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• 4
• 38 in
• closed length, with black handle
• Features large locking blade, wood saw, corkscrew, can opener with small screwdriver, bottle opener
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 4.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 1.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 SAK Forester makes starting lineupOct 15, 2009
By Robert Lindsey
SPECIFIC LIKES (along with some dimensions you might consider useful information, as measured on mine):
** Large enough to provide for a good, solid grip. Handle is 11/16" thick; handle width, with knife blade opened, varies from 7/8" to 1-1/16." Width when closed varies slightly, up to a max. of 1-1/4." (That would be quite a chunk to carry in your pocket every day, but that's not my purpose for it.)
** Matte black finish adds some texture that's lacking from the shiny handles on my SAK Recruit and Tinker knives, and this texture seems to enhance the grip. (Besides, it looks good on this knife.)
** Some outdoor sports folks - hunters in particular - feel that the less shiny stuff you carry afield, the better. If so, matte finish probably helps with that, too (until you open that mirror-like blade, of course).
** Blade is 3-3/8", measured from tip to the nearest point on the handle. The blade spine is .096" thick at the handle, tapering to .08" at a point 1" back from the tip. This knife was not meant for prying, so is not designed for it; but the thickness it has should certainly withstand the pressure of some hard cutting.
** Blade as received was sharp enough to cut a finger, but not quite ready for smooth cutting through cardboard or medium-soft wood. A few minutes of honing and some stropping fixed that. I expect this with any knife, and in fact get some satisfaction out of improving the cut a little, so that's not a negative for me.
** The cutting blade locks, as described. A welcome surprise for me, though, was that the screwdriver/bottle opener also locks. On my other SAKs (Swiss Army Knives), the only tool with which I've hurt myself, in a lot of use, has been the screwdriver/bottle opener on my SAK Tinker - which I later learned matched my son's experience - so I had wished for a lock on that tool, also. (Bingo!)
** Also appreciated: the cutting blade and the screwdriver tip both have fairly solid detents at about the 40% closed position, which is a welcome feature for someone who's let a blade get away from him and snap closed from about that position. With these tools, if you want to adjust your grip before completing the opening or closing motion, you've got a good stopping place for that.
** The cutting blade is centered in the handle. I may be the only guy in the world who cares about this, but I would prefer that the cutting blade not be mounted to the far left or far right side of the handle. With some designs, that can't be avoided; but with this implement there was an opportunity for the manufacturer to center the blade, and they did so.
** Furthermore, since the Forester's cutting blade, when closed, doesn't have to share that center slot with some other tool that folds toward it from the other end of the handle, it doesn't have to drift left or right along its length to make room for that other tool. Those contortions bother me in knives that must have their blades shaped that way - but the Forester is not one of them.
** Finally, the saw blade cuts well, within the range its length supports, and seems to resist bending well. Don't expect it to cut very fast, because that can't be; after all, a blade this size can have only so many teeth. Nor should you expect a clean, polished surface where it cuts, because it's not designed for that, either. It's designed for a basic purpose: to remove material in order to sever something in a sensible size range; and on that it delivers as well as I think you could reasonably hope for in a package this size.
DISLIKES: None.
CONCLUSION: I have several Swiss Army knives, and have worked most of them pretty hard with no problems. I also have couple in reserve in case I ruin or lose one; but it looks like they'll stay fairly pristine until my son inherits them. The Forester, I'm already certain, has the same virtues as the others - plus some. My son will inherit it, too, but a lot less pristine; because this newcomer made the starting lineup right away.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Lockblade design is a godsendJul 16, 2004
By Brook Plog
Victorinox has finally started to offer a highly-functional lockblade design in its larger folding knives. Cutting out the clutter of redundant blades, nail files, magnifying glasses and other such non-essentials, the Forester knife is left with a fairly long, very sharp single useble blade, a small saw, a corkscrew, awl, can opener, bottle opener, and slotted screwdriver (and, of course, the ubiquitous toothpick and tweezers, which I might add are handier than you would think). The large, articulated handle grips firmly in your hand and the locking blade ensures it won't cost you your fingers by accidently closing during use. The long straight blade is, in my opinion, more useful for everyday camping & hiking - slicing food, general cutting, whittling, etc., than the shorter usually curved blades of most sport knives (most of which are derived from hunting knife designs). Unless you're rock climbing or river rafting (for which a single-hand operated opening blade would be prefered), this is probably all the knife you'll ever need on the trail. The Forester is a trusty no-nonsense outdoor companion.
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Forestor - Another perfect SAK from Victorinox!!Feb 20, 2006
By A. Chopra
The Victorinox Forester was my first SAK. I liked the black color as it looked different from the regular dark red ones (even cheap "Made in China" comes in the same color). I have used this SAK in the worst of times, especially when I required the professional tools to deal with the problem. I must add that the quality of the Victorinox have always surprised me, because I have never seen any single piece of tool taking so much abuse and still working as new. People like me (those who are using SAKs for years) will agree that even after five years of use and abuse the big locking still cuts like the new one, the sharpness of wood-saw, the cork-screw, and the can opener just functions without flaw.
Avoid the dark red color and stick with black for this model, as it is the original color and it looks great. If you find all the 12 features of this SAK good enough for your work and use, just go for it.
I am using this particular SAK (Forester) for more than four years (when I bought it for $55) and it still works and feels like new.
Isn't it an investment?
best model yetAug 22, 2011
By kushunit
U want a real blade ? A liner lock blade? Huge saw ? Then this ones for u . Still has can and bottle opener. And tooth pick with tweezers . U will love this jet black monster
great knife and multitoolJul 07, 2009
By J. R. Perrella
great knife. high quality blade and great portability. this really has everything you could ever want.
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