My Every Day Carry: THE SWISS CHAMP
Published February 09, 2022 · 2:38 · 230,201 views
About This Video
The Victorinox Swiss Champ: not the Swiss Champion, which doesn't have pliers. Without the Swiss Champ Van is useless. He once packed only a Swiss Champ on a Europe trip. He's used every tool in it at one time or another: the scissors most often (sauce packets, string, cord), the saw yesterday for kindling, the file that cuts steel and aluminum.
He replaced the stock pin with a needle. The hook (which the Swiss manual says is for carrying pastry boxes) is for putting a chain back on sprockets without getting your hands dirty. If you're going to own only one tool, own the Swiss Champ. Victorinox brand only. Look for the funny-shaped shield, not the square one. Two minutes and thirty-eight seconds of a man and his favorite object, and the conviction that a $30 pocket tool is as essential as breathing.
Transcript
if my life depends on it it gets its own toolkit why would you do this
bicycle gets its own tool kit land cruiser gets its own tool kit motorcycle gets its own tool kit snowboard gets its own tool kit house gets its own tool kit
workshop is its own tool kit i get my own tool kit my tools do not migrate between nests this is the land cruiser
screwdriver it's not the workshop screwdriver it's not the studio screwdriver it's not the bmw screwdriver this screwdriver is for fixing the land
cruiser [Music] no you may not borrow my tools my tools come with me i and my tools will help you this is my edc my everyday carry there are many like it but this one is mine this model is called the swiss champ not
the swiss champion the swiss champion ain't got no pliers without me my swiss champ is useless without my swiss champ
i am useless once packed a swiss champ and only a swiss champ on europe trip
i like the way it slides in and out of my pockets when i leave home i carry a swiss champ
i use the scissors most often usually to cut open sauce or food packages or string cord twine or line gotta wash it now and then unless it
gets gunked up with ketchup used the saw yesterday to cut forwarding sticks
this file will cut steel and aluminum i've used every tool in this thing at one time or another
[Music] i've replaced the stock pin with a needle for obvious reasons this hook is for putting a chain back on
sprockets without getting your hands dirty or re-beating a bike tire in berlin the manual says it's for carrying pastry
boxes too those classy swiss soldiers god bless them if you are going to own only one tool
own the swiss champ victorinox brand only they do not pay me look for the funny shaped shield not the square one or a leather man of course
but we'll talk about that later in another video this week on the patreon a live stream answering your questions the link is right there
Products & Tools Mentioned
- Victorinox Swiss Champ essential — essential EDC - 'if you are going to own only one tool, own the Swiss Champ'
- Leatherman mentions — mentioned as alternative multi-tool