usage but few will match the versatility of its tool selection while still possessing its large blade. Add in a very reasonable price, and every outdoor adventurer should probably be in possession of their very own Trekker for hand me down purposes. A highly recommended utility/camp/EDC blade. /////////////Nutnfancy Likeability Scale: 9 of 10 (Standard model), One handed models (10 of 10); price considered
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Great video. Makes me feel good about my Trekker. Looking forward to your knife reviews! Stay sharp!
I feel warm and cossy when i watch your videos Nutnfancy.
5 stars for all of them i watch.
I wish i had a DVD of all of em.
I have a victorinox since i was 11 years old. It's a smaller standard version of a handyman. I got it from a swedish bust driver Stig and he had this knife for god knows how long. The point is i have been using this knife nearly every day and it still serves me really well. You'd be surprised how heavy use theese knives can stand!
Again, thanks a lot TNP. For all you fellow Victorinox collectors, I just scored a Matterhorn Climber. Beautiful knife with great Matterhorn artwork on the handle...with a translucent ruby red color on the portion of the handle without the art. Super cool collectible!
Nutnfanecy it surprises me to see that you do not have more subs when you have such high quality videos
Great review! This was my first encounter with your videos, and I've immediately subscribed, and will be checking back for other gear reviews. Since I can't "rate", I just want to say thanks as a comment! Was considering getting one of these, but your reviews have convinced me to try and find one if I can!
Cool video. I am addicted to your vids man. I just got the one handed straight blade (non serrated version in Camo scales) the third one now for me they r great.
hey dude great review i got a question. what would you use pliers for out in the field? thanks for your time sir
Sharpening serrations doesn't have to be hard. The Spyderco Sharpmaker does a great job, especially on properly designed serrations like Victorinox's.
I serve, and have used Victor's one-hand in self defense once. Very reliable and comfortable in the hand. Blade can be opened as fast as other manual tactical folders. Thanks Victorinox.
Great video, TNP! Also, great to hear that you are going to keep doing knife reviews. I've had Victorinox Swiss Army knives since I was just a kid. They have served me well and I also enjoy collecting them. BTW: after watching your review on the Farmer version, I scored TWO of them. GREAT knives!
Nice review as always. I love Nuntfancy. He always keeps it real and gives both good and bad things about all knives
Sweet! I might just get one of these. Also, I've used the wire stripper
Portion, and it does work great! Just
Put the wire in the intention,
Rotate the knife and pull.
Swiss Bianco makes a great add-on pocket clip, custom made, Swiss design. I paid $15 shipped, and it includes all hardware and backing plate. Now, if only Vic would make this knife in RED Cellidor!
Hey nutn, not sure if you've already picked up on it but Victorinox now makes a one-handed version of the plain blade! I absolutley love it
"BTW: after watching your review on the Farmer version, I scored TWO of them. GREAT knives!" Thanks a lot cmonsterz and congrats on those Farmers...great knives!
Thanks for that nice review once again.
Could you do any review on a tactical leg holster?
Is there anyone you use?
Hey nutn I've got a question and a comment.
First off I really like you vids and find them very informative your channel is the fist place I go when looking for a review on my next purchase or when I just wanna kick back n get some quality entertainment.
My question is. Have you ever used the hook that is on some of the swiss army tools that is between the Philips driver and the awl (can be difficult to deploy) and why have you not included it in your reviews or you show of tool sets. To be honest I'm not positive what you would use it for. I recently found it on my swiss scout. Thanks a bunch. Keep up the good work.
Fellow sheepdog and outdoor enthusiast
Nice. My favorite swiss army model. I also want to try the one hand opener one without the serrations.
I love the Victorinox/Swiss Army knife reviews. These are great, usable knives/multi-tools, which also offer some collectability, with the variations constantly being release by Victorinox/Wenger.
I had one of these for years, and before it was stolen it was EDC for me. I'm going to get on this week I think... ;)
I received mine as a gift from my son, Love the tool, but hated the serrated blade, it dulled out very quickly . My solution was to re-profile the blade into a straight edge and I am really happy with it now . My suggestion would be too purchase the knife with the straight edge blade and forget the serrations .
ive got the one handed version. i love it!
