It has to be one with the hook in it. And practice, or she'll hurt you back. And not in the nice ways.

My Swiss Army Survival Knife (see pics below)is used as EDC with my Leatherman Blast and Wave, I use the pliers as tweezers since I can get closer to the object then regular tweezers.

Mike

I use the tweezers as a micro pry bar and the toothpick to clean and oil multi-tools. I use the squared off bottle opener as a chisel and the can opener as a box cutter.

Yes, I've found uses.

Actually, I use the can opener, scredrivers, tweezers and yes, the toothpick, even the saw, much more than the blade. Tweezers and toothpick are used mostly for intended purposes, but sometimes innovation finds new uses when pressed by circumstance. Toothpick is sometimes used to clean out small places in firearms, for example.
Love SAKs, got to have more.

Most used- Scissors and bottle opener for me, but I will say, I lost the toothpick once, and didn't realize how much I needed it until it was gone!

The tweezers are wimpy, but I did use them to snag a pill I had dropped just out of finger tip reach between the seats of my car, and on another occassion to pull a lace through a punched hole.

I actually went to the Victorinox site to try and figure out what the hook was for- they just call it the "universal hook". But I did find it also referred to as "parcel carrier" and "safety box cutter"..............

The hook was intended as a button hook. To be used for pulling laces up tight. Originally to pull a button on a string through a string button loop.
Honest, that was why the old guys were joking about corset lacing.

Yes, the tweezers are wimpy, but they are still useful sometimes.

I find the toothpick handy, but if needed a sharpened twig would do too.

I like SAK, but I use the simple ones because after a certain point they just get too bulky.

I liked your comment.

i have a Tinker and use everything but the can can and bottle opener.the tweezers are first rate and i have taken the knife on camping trips just to have them handy..same with the toothpick.
the awl is the only thing that will make the right kind hole in leather,the screw drivers get lots of use around the house for little jobs.i use a leatherman for the big jobs on canoe trips like fixes to the boat or stoves...the little blade gets a fine edge and the big one a working edge..i've had this one over 25 years and it works like new.

I always thought the hook was a “package hook” left over from the days when packages were tied with string. The hook being in the middle of the backside of the knife allows you to hold the package using the knife as a handle.

Most of the buttonhooks I have seen for either shoes or clothing were much narrower and thiner.

Pete

It works for yanking on stuck zippers too.
Wouldn't you be a bit worried about the string on the package breaking.
Most of the string I remember on packages was pretty weak stuff.

I bet they put that hook on their knives just to confuse people.

i used to use the hook to put the chain back on mine (old crappy)bicyle. It fits right in the slots and it keeps mine hands clean. Not much else use though...