Alright! It finally arrived today!
The Victorinox Rescue Tool I got from my company as a recognition award.
First off, I have never owned a Swiss Army knife, be it Victorinox or Wenger, that has ever been quite this large physically. Most of the ones I have owned have always been small enough that you could hide the entire handle in your fist when holding it. Nonetheless, this tool was pretty impressive when I rolled it out of the packaging. The yellow scales have a nice textured feel to them that makes them much easier to grip than the older smooth red scales are. Plus, this material is extremely phosporescent. I thought the glow-in-the-dark deal was gonna be more of a gimmick than anything else, but was very impressed when I let it charge under the light for little more than a couple of minutes and then watched it glow strongly in the dark. Very useful when working in poor lighting!
Here's a pic with the main blade extracted:
Main blade is about 3.5" in length and has a hole in the blade enable one-handed opening. The blade also has a liner lock, which is the first time I am experiencing this type of lock in a SAK. I have to say, I'm impressed by it as well!
Pic with all the main blades extracted:
Surprisingly enough, since the flat head screwdriver can be used as a prybar as well, Victorinox saw fit to make the liner lock for the main knife as a liner lock for the screwdriver as well. That way, it can't pop closed during an emergency when using it to pry things! The other two blades are also pretty cool: the one on which the blade is convex is a disc saw, for cutting through laminated glass and the blade which is concave is a seatbelt cutter. Both are also capable of being opened one handed using an extension on the end to pry them open and both are also extremely sharp. I have no doubt that one could put both to use in other circumstances as well. The disc saw is also completely removable so when it wears down, it can be pulled and a new blade can be popped in to replace it!
Pic of the remaining blades:
In this pic you can see the phillips head screwdriver as well as the reamer/punch: typical fare for most of the larger SAKs. But the other interesting blade is up towards the top of the knife. It's the window breaker. Also removable like the disc saw when it wears down. All in all, I'm very impressed by this knife. While its too large to keep on me as my EDC, I have it stowed in my car at all times now as a perfect tool for roadside emergencies.
Here it is with the remainder of my SAKs:
From Left to Right: Victorinox Classic SD, Wenger Classic SD, Victorinox Pocket Pal, Victorinox Spartan and Victorinox Rescue Tool
Since, I had the camera out, I decided to be shameless and snag a couple of pics of all the other knives/multitools I had on me at the moment:
Gerber Suspension Multitool
Leatherman Surge Multitool
Leatherman Micra Multitool
CRKT M16-14Z
CRKT Thunderbolt II
CRKT Pazoda
CRKT M16-10KZ
Spyderco Ladybug
Kershaw Leek-Alaska Statehood 50th Anniversary Special Edition (more of a shelf queen than anything else)