Is it possible to get both a plain-edge blade, andthe dual-density handles? Something along the lines of a non-serrated soldiers knife?
Just got the one handed version without serrations. Seems pretty darn good.
Victorinox quality. Locking blade. Ergonomic scales. What more could you ask for? One handed blade opening? Yes and you can get that in the one handed trekker if you want it. Don't need a locked flat head? Grind that flathead down sharpen it and you can have a wood chisel. BTW I don't know if you're crazy, but I've stripped more wire with a Swiss Army than regular wire strippers. Pair it with a Leatherman Squirt for some pliers. Skip the soldier you will lose the tweezers and the tooth pick which are essential. If it's too heavy get the Farmer.
Great Review!!!!
you can also put a sharper edge on a softer steel blade over a harder steel
I have the one hander with the non-serrated edge. It is a good, useful knife, although I generally end up leaving it at home in favour of my 80's era Champion. You've hit on why they use the steel they use. Blunt your S30V and you won't be sharpening it easily in the field. It's easy enough to close it one handed after a bit of practice.
Excellent review, as always.
I carry the hiker, which is essentially the "standard" version of the trekker, though I think youve convinced me to make a switch.
A question; How do the reamer, bottle and can opener compare to the other knives, are they beefier as well or are they standard?
Also a tip that I've learned with the reamer/awl:
I'm unsure of how this would work with the trekker, but if you open the can-opener, the awl locks in place much more rigidly, making it a bit safer.
Great review -- as usual.
"...you don't want to go lifting off manhole covers with it..." -LOL
Love my old beat-up Victorinox Recruit. Wish the blade locked.
i found that the serrations on victorinox knives are very round, making them easier to sharpen compared to others. you can swipe the blade backwards on a loose sheet of fine sandpaper (i put it on my hand, or you can put it on a kitchen sponge) to sharpen it
softer steel?? did vitorinox change their blade steel? last i remember they used some pretty good quality surgical...never really had issues with my old ones getting dull
I like the saw in that Victorinox.
cant wait till i get mine OMG
i have the victorinox sentinel!! :P But i really cant wait for that benchamde mini-barrage!!!
might i also suggest the victorinox outrider. it has the large lock blade, the saw, the scissors, a mini philips can and bottle openers. reemer and corkscrew ( large philips if in camo version)
Picked up a Forester today, same tools except for the philips driver, it has the cork screw. The Philips driver modles are much harder to come by in the UK for some reason, even on the internet. Still, although i've only once opend a wine bottle with it my EDC Huntsman (just to try it out) it's gets used to unpick small knots all the time...
great review, great knife its a workhorse
i just got a victorinox rucksack today....mine has a very unusual locking mechanism...its got a little sliding button on the side....it has NO wiggle at all....and with a 4.75 inch blade??? its packing, i can totally rely on it in an emergency defensive role.......i am even gonna EDC it for a couple weeks, see if its capable of replacing my current single bladed knife....
just got the victorinox forester (same as the trekker, but with corkscrew instead of a philips screwdriver)
and its great - used it soo much. i also thought about taking the "nomad" model (same as the trekker but without the sew) but the victorinox sews are just great - so i will prefer to have a sew on my victorinox instead of carrying a folding sew or using a leatherman sew.
on the web site, it says the locking screwdriver is also a "crate opener"
You should seriously start a store or something, you would be such a great store owner, you have a lot of knowledge and expertise on everything about camping and knives and survival and guns. It would be the perfect guy-store.
Hi Nutin'. Been waiting to here your views on the liner lock Victorinox'. Prob' get one for my backpacking system (not EDC as here in UK can't carry blade A: that long or B: that locks; stick to my Huntsmanfor that). Also, that OD handeled modle you showed at 10:57 is the new 2009 issue knife for the Swiss army which, imo, is added cool.
The OD one is for Germany. The 2009 Swiss soldier has rubberized grip "laminated" to the plastic scales.
