Hubby’s new Swiss Army Knife

We went to our local outdoor outfitter this morning as we still owed a friend a pair of climbing shoes and hubby had a gift certificate from there which he wanted to use. This turned out to be harder than he anticipated. The certificate was for 25 Euros and since most of our last purchases have been for the house he really didn’t know what he wanted – and for 25 bucks you can basically buy a few carabiners for climbing or a few camping budgets. As we passed the knife counter I suggested he finally buy that Swiss army knife he had wanted and drooled over in the catalog for a while now.

What he wanted was the really basic version which basically only has a few tools, is the bigger version but still small enough to carry around everywhere. He always had one of those, which he got from his dad when he was 6 years old for carving sticks but that got lost not long after that. For Christmas when he was 10 his parents gave him one of the bulkier ones with everything but a kitchen sink in it which we take camping and 18 years later still works as good as the day he got it. But it’s heavy and not really practical to carry in your pant pocket when working around the farm or going on hikes.

Let me tell you, these things are not very expensive anymore – we both remember them being much pricier when we where kids. Hubby found exactly the one he was looking for, and it only cost 13.99 Euros. So he is now the proud owner of a new gadget!

Victorinox Spartan

This is the one hubby had as a kid for that brief amount of time (I think losing that has scarred him for life), it is the old style that doesn’t have useless things like magnifying glasses, staplers and other stuff they include in these things these days.The Victorinox Spartan really is the perfect little Swiss army knife. It is the 3.5″ inch version which has a few basic tools. Most often it will likely be used to open a bottle of wine while camping or the occasional corona while BBQing on the farm but it will definitely get good use around here. Oh, and one thing we didn’t know these things are even covered by a Lifetime Warranty. Hubby is very excited!

Victorinox Rescue Tool

Surfing the web, we came across a new kind of tool from Victorinox, the Victorinox Rescue Tool for your car. Having lived in Miami we know how many people drown each year when they lose control of their car and go into a canal. Well, here the Swiss did it again, they developed a pocket knife for car accidents. It can be used to break your window (replacing that spark plug everyone of you should have in your glove compartment at all times anyways), cut through seatbelts, remove windows etc. Very cool indeed! We will probably get one of these for each car, because of 59 Euros theses things could come in quite handy if we ever have to get out of our car after and accident or help someone else who just wrecked. So, be safe out on the road, it’s crazy out there!