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Seuss Army Knife. (Original Post) Ptah Dec 2023 OP
Whoa! Reminds me of a dream I had once. MiHale Dec 2023 #1
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #2
👇👇👇👁️👁️Wenger Swiss Army 16999 Giant Knife, 87 Implements / 141 Functions Goonch Dec 2023 #3
I'd love to read the instruction manual! Ptah Dec 2023 #4
You'd probably need... GiqueCee Dec 2023 #6
try 2 slip that in your pocket nt et tu Dec 2023 #5
Amazon customer review erronis Dec 2023 #9
Previously listed on Amazon for $9,999.99 + shipping Goonch Dec 2023 #10
Seems like an advertising piece might be more valuable than the product. LakeArenal Dec 2023 #11
It's Real ProfessorGAC Dec 2023 #15
Saw One Of Those ProfessorGAC Dec 2023 #14
👇👇👇👁️👁️ Goonch Dec 2023 #16
That's Exactly How I Saw It Displayed ProfessorGAC Dec 2023 #18
A little tribute Jean Genie Dec 2023 #7
Fabulous, Jean Genie Ptah Dec 2023 #8
A brilliant Seussian tribute! Hekate Dec 2023 #12
LOVE it! calimary Dec 2023 #13
Hats Off to Dr. Seuss. Goonch Dec 2023 #17

Goonch

(5,586 posts)
3. 👇👇👇👁️👁️Wenger Swiss Army 16999 Giant Knife, 87 Implements / 141 Functions
Thu Dec 28, 2023, 03:31 PM
Dec 2023

GiqueCee

(4,736 posts)
6. You'd probably need...
Thu Dec 28, 2023, 04:00 PM
Dec 2023

... a degree in engineering. Kinda defeats the whole concept of "Pocket Knife".

erronis

(24,533 posts)
9. Amazon customer review
Thu Dec 28, 2023, 04:23 PM
Dec 2023

I'm guessing this is a spoof. Besides, it would compete with my other pocket rockets.....

Customer Review
Osteomeatl
1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING Wenger 16999 for display ONLY!
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2011
Verified Purchase
I purchase this knife on Amazon. When the knife arrived I opened the package . Most of the blades were in the open position. I thought "This is a cool knife" . I closed the knife blades and was shocked to discover that a couple of the blades were longer then the body of the knife and stuck out precariously ready to slice open any finger or body part that dare come within striking distance. What is worse is that the sharp edge of the knife blade sticks right up against a metal bolster that is in perfect position to put a large knick right in the blade. I called Wenger and asked if this was the way that they intended to make the knife or if it was a defect in which the assembler possibly put the blades in the wrong channel . I was told that this knife was a "display piece" and was never intended to be functional. Well that is all well and good but then please inform the buyer as to this fact and don't produce a marketing video that shows the many uses of the knife. I purchased this knife as a gift for a collector friend and I realize that 99% of collector knives will be locked away in a safe and never used but the difference is, a quality custom OR production tool is at least functional. That is the beauty of a tool. Wenger should be ashamed of ever letting this worthless piece of dangerous scrap metal ever leave the factory. Anyone involved in this project should be fired. The cheapest far East knife factory would never let something like this leave the door. And this is Swiss made? . I have to cringe at the thought of a product liability Attorney flashing pictures of this "Closed" knife after it slices off somebodies finger. Needless to say I sent it back to Amazon WITH A WARNING

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
11. Seems like an advertising piece might be more valuable than the product.
Thu Dec 28, 2023, 04:47 PM
Dec 2023

Definitely one if a kind.

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)
15. It's Real
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:22 AM
Dec 2023

I saw one. But, I think it was built just to have the knife with the most stuff on it.
An engineering gimmick.

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)
14. Saw One Of Those
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:10 AM
Dec 2023

Thing is so big, I didn't feel it was useful.
Thing weighs 2 pounds!
Victorinox has one with 31 functions and I thought that was too big.

Goonch

(5,586 posts)
16. 👇👇👇👁️👁️
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:21 PM
Dec 2023


Since 2006 Wenger has produced a knife called "The Giant" that includes every implement the company has ever made. With 87 tools and 141 different functions it is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most multifunctional penknife. It retails for about EUR 798, GBP 550 or USD 1,400.

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)
18. That's Exactly How I Saw It Displayed
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 02:33 PM
Dec 2023

It was at a knife & cutlery (and some swords) show I went to in the NW suburbs about 10 years ago. Maybe more. It was years before I retired.
The display looked just like that.

Jean Genie

(550 posts)
7. A little tribute
Thu Dec 28, 2023, 04:20 PM
Dec 2023

I love my new Seuss army knife.
It butters toast, and it scares mice.
I love its honking "oogah" horn,
Its bouncy bomb that wakes my morn,
Its plungy plunger when it squishes,
Its long-tailed net for catching fishes,
It's boxing glove and "brolly" blue,
Its finger-pointing stick-a-roo.
Its "morningstar" all hanging loose,
My gosh I miss you, Doctor Seuss!

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