To close w/ 1 hand: DON'T turn the knife over; instead use your index finger to push against lock, and use thumb to push blade shut. Simple, effective & faster than flipping the knife.
hey nutn did you reprofile the blade
I´m pretty sure this is called Trailmaster here in Germany and maybe also in Europe in general ... or they changed it from Trekker to Trailmaster. I don´t have one myself yet, it´s on my list, but I´m joining the military next month and the Victorinox 08 soldier knife is standard issue for every soldier, so I´m kinda looking forward to receiving and working with one ... :)
i'd like to see the small blade on the knife as well. I just use it more for carving than the bigger one.
Have you tested the Wenger Ranger 78 as well? It's a bit larger than the trekker and a bit more expensive, but for outdoor use, I think I'd prefer having it with me.
That said, the trekker is in my EDC bag because of it has just the right size and the one-handed opening method of the other knives might get them confiscated in my country.
Just looked it up on the Victorinox site and it appears that this model is now called the Trailmaster.
I think I'll wait for the new Swiss Army Soldier Knife coming out in the spring
Awesome review! But please compare it to the Wenger Ranger series!
I have the one handed trekker with the serrated edge. Nutnfancy to sharpen the serrated edge is easy just use a dmt rat tail diamond hone. I have used mine pretty hard. Pruning small branches from stickes to cutting cardboard. The back part of the blade I convexed. on problems.
if you use the hunter honer then you can sharpen the serrations.
I have the swiss army version, which is almost the same, but has that one hand serrated blade and some other small differences. But same with this, only thing that bothers me is that phillips, which I tend to use quite often. It should open from the end, not the middle. And I would have loved a standard blade in it, so now I bought a one hand Sentinel to go around in my pocket, man 75 grams...
I didnt mean the cork screw but I did the research and I found out what the tool is that I was referring to. Thanks
Looks like Victorinox has a non-serrated one-handed Trekker model available now. Style 54875 on their US web site.
best knife i evr owned
I just ordered this from amazon
realy nice
price?
Great video, subbed and liked. I've been thinking about getting one of these and I also prefer the non serrated version. I'm not sure why the military issues the serrated ones, or why they don't issue the ones with the tweezers and toothpick ... Maybe it's because they already have straight edged, fixed bladed knives issued to them in addition to the SAK but I don't know for sure. I wish everything had a liner lock on this knife but I guess that's overkill. At the very least I wish the saw also had a liner lock instead of the screw driver. I would much rather have the saw with a liner lock then the screw driver personally.
Because soldiers will be cutting rope and paracord more than doing fine slicing work.
I edc a serrated knife myself (a spyderco salt 1 or delica) and when kept sharp you can slice just as well as with a plain edge but in addition to that: they stay sharp longer. That might be why the soldier '08 is serrated.
Guus de Jong
That's true, but I don't like that it's much harder to sharpen when it finally does get dull. To each their own though.
I use a fine sharpmaker rod to touch it up occasionally but in good steel it stays sharp for months. I used my vg-10 delica and touch it up after every 8 months or so. The soldier '08 has very easy to touch up serrations. Fairly soft steel so you run it a few times through a sharpmaker and you're good to go.
But if you want plain edge just buy one, I like a good plain edge too but I work part time in a supermarket and cut loads of plastic and cardboard so a serrated blade is preferred.
I also really like carrying my victorinox farmer, buck 110 and case canoe though and have a plain edge k'roo custom slipjoint coming in
Guus de Jong
Yeah I carry a Buck 110 also and it does just fine with cardboard and tape. If it's kept sharp it does even better than a serrated knife imo. Goes through cardboard like butter for me. I work in a restaurant, so I also have to cut cardboard frequently.
i have the verson without the saw its a great knife
My favorite out of every victorinox knife. I use the one-handed version, but the offical victorinox sheath is kind fo garbage.
screwdriver is also a bottle cap opener! useful or what? good vid!
