Victorinox Unisex_Adult 8.2050.b1 Nail Clipper, red, Standard Size

Please see photo which shows 3 generations of Victorinox nail clippers. Oldest on the left, newest on the right, this one in the review.Oldest.This is about 15 years old. It was so good that not only was it permanently in my travelling toiletries bag but I use it also when at home. The steel is highly polished. The jaw is ultra wide, as wide as you can comfortably handle the clippers really. So wide it could easily cope with the cylindrical curvature of any toenail. A few years ago noticed it lost it sharpness so bout genration two. It also has a pointy bit for toe jam and parallel lines punched into the metal to work as nail file. It works.Generation Two.This is about 4 years old. Steel is polished but not as much as the oldest one, above. The jaw does not open as wide consequently has trouble fitting into some toenails. However, the nail file is better because this is of the sand blasted / diamond dust coated kind of surface. Overall performance I would still rate the oldest one better than this one.Generation three.Fractionally smaller than the other two. It is lighter because it does not have such a long lever for the finger press. The jaw can’t oepn wide enough for toenails but just about enough for fingernails. Don’t know what this is good for; was goignto say may be good for permanently being stowed in the handbag but it doesn’t have a nail file, Victorinox never even bothered to try.; they could easily have put diamond dust type of surface onto the bottom of the clippers but have not. Poor show.This newest Victorinox clippers is worse performer, worse than the oldest one although the oldest is not as sharp as it used to be. Come on Victorinox, you are resting on your laurels, Leatherman will overtake your reputation soon. This clippers is so bad it will not go into my travelling toiletries bag. Wish I could return it but not sure if it’s possible, this being a hygiene related product. You are warned. Given 2 stars for the adequately polished steel.Update.Forgot to mention Victorinox is too cheap skate not to provide a sleeve whereas they did for the older two models. You need one to avoid the sharp edges coe into contact with other items in your bag surely ?

This is very very small nail clipper but cuts very clean. Did not even have to file my nails after cutting. I wish they made a bigger one as good for toes

Need to sneak in a small nail file section, right under where the lever folds up for storage. Do that and they’d be excellent travel/camping/backpacking clippers.

I don’t think I’ve experienced a nail clipper quite like this. Waaaay more refined than the typical junk from China. But they ARE pretty durn small, however. So I suppose if you had some big Neanderthal finger nails, and your goal in life is to shear ‘em off with 2 quick snips…and you don’t particularly care about the result…well, you might want to look elsewhere. Same reason some people buy a new Mercedes and others still like their ‘94 F150…

I was really worried about these clippers being too small. I use a size large glove in the clinic so my hands are actually about average for a male but these are super small when I hold them in my hand. But they work extremely well and the way you hold them, I feel, makes them much easier to use than normal clippers. Best clippers I’ve had by far.