The Victorinox Paring Knife Part Deux

Good find.

Thanks. I'll be getting one soon.

I recently got a drill press and bandsaw to start experimenting with Kydex sheaths for these small knives, but this is had to beat if you want to stow it in your pack.

I once adapted a sheath for a Dexter Russell paring knife that had a longer sheath, turning it into a neck knife. 1.8oz with a cord substituted for the chain and tubing.

Is about an oz. and a very similar tool. Use mine for cutting down food bags, salami, and cheese in the backcountry. Might have to extricate a pair of SAK scissors for a light and useful set.

The WoodsWalker is an excellent light knife and comes with several sheath options. Many small knives suffer from having a handle that is too small for safe and efficient use, but the WoodsWalker is an exception to that. It is happily rather inexpensive for an AG Russell knife.

http://www.agrussell.com/ag-russell-woodswalker-in-leather-hip-pocket-sheath/p/AGPRS/

How well does the blade cover stay on the Victorinex?

I've been carrying one of these when lunch calls for a knife:
http://kuhnrikon.com/products/tools/tools.php3?id=210
Nice bright colors, the blade cover stays on, and the handle fits my hand well. 1.4 oz with the sheath, 1.1 oz naked.

We have a couple Kuhn Rikon knives, with one in the car camping cook kit. Works great.

The cover fit on the Vickie is good. Not good enough for my taste for a neck knife, but it has enough grip to ride well in the pack in the ziplock with my pot and stove. I can hold the knife by the handle and shake it hard and the sheath stays on. I wouldn't put it in my pocket, but I'm chicken that way :). I hazard to guess that you could "adjust" the sheath grip with a heat gun. There is enough room in the tip to drill for a lanyard if you wanted to use it on a neck lanyard.

The Kydex project I have in mind is to make a good "necker" sheath for the Vickie as well as one with a belt loop, and yet another with an uber-minimal edge cover. I doubt I will improve on the weight of the Victorinox offering, and certainly wouldn't improve on the cost.

You can get light enough edge guards in a cook's supply store. Most are too long for a paring knife, but they are easy to cut down.

The real ummmmm point to all this is that you can reach in the kitchen drawer and find a good inexpensive fixed blade knife for food prep and repairs on the trail. The Kuhn Rikon is a good example. Wusthof makes the Silverpoint 4023/8cm which is another 3/4oz example. I got one at TJ Maxx for $8. I like the handle ergonomics a lot.

Dale,

Finally got around to getting the Little Vickie. It is everything you said it was. Feels real good. Too light to leave home.

Thanks,

Daryl

That's nice.
I had to make the sheath for mine a few years ago. Used some overhead projector transparency plastioc & some packaging tape, but the moulded Vic one is better.

Cheers