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| Review Date: November 26, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Caraptor, with Carmen Sandiego |
| My sister bought me the full size tinker during a brief visit to Switzerland over a decade ago. That knife went through hell and back is still going strong. It's a great knife, but it is kind of bulky in the pocket, and prints very noticably in most pants. Hoping for similar features in a smaller size, I bought the small tinker from Amazon, about a year ago. It works really well. I think the only thing it's missing from the original tinker is the pliers, and this creates a smaller and noticably thinner and lighter knife that's comfortable to carry every day. I've been real happy with it, and I especially like having a robust phillips driver in place of a corkscrew. |
what's 7g less worth?
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| Review Date: April 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Karl F. Riemer, |
After ~40 years with a multitool always in my pocket, now I have to produce and explain it for public building security searches. This is a scaled version of the Victorinox Tinker, the same size as most Wenger pocket knives. Wenger knives, in every way I can determine, are functionally superior to Victorinox. Where there's any design difference Wenger tools work a bit better. Lately, though, even their slightly smaller size has become an advantage when emptying pockets at a metal detector. The difference is small, something like 7mm in length, but it's noticeable and fosters the impression of me being someone who needs to fix things rather than someone who wants to cut things. So why not get another Wenger? Only because they're less common and more expensive. You're almost certain to lose any Swiss Army knife before wearing it out, so a cheap one will last exactly as long as an expensive one. This diminutive Tinker does the job just fine for a low price. It's of the quality that made Victorinox famous, in a size you won't notice in your pocket. (I hang it from a belt loop; it fits better vertically, pockets don't develop holes and cartwheels are worry-free!) The frontside tools are marginally smaller, their springs are marginally weaker, but their utility is undiminished. The backside tools are identical. Though more compact it isn't much lighter than big sister. The difference is 1/2 the weight of a single key.
That's Tinker-belle compared to Tinker. Tinker compared to other tools is here Victorinox Swiss Army Tinker with Free Classic Knife.
Oh, and the famously useless toothpick? Tweezers are better now but used to be entirely metal and highly resistant to extraction. Toothpicks were provided, I'm convinced, for prying out tweezers and cleaning lint out of the bolsters. |
Just what I have been looking for.
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| Review Date: January 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Thomas Sosebee, Atlanta, GA |
| I carried the full size tinker and loved the knife. This one is slightly smaller making it surprisingly easier to carry but not so small to loose any functionality. The perfect pocket knife. |
Solid, small, stainless steel.
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| Review Date: May 29, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Daniel Boydelatour, |
oh yeah, i like this pocket knife. Its about the size of a bic lighter, so i can stick it in that little pocket above your real pocket on the right side of your jeans. yep, its perfect, the bottle opener will open any bottle o drink just not as well as those full size openers. Its very solid so you can rest assured that the opener wont bend back or rip off when you use it like the openers on some of those off brand knives. the blades hold nice and solid too, they dont wiggle when they are opened. The phillipshead screwdriver was the selling point for me, but ive decided to use it as a last resort, because the design makes it hard to keep the driver steady and actually unscrew something, and you have to constantly use half turns because the handle is perpendicular to the screwdriver.
overall this is perfect for me. It has exactly the tools i want in a nice lightweight portable yet solid knife, that i have no trouble carrying with me everyday. |
Best EDC pocket tool, but smaller.
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| Review Date: June 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Mac Coder, Tulsa, OK USA |
I have carried the Swiss Army Tinker for decades, and the Tinker Small is nearly indistinguishable, but slightly smaller. It thus fits the pocket better, and yet seems to compromise nothing in terms of utility or durability.
About the only tool on the SAT that I haven't used extensively is the toothpick.
It doesn't have scissors, or pliers, or a flashlight or whatnot -- but it has what you will mostly need, most of the time -- in a sturdy package that fits the hand and pocket well, and isn't easily broken (I have yet to break any part of a Tinker!). |
A gentleman's convenience, not a workman's tool
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| Review Date: May 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer: C. Swartz, Portland, OR |
| I've been carrying this model around everyday for so many years that if I didn't have it with me it would feel similar to forgetting to take my keys. I have destroyed several of them by using them for tough tasks. The knives can of course be dulled by being used on hard materials; this must be avoided. They are great for neatly cutting out UPC labels on cartons to send them for rebates, with less than full cardboard thickness. This use alone has made this knife a great investment. I used a knife sharpener on one large blade whenever it dulled and eventually it became the small blade. I broke the tip off a large blade. Worst, I turned the Phillips screwdriver too hard and twisted it partially out of the knife handle. Within the limits of what it can do, this item is indispensable. I find it a good size, not too big to carry in pants pocket, but with good size attachments. The toothpick is silly, however. |
this knife has everything
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| Review Date: October 3, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Wayne L. Casey, Washington DC |
This knife has everything--including the phillips head screw driver. I have been carrying this knife or one like it for maybe 20 years now. Its the perfect balance between multifunctional, cost effective, and thin. If it had more tools that might be helpful, but it would thicker and that would not be good at all.
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Swiss Army Knives
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| Review Date: January 15, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Deborah J. Flynn, Tyngsboro, MA USA |
| These were top notch, came in a quick fashion. I had order 10 and I got all of them within 5 days, regular shipping. Also, they were $$$ less than buying them in the store. |
Swiss Army Tinker
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| Review Date: September 3, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Bobby E. Collins, |
| The Swiss Army Tinker Knife is Great it has a lot of uses, this is my Third one over many Years, only because I tried to use it for something it wasn't designed for. If You need a Tooth pick You Have one, or Tweezers., Screw Driver and Even a Knife |
The trusty Swiss Army knife
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| Review Date: January 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Busy Executive, Long Island, NY |
My father bought me one of these when I was about ten years old, and I've pretty much carried one of these over across all the decades since then, and I'm still finding good uses for it. The blades stay sharp a reasonably long time, and frankly, as one other reviewer pointed out, I tend to lose them before they dull or become damaged. I'd agree that the hole punch is probably the least useful tool, and I suppose there are better choices. But for me, this is my small knife of choice - it does everything I need it to and it feels right in my hand (and pocket). I tend to buy them in batches...one in my car, one in the office, one I carry with me and so forth - that way, even if I lose a few, I still have one lurking around somewhere. Sure, I have bigger, more capable tools - but this is my favorite that I'm never without.
Highly recommended. |
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