http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/now i can brush my teeth,
wipe my ass,
and check my tempature.......
in that order]]>Aug 24th 2006 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
1. Both are the only ones approved by the Swiss Confederation(Swiss Army) to manufacturer a specific unit for their soldiers(called the Standard Issue).
2. Victorinox was always a larger company in worldwide sales, but Wenger sold more knives in North America.
3. As the quality of both companies products are equal for the most part, Wenger tools are superior in design and function; ie. scissors is serrated and has no spring to fail. Screwdriver is self-locking and will not fold back in to the body of the knife while in use.

Always a matter of personal tastes, Wenger is equal(if not superior) in form and function.]]>May 7th 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
I think its not practical unless you go living in the woods and you need a bycicle rivet setter for some reason...]]>Aug 24th 2006 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
"sweet
now i can brush my teeth,
wipe my ass,
and check my tempature.......
in that order"
____________________________

Or if someone's a butthead, they could do all that at once.


But joking aside, this thing apprarently is very real and can be all yours for $1200 USD. What are they, nuts?!? How on earth is a person supposed to hold this clumsy thing in their hand? The ergonomics are all wrong. This thing would be unusable. I think rethinking it and scaling back with a redesign are in order.

And I thought my SwissChamp XLT was big. Crikey. I mean, I wouldn't mind seeing some additions to the XLT, but this thing is ridiculous!]]>Aug 24th 2006 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://theknifewarehouse.com/catalogz/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21742]]>Nov 16th 2007 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.wenger-knife.ch/ with the pictured army knife above, and one is victorinox http://www.victorinox.ch/

the original swiss army knife is produced by victorinox (which also supplies the swiss army, but all you get is a real basic-basic knife, nothing fancy)
victorinox and not wenger produces the usb-flash army knifes, along with altimeter-knifes, etc.
but both companies produce very high quality knifes. if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact mr. guyver ]]>Aug 24th 2006 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
...Let me just tighten this screw here using this two pound chunck of metal...unf.]]>Aug 24th 2006 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
As I read in another comment, Victorinox is the official Swiss army knife supplier for the military in Switzerland and they bought Wenger not so long ago...]]>Aug 24th 2006 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
And I have to disagree with the quality of Wenger knives. I own several from both Wenger and Victorinox, and the Wenger knives seem to be made very cheap in comparison.]]>Aug 24th 2006 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
You'd probably try to fight them off...]]>Aug 24th 2006 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 24th 2006 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 25th 2006 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.victorinox.ch/index.cfm?site=victorinox.ch&page=9&lang=E They even have one with IT tools "CyberTool" (without USB) and it is quite useful. Phreel0aderr, the "hook" is used for carrying things and for helping in tying nots with twine...]]>Aug 25th 2006 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
*cue Sprint commercial*]]>Aug 25th 2006 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 25th 2006 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 26th 2006 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 31st 2006 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
But anyway, i have seen this humongous knife...it's absolutely ridiculous in size and price. But then again, i was in Switzerland...everything is ridiculously priced (except chocolate, most of the time).

p.s. theft deterrant? just swing it in the direction of the thief, problem solved.]]>Aug 27th 2006 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 28th 2006 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 29th 2006 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 28th 2006 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 28th 2006 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 28th 2006 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
Problem would be solved if the tools were in removable clusters, say 3 or 4 tools on each side, that could be slid alongside each other to separate or combine. Each cluster would be easily hand-held.]]>Sep 3rd 2006 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 28th 2006 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 29th 2006 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/
"sweet
now i can brush my teeth,
wipe my ass,
and check my tempature.......
in that order"

Yes, Stephen, but which attachment did you use to spell "temperature"? Was it the Swiss Army dictionary or the Swiss Army "Hooked on Phonics" CD?
____________________________]]>Aug 28th 2006 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/WHO THE HECK HAS TIME TO INVENT THESE THINGS?]]>Sep 1st 2006 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 29th 2006 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 29th 2006 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 29th 2006 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/Aug 29th 2006 1:43AM