Good video but way too short. Why didn't you tell us all about how you got the knife and what you've been using it for and how many aunts you've got and what you had for breakfast that day and your stance on Hegelian philosophy before demonstrating the wire stripper? Just kidding, thanks for the demonstration
Well dawg my kitties and call me awestruck! I just purchased a SAK for my wife and I was showing her the various functions but had no clue how to utilize the wire stripper. And then I looked at my own knife which I've had since forever and found that same stripper for the first time. I futzed around for a few minutes and then came here and VIOLA! Thanks for the "less-than-a-minute" instructions. I feel somewhat akin to a fool...
Great video and helped to explain something people want to know. However...that’s not QUITE the way you’re supposed to do it :) You use the notch for BOTH functions. You open up the short blade next to the stripper so they are both parallel with each other. Then you twist the wire and cut it and simply pull the wire towards you and all done in one motion :)
I've had my Swiss Army knife since 1988 (50th anniversary commemorative REI knife, that's why i know). It's always followed me around. I don't always carry it, but it never leaves me. I've had to regrind the small blade from over-use opening boxes in a warehouse. I've done tons of wiring with it but it never occurred to me that this was a trick that could be used. I look forward to giving it a shot. Even though I have several wire stripping tools now, that are purposed, they aren't always in one's pocket.
I carry a black alox Pioneer, been carrying it for quite a long time now... on my second one now. It used o be a red Tinker.. might be time to change it up again.
never thought I´d use this tool, nor did i even know it existed. Used for the first time today to wire up so that our leisure battery gets charge when we drive our van! cheers!
please dont get angry on me, but this is not the the way its intended to be used. it must be used to strip the wire at its end on a small portion. just put the end of the wire and push down completely. pull out again the tool and voila: u get a wire stripped at the end, ready to be soldered or whatever u intend. happy hollydays!
Thank you so much for this. I'm very curious why my official Swiss army knife never had locking positions like you showed. I guess you have to be extra careful if it doesn't lock. Thanks for the explanation!
It depends on the SAK you have. The Swisschamp for example is too thick. However, even if you can’t align the knife blade and the wire stripper like that, you can do both things separately. First you cut the plastic thing and then strip the wire. But that technique is outstanding
How very interesting; I always knew that the notch was for wire stripping, but as for the 90degree lock position and the fact that the main blade is always opposite the flathead/bottle opener...I just never, ever put 2+2 together...
does this also work with a swiss champ? i mean the distance between the blade and the bottleopener is much farther. and the twisting should be rather cumbersome .Anyone tried this with a swiss champ?
TheSCORPION BJJ so you're gonna carry a wire stripper with you everywhere so when your headlight harness gets a rubbed wire you can pull over, and fix it? This tool is meant to help you in a pinch, not to replace the proper tool in your tool box. When you're in the woods, a hatchet is too much work, but it's easier to carry that than a gallon of gas and a chainsaw.
If you have to cut the cable... then strip it? I'd just use the knife. Everything else Victorinox puts on their knives are normally fantastic... Well excluding the parcel hook which is as useless as two tits on a Warthog.
I use the parcel hook all the time. I just used it last week to fish a zip tie though a hole. It had to go down one hole and back up another. The parcel hook was the perfect tool to get it up the second hole.
Great tip and you did it in 56 seconds, so I didn't waste any of my life listening to pointless BS. :)
thepike100 I hear ya there....
I've owned my swiss army knife for over 15 years and I never knew that!
Try 30 years...😀
Stupid jerk
Good video but way too short. Why didn't you tell us all about how you got the knife and what you've been using it for and how many aunts you've got and what you had for breakfast that day and your stance on Hegelian philosophy before demonstrating the wire stripper? Just kidding, thanks for the demonstration
But where will I go for a discussion on Hegelian philosophy!?
R. Alley don’t worry there’s other Swiss Army knife review videos out there
Can someone please tell me who this video is sponsored by?
My thoughts exactly.
That's important info we all need❗🙄🤭
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis and wirestrippinis. There you go.
Well dawg my kitties and call me awestruck! I just purchased a SAK for my wife and I was showing her the various functions but had no clue how to utilize the wire stripper. And then I looked at my own knife which I've had since forever and found that same stripper for the first time. I futzed around for a few minutes and then came here and VIOLA! Thanks for the "less-than-a-minute" instructions. I feel somewhat akin to a fool...
LOL, glad I was able to make your day!
Great video and helped to explain something people want to know. However...that’s not QUITE the way you’re supposed to do it :) You use the notch for BOTH functions. You open up the short blade next to the stripper so they are both parallel with each other. Then you twist the wire and cut it and simply pull the wire towards you and all done in one motion :)
my mind is blown i was wondering how to use it since i got it thank you so much!!!
