r/victorinox • u/Suitable_Creme9930 • 1d ago

A photo of my daily carry, let’s see yours

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Forest of Bowland, England - Saturday 30th May

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u/YasenTeitoku 1d ago

I don't agree with the law but in England you're committing a crime everyday carrying that, I'd be careful declaring it openly if I were you.

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u/EbenFromLitzberg 1d ago

On the other hand, I am doubtful that that the Lancashire constabulary is going to be chasing this lad in a rural market town for having a Victorinox. But one never knows.

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u/Poodwaffle 1d ago

True, but if you get stopped for some other reason, it will become a problem.

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u/GammaDeltaTheta 1d ago

Victorinox is fine, but one with a locking blade that is also longer than 3 inches, not so much. For that, you need 'good reason' - some specific purpose that will convince the constable or you can defend in court, should it ever come to it. Carrying one every day in case it's handy probably isn't enough of a reason, especially if (e.g.) it's still in your pocket when you go down the pub in Lancaster afterwards.

Nice photos, though!

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u/Suitable_Creme9930 20h ago

I would never take it into busy public spaces. I also say DC for the purpose of the photo - maybe DC while hillwalking is more appropriate. When I’m out hill walking it’s practical and I don’t like the idea of coming into contact with guard/protection dogs which are sometimes found in remote rural areas. I’ve had an encounter in Italy which led to me wanting to carry something as a safety precaution. This is said without all the other utility benefits.

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u/YasenTeitoku 23h ago

I'd hope not but british police do have a habit of hunting online instead of actual police work.

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u/tudorrrrrr 14h ago

How likely are you to be stopped, and if so, how likely to charged for it?

We have similar laws in Sweden. You must be able to justify it. We have no safe length or no locking restrictions and anything that can harm someone falls under the knife law.

However.. I have never been stopped and searched in my life and I am 50. If they stopped me I believe they would let it slide as I believe they use the law for people they think would be likely to commit a crime.

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u/YasenTeitoku 12h ago

The uk is big on knife crime and looking like they're preventing it, in the countryside less so but people do get spot checks, do get randomly pulled over or questioned for other reasons, they're always aware of outlines in pockets and such too, and whether it's legally carried or not if it's even vaguely threatening when seen people often report them.

But yes things often slip by, I went through a checkpoint the other day without a swiss in my pocket cause I'd left it in the car knowing there'd be one but they never checked, barely looked in my bag at what they didn't know was water and didn't know was a phone battery pack with zero reaction.

3 inches (bolster to tip or just edge can't remember) and non locking for no reason carry and next to anything with a reason if I recall correctly.

If they catch you though the penalty can be anything up to a few years in prison or whatever fine they want, for the first offense obviously more after.

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u/tudorrrrrr 11h ago

Thanks for the explanation. Obviously much harsher than Sweden. I could get away with a Leatherman unless in a very public place. A victorinox ia usually ok, but same here. On your way to something, yes. At the pub, no. My safe carry now is a rambler plus a nextool f12. It gives me all that the rambler has plus pliers and a heavy duty set of scissors, flathead and Philips.

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u/YasenTeitoku 8h ago

I always have some sort of swiss army on me when I'm out aside from when I know I'm going somewhere that'll be checked for any blades, so long as it's not got the lock anything 93mm and below is fine.

I'm working on a setup with a square to hex adapter but haven't got all the bits for it yet, thinking of going with galvanox to match with the leatherman I have.

https://old.reddit.com/r/victorinox/comments/1r4uifo/useful_little_hack/

not my post but what gave me the idea for some materials and mine isn't quite as svelte cause the alox cap lifter is larger.

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u/Massive-East-5380 1d ago

Nice , how do those blades look ?

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u/Punished-Again 1d ago

Based tyranical law breaking.

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u/Lord_Mokrap 6h ago

Synergy X is my daily. Used to be the Pioneer X, which is also a great knife.

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u/Majestic_Anybody9748 1d ago edited 22h ago

Right now, it's the one on the left.

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u/lazy-me-always Rambler 23h ago

Voyageur? Cadet II? 🙂

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u/Majestic_Anybody9748 22h ago edited 22h ago

Cadet 2. Although, it's weird for me, that they call the older Cadet, Cadet 2. I would call it the original Cadet.

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u/Intelligent-Car3951 15h ago

i don'thave a pic bc of potato camera but mine is a mix of the minichamp alox (ain't need no pen yet🙄) and the climber (camo scales specifically bc they smexy and seem to hide scratching better😆)

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u/Suitable_Creme9930 14h ago

Nice - I need to invest in a couple of replacements - tweezers, and tooth pick. Although if there are other reccoms I could choose instead I would be open to it! The toothpick isn’t the best and degrades quickly…

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u/Intelligent-Car3951 12h ago

low-key i thought it was me putting the toothpick in between tightspots in my teeth instead of just using it to pluck out food grime glad its not that😐

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u/Intelligent-Car3951 12h ago

also assuming your referring to recommendations i'd suggest the rangergrip series there's to many for me to suggest but if you want one that's almost a dedicated knife go with the 53 for comfortably bc the corkscrew kinda digs into your hands

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u/TK421whereareyou 2h ago

Compact with phillips.