Tinker Swiss Army Knife, Swiss Made Pocket Knife with 17 Functions - Red

Have wanted a victorinox for while but between which one to choose and waiting for a great deal it’s been awhile. While just checking out prices I found the deluxe tinker brand new on sale at Amazon for $44 usd. That was on par or cheaper than most used ones on eBay. It arrived rather quickly and is exactly what I needed. I have quite few multi tools but I really wanted one to take along for travel that was light weight, small and functional. The main things I needed where the ability to fix anything broken on suitcase (so screwdrivers, pliers, scissors). Most SAK do not have pliers. I have used the hunter I bought on eBay and it has a saw and corkscrew wich this one replaces with the pliers and a Philips head screwdriver. The pliers are thin and I would not use on large bolts etc but for the smaller screws and bolts on carry on suitcase these are great. Then you have two excellent knives (non-locking but that makes them legal in places like England) the multi use can openers and bottle opener, the awl wich I find quite usefull but others don’t and the package hook that I use to open tabbed cans (like coke). This 4 layers small and light but highly useful. Finally many of these tools can be used for more than meets the eye. Check out Felix immler on YouTube for that.

I bought this Victorinox Tinker to replace the Wenger Handyman that I carried in my left pocket for a couple of decades before losing it to a TSA checkpoint after I forgot that I was carrying it. I usually leave my pocket knife home before heading out for a flight, but I forgot one time. The perfect Swiss Army Knife is a subjective choice based on one's individual needs and daily routine. I have grown to like my Wenger Handyman and the main tools that I used were the main blade, the scissors, the wood saw, the screwdrivers and the file. The main blade came in handy for opening packages and for opening watch backs. The scissors came in handy almost daily and the wood saw was handy for everything from yardwork to basic repairs. The flathead and Philips drivers were handy for any screws that needed to be turned. The file was handy for fingernail maintenance or for sharpening other knives or yard tools. Wenger is now owned by Victorinox so I tried to find the knife that most closely matched my old Handyman. After some research, I settled on this Tinker. The Tinker is very high quality and has almost the same tools with the addition of pliers and a utility hook. However the Tinker has no wood saw and no file. I consider the lack of a saw and file to be too much of a detriment for my use case. In spite of the high quality of this knife, I decided to go with the Victorinox Swiss Champ so I will have all the tools that I might need from day to day. If I'm going to replace my Wenger Handyman, I might as well upgrade it and get more tools in a slightly larger package. The Tinker is a great knife for those who will mainly use the tools available on it. One drawback is that some of the tools were more difficult to deploy than I expected.

I don't write reviews here often, but when I do it's because a product is so good and so useful that I simply can't contain my excitement to share with others. I have had a victorinox, in one form or another, in my pocket for years. I carried the Swisstool X and Pioneer when I worked on the ambulance and it served me incredibly well, and they still do. I have since began working in an Emergency Room and wanted a bit smaller package to carry around since I now wear scrubs and don't have as many pockets as I did on my EMS Cargo Pants, yet, with this I still have full functional capabilities. That is where this little guy shines. It is small, easy to pocket, and still offers me a fantastic set of tools for my day to day duties. I especially use and love the smaller pliers included. They are not intended to be used for cutting heavy gauge wire or tightening down bolts with 1,000 pounds of torque, but they lend themselves handy in so many situations that I almost try to find an excuse to pull them out whenever possible. One of my jobs in the ER is to set up sterile procedure trays and tools for our Physicians during a variety of procedures. Well, we generally use an abundance of various needles for drawing up medications, injections, fluid drainage etc. Well, when I am cleaning these trays up I do not want to get stuck with a needle, so I use my little pliers to carefully root through the assortment of instruments, find the needles, and dispose of them safely. My fellow employees have slowly learned that I'm the "tool guy" and whenever something needs a little tool or fixing, they come to me. Our "crash cart" had a loose bolt on the wheel that was making it difficult to push, which is something you don't want to struggle with when needed. Well, through using various tools on my Deluxe Tinker like the pliers and the screwdriver I got it all fixed and our engineering department thanked me because it was one less minuscule problem they had to deal with. Overall, a fantastic piece of gear and a beautiful compliment of tools for almost any day to day tasks. I could not recommend this product anymore than I already do and truthfully, if it says Victorinox on it, you cannot go wrong. *Notice* The pics with the tools extended is not the full array of tools on this Deluxe Tinker, there is plenty more I assure you.