I use my knife to strip wires all of the time. It's a little bit tricky with my SAK Trekker.
I've had my Swiss Army knife since 1988 (50th anniversary commemorative REI knife, that's why i know). It's always followed me around. I don't always carry it, but it never leaves me. I've had to regrind the small blade from over-use opening boxes in a warehouse. I've done tons of wiring with it but it never occurred to me that this was a trick that could be used.
I look forward to giving it a shot. Even though I have several wire stripping tools now, that are purposed, they aren't always in one's pocket.
I carry a black alox Pioneer, been carrying it for quite a long time now... on my second one now. It used o be a red Tinker.. might be time to change it up again.
Appreciate how clear and brief this video was
never thought I´d use this tool, nor did i even know it existed. Used for the first time today to wire up so that our leisure battery gets charge when we drive our van! cheers!
Great tutorial. It's amazing how few people know this trick. These knives are really great at stripping wire.
Thanks! I knew it was a wire stripper, but didn't know to use it with the knife. This was helpful!!
i read online that this was a wire stripper but had no clue how. so glad i found this vid from typing 'swiss army wire strip' thanks
I’ll be damned. I love it when I learn something new!
I’ll be god damned
Thank you internet stranger! you helped me solve that one, always wanted to know how to use that thing!
LOL, glad I helped out...
Thanks mate I recently bought this Swiss army knife!
please dont get angry on me, but this is not the the way its intended to be used. it must be used to strip the wire at its end on a small portion. just put the end of the wire and push down completely. pull out again the tool and voila: u get a wire stripped at the end, ready to be soldered or whatever u intend. happy hollydays!
Thank you so much for this. I'm very curious why my official Swiss army knife never had locking positions like you showed. I guess you have to be extra careful if it doesn't lock. Thanks for the explanation!
It depends on the SAK you have. The Swisschamp for example is too thick. However, even if you can’t align the knife blade and the wire stripper like that, you can do both things separately. First you cut the plastic thing and then strip the wire. But that technique is outstanding
thank you so much, was never sure how to use that and right to the point.. excellent!!
Good video. I remembered it had a wire stripper but didnt know how it worked
How very interesting; I always knew that the notch was for wire stripping, but as for the 90degree lock position and the fact that the main blade is always opposite the flathead/bottle opener...I just never, ever put 2+2 together...
pretty cool eh?
It's not always opposite. It's not opposite on my knife, the explorer.
I would never figure it out myself. Nice though!
Sick video changed my life
Cool! I never knew it could do that. Thanks for showing this.
thank you for the tutorial, this is going to be very useful for me
Thanks a lot! I always wondered how to do it with a SAK
Today Years Old!!!
Damn I would've never figured that out on my own! I've owned one of these knives for over decade!
Love thissss I just got my huntsman from Victorinox and I was wondering what that tool meant. Thank youuu
Actuallyyou only need to pull it with the notch. It works on atleast 1.0mm² cable. Haven't tried it with 1.5mm² or 2.5mm² yet.
awesome stuff!!
Haha, never knew this! Thank you so much!
Upvote for your choice of beer.
Learn something every day!!!! 😁👍🏻👍🏻
thank you very much
Nice
Awesome!
Great tutorial ever....
what a fuckin legend you are... too bad I've found it out after wasting a lot of wire and propably a little of SAK scissors hahah.. thx
Cool!
wow. great.
does this also work with a swiss champ? i mean the distance between the blade and the bottleopener is much farther. and the twisting should be rather cumbersome
.Anyone tried this with a swiss champ?
I do not know
king shit, thank you!
now i know,only for 57s,thanks
wow I didn't know
that was awesome xD
Why would people strip wires?
Because wires don't strip themselves.
Don't need the knife. Can strip with just the notch
And yestarday i was looking it as an idiot, thinking, how the fuck the wire stripper works xD
Thanks o.-
thats too much work to strip a wire
TheSCORPION BJJ so you're gonna carry a wire stripper with you everywhere so when your headlight harness gets a rubbed wire you can pull over, and fix it? This tool is meant to help you in a pinch, not to replace the proper tool in your tool box. When you're in the woods, a hatchet is too much work, but it's easier to carry that than a gallon of gas and a chainsaw.
*yesterday sorry... -_-'
If you have to cut the cable... then strip it? I'd just use the knife.
Everything else Victorinox puts on their knives are normally fantastic... Well excluding the parcel hook which is as useless as two tits on a Warthog.
I use the parcel hook all the time. I just used it last week to fish a zip tie though a hole. It had to go down one hole and back up another. The parcel hook was the perfect tool to get it up the second hole.
не проще обрезать ножом на пальце и содрать изоляцию зубами? и смачно выплюнуть на пол))