Victorinox Swiss Army Swisstool Spirit Multi-tool Plus Free Pocket Knife
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Description of Victorinox Swiss Army Swisstool Spirit Multi-tool Plus Free Pocket Knife
The ergonomically designed and easy-to-use SwissTool Spirit features 27 implements and comes with a high quality leather carrying pouch. This gift set also includes a FREE Swiss Army Rally pocket knife that features 9 handy features such as bottle opener, mini Philips screwdriver, blade, file, toothpick, and tweezers. Whether carried or used in the home and car; this set will be appreciated as the perfect gift by everyone.This gift set by Victorinox, the company that introduced the original Swiss Army knife in 1897, pairs a SwissTool Spirit Multitool with a Swiss Army Rally pocket knife. The multitool measures just 4-1/4 inches in length and weighs only 5-3/4 ounces yet offers 27 tools. Among features for campers are bottle and can openers, saw and knife blades, and scissors. Other tools include 2- , 3- , and 6-mm screwdrivers; needle-nose pliers; wire cutter; chisel/scraper; wire bender; wire stripper; and crate opener.
The handsome red pocket knife, just 2-1/4 inches long, has nine tools, including a knife blade, bottle opener, mini screwdriver, nail file, tweezers, and plastic toothpick. Completing the set in a leather belt pouch for the multitool. Swisstool Spirit Multitool is made of stainless steel, with a pair of folding pliers. Many tools open from the outside without disturbing the handles. Tools are controlled by springs that hold them securely in place open or closed. Both the multitool and the pocket knife carry a lifetime warranty against defects in material and workmanship.
About Victorinox
In 1884, Swiss cutler Karl Elsener set up shop in Ibach-Schwyz, installing a waterwheel in Tobelbach Brook to run his grinding and polishing machines. Thus began what would become the international brand name Victorinox, a combination of Victoria, for Elsener's mother, and "inox," or stainless steel. Today, Victorinox produces watches, luggage, clothing, and, famously, Swiss Army Knives. The forerunner of that name dates to 1897, when Elsener patented the Swiss Officer's and Sports Knife he supplied to the Swiss Army. Following World War II, American servicemen and women shopping in PX stores shortened the name to Swiss Army Knife, which lives on in English-speaking countries around the world and has become a metaphor or versatility.
Sports reviews of Victorinox Swiss Army Swisstool Spirit Multi-tool Plus Free Pocket Knife
Customer Review: Excelent
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Thanks for your products are of good quality and personal attention of the amazon is excellentCustomer Review: 100% recomended
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
the blades r easy to open and is very light weight with a strong capacityCustomer Review: Excellent Multi-tool offering by Victorinox
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
The Swisstool Spirit is my second multi-tool. I have the Leatherman Core to compare it to and all I can say is that both are equally high quality.
The Swisstool Spirit comes in different variations and I chose this one because it was at the time, on a discount sale price of $10 off any $50 or more Victorinox Swiss Army Knife purchase. Foolishly, I bought this on impulse because of the freebie Rally miniature knife.
The tools feel like they ooze high quality steel and workmanship and I've read many times on different fora out there that Victorinox "Lifetime Guarantee" is REALLY a LIFETIME GUARANTEE. Unlike what you'd get with others that have so many exclusions and limitations included in the very, very fine print written in lawyer's "lingo".
Pros: Good quality stainless steel, high quality workmanship, an honest lifetime guarantee, enough tools to do just about any quick and dirty DIY repairs/tweaking for the regular homeowner
Cons: Only one I can think of is the layout of tools. With the Leatherman Core I have and the Leatherman Wave that I gifted recently...the tools are well layed out where on one side you'd have all the different flathead screwdrivers with 2 larger tools and the philips screwdriver and non-screwdriver tools with the other 2 larger tools on other side. With the Swisstool spirit...the small and medium sized flathead are together with the philips and the larger flathead is with the chisel and awl.
Maybe I just haven't gotten used to the layout of the tools, but as far as multi-tools that are in this weight and especially in this size range... I still think the Swisstool Spirit is King.
But if I could do a do-over, I would still buy the Victorinox Swisstool Spirit but this time the Swisstool Spirit X with the normal non-serrated blade replacing the sheep's foot serrated blade found on this Swisstool Spirit.
4 out of 5 stars only because of the tool layout.
Customer Review: My second multi tool.
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
My first multi tool was the original old school Leatherman. It's so old that it doesn't have locking tools like the current versions. It's still going strong, though and I didn't have any major gripes about it other than the tools didn't lock. I thought I'd lost the Leatherman at the park playing with my son so I finally got into the 20th century and bought the Victornox Spirit. What a difference! The tools all lock so they don't fold up and threaten to cut your fingers off if you use them hard, it's very nicely polished and radiused (comfortable to the hand), and it's easy to use. I love the fact that you don't have to open the pliers first to access the tools. Most multi tools have this feature now and it shouldn't be designed any other way. Folding the tools away is easy with the button sliders in the handle. Actuation of all of the tools and pliers is smooth and feels like a quality instrument. All of the tools are useful and well thought out. It is a BARGAN at the Amazon price! The only thing that kept it from being a total 5 out of 5 and it's a very minor point is that the knife isn't configured like a conventional pocket knife with a point at the tip. It is a blunt nosed serrated blade. So far no issues with that, though. The blade is so sharp, I haven't had a need to poke into an object before I could get a cut started.Customer Review: good, classy multi-tool
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
The Good: Classy, sturdy, and has tool locks for safer handling.
The Bad: Blunt end knife and no spring on pliers which should provide
easier handling/twisting with the pliers.
All in all, good multi-tool.