Van Neistat's Custom Swiss Army Knife

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Forty-seven seconds. The Swiss Champ, not the Swiss Champion (which does not have pliers). Once packed a Swiss Champ and only a Swiss Champ on a Europe trip. The scissors get used most often: sauce packets, string, cord, twine, line. The saw cut kindling yesterday. The file 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. God bless those classy Swiss soldiers. If you are going to own one tool, own this one. Victorinox brand only. Look for the funny-shaped shield, not the square one.

Transcript

this is my EDC my everyday carry there are many like it but this one is mine 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 use the scissors most often usually to cut open sauce or food packages or string cord twine or line got to wash it now and then lest it gets gunked up with ketchup used the saw yesterday to cut foring sticks this file will cut steel and aluminum I've used every every tool in this thing at one time or another 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

Products & Tools Mentioned

• Swiss Champ (Victorinox) essential