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(182,046 posts)Goonch
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Ptah
(34,159 posts)GiqueCee
(4,736 posts)... a degree in engineering. Kinda defeats the whole concept of "Pocket Knife".
et tu
(2,387 posts)erronis
(24,533 posts)I'm guessing this is a spoof. Besides, it would compete with my other pocket rockets.....
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
Goonch
(5,586 posts)LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)Definitely one if a kind.
ProfessorGAC
(77,277 posts)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)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)
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)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)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!
Ptah
(34,159 posts)Hekate
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(90,789 posts)Goonch
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