Sorry on that last comment I didn't not mean scout I don't know where that came from. I meant super tinker. I've also seen that it is on a few other swiss army tools as well... Thanks again
Anthony Grant You mean the corkscrew? Well, that is for opening winebottles, if that's what you ment...
I got the Forester over the Trekker because it has the bottle opener in the philips screwdriver place.(more usefull in my outdoor experience:D )
Thes were also (in green) the standard Dutch army knife. After a few years it was recalled I believe the large blade was to fragile.
I think the reamer or the punching thing is too tight becouse im 14 and when trying to get it out it feels like my fingernails are gonna snap off. I do not think that this knife is too heavy. yea.
i like wegner knives better my friend has ran into several problems. iv had one small wegner for as long as i can remember, iv lost it so many times but it just keeps turning up somewhere. lost the tweezers and tooth pick though.
i like that this has a liner lock, looks nice kinda wish it also had a fully serrated blade
i cant beleive this is the first time i noticed this and maybe im wrong but nutnfancy is like talking slang for nothing fancy
@redbird963 That is innaccurate, it only takes longer on the harder steel.
It's a SPEAR point blade, not a pen blade, The scales are nylon not plastic and much more durable than Cellidor. Great knife & great vid.
i think he has a few, maybe spyderco, benchmade and..
finally! a blade for a left hander!
The knife at 10:10 is - according to my knowledge - the new German Army knife. They replaced the old ones with those new Victorinox ones. Funny thing that one-handed blades are forbidden to carry in public, that put some soldiers into conflicts with the police since they acted against the weapon law. Also I think the blade shape, which is hard to sharpen, will suck; at first it's great my buddy told me, but after some use it goes dull, and you have to fumble around with it to get ist sharp again
I do not get your point. Do you suggest people should carry bigger knives and tools around all the time? Or do you suggest that you do not know what can be a knife etc. used for?
I need a knife every other day. And many other tools like can openers etc. And I usually do not like to carry big standalone tools around.
I'm not a huge fan of serrations either. But it's simply false that they are hard to sharpen. Just get a Spyderco Tri-Angle Sharpmaker. That thing will sharpen a serrated blade easily. Totally recommended.
its true i as well had a shity saw on my first pocket knife and for many years thout it was a bad idea then victoria knox the bomb
It is very similar to the FieldMaster. I think this one is missing a pen,but I don't need a pen that often so I think this is cool.
Also the Trekker's losing a small blade, I think that's a downside. Because some people told me the small blade is really usefull.
Missing the scissors as well,huge downside. I am 12 and I think scissors will be really useful for me. But the locking system is cool on the Trekker.
Also I noticed how the FieldMaster has more tools and is cheaper on eBay and lighter than the Trekker.
why were you disappointed?
i have one just like that but with a corkscrew, mines called a forester
Good for self defense also?
You are a guy that only ask "self defense" only.
What an odd man,did you criticize other?Or else you don't need any thing for self defense.
Silly little brat.
Kaidou Jin wot.
not ideal for self defense nor is it designed to be, it's a utility knife however in a pinch its better than nothing. if its a self defence knife you are after victorinox is not going to be for you consider something like a larger cold steel knife such as the voyager or if you have the funds an emerson will serve you well.
So it does, well spotted. Otherwise identical knife as far as i can see.
does it bother anyone else that he says wegner instead of wenger over and over again?
Corection, diferent deployent hole too... odd.
They offer a non serrated one.
Ya tell that cougar lady to get a knife!!!
Tell those chicks using the sticks they could have sharpened the sticks with a knife!! LOL
It really is easy to sharpen but the steel is soft :B
You would? The LM has no awl or saw and csots three times as much.
And ones with corkscrews...
do my eyes deceive me or do i see a half stop on that main blade??
Retail online, approx $38.00-44.00
I prefer the one handed opening trekker
@sealzZA97 yo i got the same knife of of amazon to :P
i still prefer the rucksack
got my self the victorinox hunter and I was quite dissapointed : /
Yah.
lol, pretty much. its a great victorinox, so i aint got nothin bad to say, just making a funny, lol.
LOL