Customer Reviews

Victorinox Swiss Army Waiter Pocket Knife

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This is the pocket knife I carry when travelling. You have what you need. It is thin, ligh.You have a blade for peeling and cut a fruit. A corkscrew for that special wine you will have in your room at a discounted price. Sometimes I use the cap opener and as far as I can remember I have used once the can opener. In other words do not go for those mini or maxi pocket knife, have your "waiter" with you!

This knife is perfect in terms of sleekness (no bulge knife cutting into your pants) and just having the few tools I most commonly need. I use the knife, corkscrew and bottle opener all the time when camping, and the tweezers are surprisingly handy too.

Maybe it's a characteristic of an American market's preference for stereotypical swiss army knives bulked up with tools and gadgets, but I sadly can never find this item in retail stores. The Waiter fits in my pocket easily. All I need is ONE blade, screwdriver/can opener, and tweezers. Also, Victorinox has the blade metalurgy right, hard enough to hold an edge but easy to sharpen. First rate quality!

This knife has just the basics and I love it. I love the size - very slim. It's perfect for traveling.

This is compact, simple, and works. It doesn't have a million blades, which is why I bought it...but it does have the stuff I needed.
Good workmanship, high quality.

Over the years I have owned a small number of pocket knives - maybe 6-8 - and I had been looking at several different Victorinox knives for my next purchase. They have always been great quality, well made, and long lasting. The reason for my purchase is that I wanted one that was a true everyday pocket knife. It had to have a substantial enough blade, but light enough to carry in my pocket without weighing it down or bulging.

After many hours on Amazon, I found the Waiter - and I am glad I did. My requirements were met with this knife. When closed, it measures 3.25 inches long, and 3/8 inch thick. The blade is approximately 2.5 inches in length with a little over 2 inches of cutting edge (if that makes sense). While some folks complain about the useless nature of the corkscrew, having one is essential to me as my wife and I enjoy a nice bottle of wine frequently.

Overall this is a fantastic knife at a bargain price. I like it so much I ordered another 2 weeks later, so I will always have one around even if I misplace the original (or if someone "borrows" it and forgets to return it).

Cheers! Here's to the Waiter by Victorinox - you will not be disappointed!

This is the perfect pocket (like one that you carry around every day) knife. Because it has only what you need and is therefore not big and heavy. I am on my 3rd one of these, not because they broke but because I lost them, and will buy another if I loose this one too.

This is the perfect minimalist picnic knife. The bare essentials in a knife that can be comfortably pocketed. Very durable and easy to use. An excellent, always useful and tasteful gift.

This knife is great, I carry it with me at all times. It's perfect for crackin' open brewskis, pullin' corks out of wine bottles and tweezing nose hairs!...Oh yeah, the knife blade is cool too!

Most people have a pretty good idea of what they're getting when they buy a Victorinox Swiss Army knife. I've carried a pocket knife for almost 30 years, have almost a dozen, and this has ended up being my favorite by far from a size, usefulness, and price combination standpoint.

The Victorinox Waiter has a blade, bottle opener, and corkscrew along with the trademark tweezers and toothpick - What you need and nothing else. (Yeah - one doesn't use the corkscrew often, but it does save you every now and then at office parties, picnics, or when travelling.) This knife is relatively inexpensive (you could get it confiscated at an airport and not cry the blues too hard). However Victorinox has really nailed their metallurgy and for me their knives are the benchmark by which other affordable pocket knife blades are measured. This knife is decent quality, comes with and holds a good edge, is big enough to be useful (3.25 inches long overall with a 2.5 inch blade (very bottom of base to tip) - about .25 inches shorter than the "Camper" Swiss Army knife I grew up with), but still slim, small and light enough to comfortably carry in your front pocket every day. The slimness makes a BIG difference. I really love this knife and can't recommend it highly enough. I've had a couple single-blade penknives that are "nicer" (both prettier and more expensive), but having the bottle opener/screwdriver and even the tweezers really comes in useful sometimes. People also don't tend to look at you funny when you pull out a medium Swiss Army knife, as they sometimes do when you pull out a little lock-blade. You should enjoy this if you buy it. For me its as close to perfect as I've found for a carry every day pocket knife.

Note: The Swiss Army Knife "Bantam" is the same knife without the corkscrew.