Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Swiss Champ vs CRKT Provoke

Victorinox (Swiss Army Knife) Pioneer -will last a lifetime and can be passed down. It’s all metal, very classy. Not American made, Swiss made.

It’s a quality blade as can be expected from CRKT, I’ve never really had a bad experience with them their blades are usually durable. Comes pretty sharp right out of the box. A few things to note are: you can deploy it one handed, but if you have it in the reverse grip retraction is virtually impossible, HOWEVER, it is possible to retract it in one hand if yyou move it to the forward grip. Another thing, in the closed position, the blade and tip are still exposed, the design allows it so you can’t cut yourself but if you stick your finger where the blade is still visible obviously you can still cut your self, which can be seen as a problem or not considering to cut yourself here you actually have to be try to

As that utters the tool useless if they break. You can work with it, but not long afterwords. My latest is the leatherman wave due to these problems. UPDATE: I dont use this anymore as the scales broke off and the knife bent a little

The pictures included is wear of the coating on the two contact surfaces after 4 days of playing/some work use. My palm is 3.75 in wide and 7.25 long middle finger and it seems to be designed for a 4/8

This leather case has a belt loop, rather than a clip. Before I ordered this pouch, I read a number of the many great reviews on Amazon. One of the reviewers, "Tool Collector," noted that the SwissChamp was a tight fit in this case, and that the case was made of dry stiff leather. "Tool Collector" suggested using Neatsfoot Oil to soften the leather of this case

I love the knife it took me a while to figure out it has a clip lmao it feels really nice and balanced on the hand the clip was also pretty creative i feel that this knife will last a while however the packaging sucked It came in a thin cardboard box and the knife was put into a bag and into the box I mean it is a 200$ knife so it should’ve came with a case or at least a better box It feels more that I bought a 10$ knife more than a 200$ knife

I would recommend the purchase of the applicable leather sheath. Although the knife is not excessively heavy it is a little bulky and more suited to belt carry for EDC use.

I purchased the Kydex sheath from CRKT, and it is even worse. It is WAY too bulky. Do not buy it if you intend to carry the knife discretely. It looks as if you are carrying a pistol, and will not stay covered under your shirt

but I think the scales are going to be a problem over time no matter how you carry it.

Love the weight and stability of the knife. Problem is now whenever I twirl it around my finger the blade flies out and locks in open position. For this kind of money I expected better will be returning it

I mean come on Victorinox, you make basically everything out of quality constructed stainless steel but go cheap there? I would gladly have paid a little extra to get the magnifying glass holder made of stainless. Oh well, hope I don't break it. And (2:) The Price. I paid at the time about $73 which is a lot but to be honest, even though you get a lot of functions, it seems a bit steep

I wear an apron at work, nothing special but it is cut resistant, and tried clipping it to that, but once again it came open and I ended up poking my finger with it. Thankfully it wasn't bad, but ever since then I've kept a rubber band around it to keep it closed if I carry it anywhere. Again, it's a nice knife, but for how much you're paying it should at least have a lock on it, and u til it does I can't recommend it to anyone unless they're getting it purely to display.