Nifty sporran tool from RKilts

[ccga3359]

I know many are waiting for info about my new paintball RKilt but until I take pics and such I'll show you another nifty thing RKilts. Last Wednesday i found myself up in Stratford discussing what I was looking for in my new kilt and to pick up a new Tasmanian sporran and sporran belt from Robert when he tosses me this little black plastic doohickey the size of a credit card. i pull on it and this little knife pops out, "cool a sgian dubh" I say. "You're a moron" Robert thinks, he forces up a smile as he shakes his head in disbelief.

My new sporran has a special place for credit cards and such so he's added this to his line. It's about 2" (50mm) high 3 1/4" (80mm) long & 3/16 (4mm) thick, I know this as it has both imperial and metric graduations along the top sides. Also included is that same said sgian dubh at 1 1/2" (40mm) and a pair of scissors that will easily cut paper (and digits). A stylus (for them pda dudes)*, toothpick, tweezers & nail file with screwdriver tip. As I'm writing this post I also notice a glint of silver pulled it out to find a pin! I just went to Robert's site and he's selling these for $20.00. I'm hoping Robert forgets that I have this one as it's found a permanant place in my sporran and hey it's even small enough to hise in my formal sporran without dispacing my cigs.

Edit: I knew I'd seen a similar tool at my local Lee Valley and sure enough it's a Swiss Army Victorinox and for $28.00!

Here's the pic.


* Being a mariner of sorts, I'll be using my stylus as a marlingspike .

[graham_s]

Looks like a victorinox swisscard to me.
you can pick them up on the 'bay easily enough.

[ccga3359]

Looks like a victorinox swisscard to me.
you can pick them up on the 'bay easily enough.

True enough but I don't know what they charge for shipping in the States. S&H to Canada doubles the price to $36.00.

[Nick the DSM]

hmm, my mom has one in a swiss army style. that will be useful and handy.

[Cat]

True enough but I don't know what they charge for shipping in the States. S&H to Canada doubles the price to $36.00.

I love Victorinox stuff, but don't ever order directly from their website! You'll pay way more than you would in a retail store! Any Victorinox dealer can order it for you, and it should be much cheaper. I'm a big Swiss Army Knife person, and have owned quite a few Victorinox products.

The reason it's more expensive to order directly is that the US is the largest importer and consumer of Victorinox products in the world. It's cheaper to buy them here than it is in Switzerland (or from their website), because we, as a country, purchase and import so many of them!

Talk to your neighborhood Victorinox dealer (which pretty much every Army surplus store tends to be), and they should be able to get it for you for around $20 or so.

[James MacMillan]

Looks like a great idea for small Christmas presents for the kilted and non-kilted alike. I just found many on the net for around $18 US.

[RobertParker]

Used to have one in my wallet. It was great until I realized that by putting in my wallet and then sitting on it, the thing eventually cracked and fell apart.

[James MacMillan]

Used to have one in my wallet. It was great until I realized that by putting in my wallet and then sitting on it, the thing eventually cracked and fell apart.

Why would you sit on your sporran? That's got to be really uncomfortable!

[northernsky]

Why would you sit on your sporran? That's got to be really uncomfortable!

Ha ha ha!!!!

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

the "SwissCard" is an excellent concept; RKilts needs to re-think the colour of theirs; the grey/black may look cool, but a higher visibility colour is more desirable (especially if you drop it). Lady Rathdown keeps one in her purse, and only once in the past four years has it attracted the attention of TSA-trolls (unlike some of the other items she habitually tries to lug on board commercial airliners).