What do you do when you’re bored? Instagram, Spotify, Netflix? Me, I go hunting for Swiss Army Knife hacks. That’s how I found myself hanging with a jovial bearded Brit named Hugh on a YouTube channel called, no joke, English Country Life right around midnight yesterday.
Now you can essentially hold the knife by the handles, with your index finger near the tip of the pen, and write in a much more comfortable and natural fashion. Probably not Moby Dick but at least The Old Man and the Sea.
Judge if you will, but I come bearing gifts. More specifically, I’ve uncovered an incredibly simple hack that dramatically upgrades the performance of the pen included in many newer Victorinox SAKs. Here’s how it works.
A better pen in seconds
Now, it is super cool that Victorinox figured out how to sneak a handy little pen into a slot similar to the ones used for its classic tweezers and toothpick. However, this thing is just a thin little rod, perfect for scratching down a name and number in a pinch but not great for any kind of extended writing.
That being said, in a video titled, “Secret tools in Swiss Army Knives (SAK Hacks),” ol’ Hugh shares a tip he learned from that mischievous Swiss YouTuber, Felix Immler. You may remember him as the guy who broke down the much more complicated extra tool slot hack I wrote about last month.
If that project felt like a bit much for you, relax, this one takes about five seconds. All you need is a new-ish SAK with a pen and preferably a multi-purpose hook, such as the Compact I used for these photos.
