What was your first victorinox ?

[Dfunk1210]

My first Victorinox SAK was the Marlboro Adventure Team Victorinox SAK. It was featured in Marlboro's original Marlboro Miles catalog. My dad bought this for me with Marlboro Miles. It is basically a Spartan without the toothpick and tweezer.

 

[Rostovsky]

набирать. еще десять лет назад.

 

[ruffinogold]

I think it was a recruit or spartan . This was late 70's so Im foggy . When I carry an sak these days , I carry a recruit . Its a great pocket knife . Its the only one I buy for myself if I lose one .I dont like too much stuff on an SAK , so something with a short list of things is what I enjoy and those two arent over the top

 

[el gigantor]

I think it was a recruit or spartan . This was late 70's so Im foggy . When I carry an sak these days , I carry a recruit . Its a great pocket knife . Its the only one I buy for myself if I lose one .I dont like too much stuff on an SAK , so something with a short list of things is what I enjoy and those two arent over the top

This thread had been dormant for almost 9 years before your reply! That said, I'm glad you bumped it. Definitely a great question has been posed.

Mine was a red Spartan. That thing had gone to hell and back with me for over half my life until I lost it on a cross-country road trip. That one still hurts...

 

[Railsplitter]

It was 1971 when I paid for a knife with my own money. Prior to that my Grandpa bought me a new camp knife but I don’t think it was a Victorinox.

The first Victorinox I remember owning is a Deluxe Tinker that I bought in 2006. My wife asked for a SAK for Christmas. I bought 2 SAKs for her. She wanted the Classic and I kept the Deluxe Tinker.

Shopping for my wife’s SAK is what got me back into knives after an almost 25 year hiatus.

 

[sonofwilfred]

My mum took me to the World Expo in 1988. In the Swiss pavilion we were looking at the knives for sale. The lady in front of us ran her finger down the saw blade of a Camper to see how sharp it was...understandably it cut her finger to the bone. I said to mum thats the knife i want, she reluctantly bought it for me. After 37 years and literally 100s of swiss army knives I still have it and its my favourite knife.


A second highlight of expo 88 was sitting in KITT. I loved watching Knight Rider.
Dan

 

[Boattale]

I can't remember whether the classic or the Spartan came first or when. But knowing me like I do probably a Spartan. Would have been early 70s.

 

[Hickory n steel]

This thread had been dormant for almost 9 years before your reply! That said, I'm glad you bumped it. Definitely a great question has been posed.

Mine was a red Spartan. That thing had gone to hell and back with me for over half my life until I lost it on a cross-country road trip. That one still hurts...

I don't even remember starting it.

 

[XJ-linux]

Victorinox Climber at age maybe 11 or 12? Constant companion until I got lost in a move. Great knife, and I have several copies scatterer about my house now. It's a toss up between Climber and Swisschamp for my favorite SAK model overall. Climber is a good balance of the stuff you don't get with a trad pocket knife, without much more bulk/size/weight than most pocket knives already have.