Several months ago, I picked up one of these at a gun show here in Texas. The guy had a whole table of knives and a wide selection of slightly used Victorinox stuff. These included what was TSA confiscated knives with a ton of the smaller SAK's like the 58mm's, assorted classics, ramblers, mini champs. Out of curiosity I picked up the florist knife because of the minimalist design that had a smattering of old time flavor. Single blade sheep foot with rugged construction.
Well, I've used and lightly abused it over the spring, summer and fall. It's been gardening, fishing, camping, traveling, and used on the work bench in the shop. So far, its taken all I could dish out and comes up grinning. The sheep foot has been a great all around pocket knife blade, that makes short work of stuff from summer sausage to fishing line, to thorny stuff growing over the fence out back. It can be opened with work gives on, and the chisel ground blade has been a joy to cut with. Bluntly, it cuts like the dickens.
I've been on the hunt for another pocket knife that cuts like an Opinel, ever since I got burned out on Opinels by their messing with a good design because of some lawyer. The Victoriox florist knife cuts like an Opinel, without the water swelling issue or the possible failure of structure from one of the wood fingers that the whole blade/bolster/lock assembly is mounted on. The Victorinox is all pinned in nylon scales with real metal liners that are not affected by moisture or any lateral stress on the joint while cutting. The spring gives great walk and talk, very snappy, but smooth steady action. Blade pull is about like a Victorinox pioneer, or other alox handled SAK. With the nylon scales, the whole knife is light weight enough to go in a shirt pocket with no noticeable presence. Did I mention that it cuts like he dickens?
All the years that I carried a Buck 301 stockman, the sheep foot blade ws always my go to blade that I used. It was just such a handy shape to use for a wide variety of stuff. When I had to crawl into an upside down old Datsun that was burning and had to cut a seat belt, it was the sheep foot blade that got used. One fact that may have had some influence was I had a hysterical obese woman hanging upside down and thrashing around wildly and I was afraid to have something pointy out. The sheep foot blade worked fine as seat belt cutter.
The nylon handle is all curved edges. Theres no hot spots or corners that stick in the hand. Each end is rounded off, and the long edges of the handle are very soft radiuses that no matter how you hold this knife, theres nothing to bug you in cutting, heavy or not. Nothing to create any pocket wear.
I remember the old knives on the steam boat Arabia, that were recovered, and how many of them were sheep foot blades. After several months now of using this florist knife, I now understand why this pattern of pocket knife was so popular in the "Old days."
I very highly recommend this knife for a low cost but rugged pocket slicer, that you won't cry rivers over of it gets lost. Easy to replace and great cutting performance and rugged construction are highlights of this pocket knife.
Oh, did I mention that it cuts like the dickens?
Well, I've used and lightly abused it over the spring, summer and fall. It's been gardening, fishing, camping, traveling, and used on the work bench in the shop. So far, its taken all I could dish out and comes up grinning. The sheep foot has been a great all around pocket knife blade, that makes short work of stuff from summer sausage to fishing line, to thorny stuff growing over the fence out back. It can be opened with work gives on, and the chisel ground blade has been a joy to cut with. Bluntly, it cuts like the dickens.
I've been on the hunt for another pocket knife that cuts like an Opinel, ever since I got burned out on Opinels by their messing with a good design because of some lawyer. The Victoriox florist knife cuts like an Opinel, without the water swelling issue or the possible failure of structure from one of the wood fingers that the whole blade/bolster/lock assembly is mounted on. The Victorinox is all pinned in nylon scales with real metal liners that are not affected by moisture or any lateral stress on the joint while cutting. The spring gives great walk and talk, very snappy, but smooth steady action. Blade pull is about like a Victorinox pioneer, or other alox handled SAK. With the nylon scales, the whole knife is light weight enough to go in a shirt pocket with no noticeable presence. Did I mention that it cuts like he dickens?
All the years that I carried a Buck 301 stockman, the sheep foot blade ws always my go to blade that I used. It was just such a handy shape to use for a wide variety of stuff. When I had to crawl into an upside down old Datsun that was burning and had to cut a seat belt, it was the sheep foot blade that got used. One fact that may have had some influence was I had a hysterical obese woman hanging upside down and thrashing around wildly and I was afraid to have something pointy out. The sheep foot blade worked fine as seat belt cutter.
The nylon handle is all curved edges. Theres no hot spots or corners that stick in the hand. Each end is rounded off, and the long edges of the handle are very soft radiuses that no matter how you hold this knife, theres nothing to bug you in cutting, heavy or not. Nothing to create any pocket wear.
I remember the old knives on the steam boat Arabia, that were recovered, and how many of them were sheep foot blades. After several months now of using this florist knife, I now understand why this pattern of pocket knife was so popular in the "Old days."
I very highly recommend this knife for a low cost but rugged pocket slicer, that you won't cry rivers over of it gets lost. Easy to replace and great cutting performance and rugged construction are highlights of this pocket knife.
Oh, did I mention that it cuts like the dickens?
Tough yet it's appealing and very much work focused. Also it goes well in the hand and what's the use of a pocket-knife however beautiful or intriguing if it doesn't feel good in the hand? Not much....
Nor is it going to weigh down the pocket a pet hate of mine.
Does yours have a key ring attachment? I've seen what seems to be the same model both with and without ring.
But with birthday and Christmas coming up, it's the time of year I usually put together a knife order, and a Vic Florist should be included (along with maybe a canoe or two, a sowbelly stockman, a Pioneer X, a toothpick, Rough Rider carbon model, ...)! 