Quality Swiss Army knife with multiple tools. I carry this in my pocket every day and there’s always a need for something that the knife has as far as tools go that I use almost daily.

Ottima qualità, super comodo e utile

I love victorinox saks and this one is my favourite. So many useful tools and a Phillips screwdriver instead of a corkscrew makes this ideal for those small tasks around the house. I changed up the scales to the plus ones to add the pen and pin, which is easy to do, to fuly kit it out. The knife is very sharp out of the box ,as always, pliers are useful for smaller tasks and, as with every victorinox saks, the scissors are sharp and very capable. Slips easily into your pocket. taking hardly any room and has every tool you need so it's very versatile for a pocket sized tool. I love it, easily worth the money and another win from victorinox

Daily driver for some weeks now. Use it everyday. Recommend it fully

Un super couteau, comme toujours chez Victorinox. Je crois que c'est officiel, avec ce Deluxe Tinker, je rentre dans la catégorie des passionnés de cette marque Suisse... puisque ça doit être pas loin de mon 10e Victorinox ^^ J'adore le Climber que je portai quotidiennement. Le Deluxe Tinker le remplace depuis quelque temps maintenant. Il possède en plus du climber la jolie et solide petite pince. Dès les 2 premiers jours après sa réception, j'ai déjà trouvé plusieurs utilisations à cette pince que je découvre pour la première fois sur un couteau suisse. Elle est vraiment utile, solide et fonctionnelle. Il ne s'agit pas d'un outil "superflu" comme on pourrait peut-être avoir tendance à le penser. J'avais une préférence pour le tire-bouchon habituel que l'on retrouve sur beaucoup d'autres modèles, dans lequel on peut insérer un mini tournevis à lunettes, alors que ce Tinker remplace le tire-bouchon par un tournevis cruciforme. Mais tous les amateurs des couteaux suisses le savent, il y a toujours de légers compromis à faire lorsqu'on choisi tel ou tel modèle. Cependant, le tournevis est bien pensé car il s'adapte a quasiment toutes les empreintes cruciformes classiques que l'on rencontre le plus souvent, ce qui fait de ce tinker une vraie petite boite à outils de poche, c'est très appréciable. Aujourd'hui, je ne regrette plus le tire bouchon car, comme pour la pince, le tournevis m'est souvent utile. En somme, c'est un joli couteau à avoir sur soi dans un atelier, au travail, en déplacement, ou même chez soi, pour avoir ce qu'il faut pour les petits dépannages, les échardes, les cartons à ouvrir ou bien-sûr manger un pique-nique. Un couteau très complet, certes un poil plus gros et plus lourd que le célèbre Huntsman, mais je ne le trouve pas dérangeant dans la poche. J'ajouterai que je préfère largement ce modèle à l'option tentante d'une pince Leatherman. L'avantage des leatherman, c'est bien évidement une pince plus grande et plus solide. Mais je trouve que c'est le seul avantage de ces pinces car les autres outils sont moins pratiques, je trouve, que ceux d'un simple Victorinox 91 mm. De plus, un leatherman, en poche, ce n'est pas pensable. L'avantage de ce tinker deluxe, c'est que ça reste encore un outil que l'on peut avoir dans sa poche pour les applications les plus courantes de la vie quotidienne. La pince est suffisamment solide pour resserrer la plupart des écrous (testé sur du M6 sans problème), très efficace pour couper du fil de fer de 1mm (et apparemment même du1.5mm) et j'apprécie sa finesse pour saisir avec précision des petites choses. Sa seule limite est sa faible puissance pour tirer fortement dessus si l'on souhaite retirer un gros clou ou un tourillon de bois coincé par exemple. Pour une petite pince, elle est très bien et polyvalente. Je dois admettre que ce tinker surpasse les autres victorinox que j'ai longtemps porté : le spartan, le compact et le climber. J'adore toujours ces 3 là mais le tinker est incroyablement bien pensé.

Got an incredible deal on this SAK which I'd been eyeing for a while. I was worried it would be too big in my pocket but although it's a bit on the larger side, it hasn't been an issue for EDC. It is the standard, excellent quality that one comes to expect from Victorinox. The plyers are more useful than they look! If you're buying a pocket knife / multi tool, it's Victorinox or nothing. Highly recommend.