Funny reviews - $1,500 Swiss Army Knife

[packman]

[jberryhill]

1. More of a showpiece than practical, though

I’ve carried a pocketknife as long as I can remember. What you really need are a blade, screwdriver, a can opener and a corkscrew. (Although my current one has a saw blade that’s come in handy)

The corkscrew has saved me more times than anything else.

I’ve never found one with scissors - including victorinox - that were worth the trouble. Likewise, you are better off going at a Phillips screw with a diagonal flat driver than the wrong size Phillips driver.

[earthshine]

3. Have you ever seen a Victorinox Cybertool?

I think it addresses your screwdriver issues.

I could never carry one that didn't have the scissors. It's a precision tool. Excellent for fine hair grooming, paper, and electrical wire work.

The Vic can opener is the greatest pocket knife can opener, ever.

[Dave Starsky]

5. I'm a Wenger man, myself.

That is the only can opener I use.

[earthshine]

6. Vic now owns Wenger. Too bad for you. :)

For something like 150 years, there was two SAK companies. Now there is only one.

I chose Vic over Wenger about 40 years ago based on the design of the can opener.

The Wenger opener was somewhat ordinary for a pocket knife. The Vic was a "reverse" action design. Gets that can opened in no time.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. I Use The Scissors On My SAK All The Time

It's Victorinox, too. I have two. One has a cork screw on the bottom side and the other has a phillips head. I don't have a huge need for the corkscrew, so i guess i'm torn. The corkscrew does look better.

[earthshine]

7. The Phillips driver on the bottom of the knife is hard to use.

It slips out of the screw too easily.

The screwdrivers need to be on the top side to be useful.

The corkscrew is used to hold the detachable micro screwdriver, which comes with the larger models. Very good for fixing glasses.

https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-VIC-30411-Mini-Screwdriver/dp/B00165VGXS

[ProfessorGAC]

8. I Agree

It's the tongs are too large, so it's only useful if you are taking out a big screw. They should make it a finer point screwdriver.

[jberryhill]

9. The mini corkscrew driver is good, yeah

I have lost three of them.

[earthshine]

10. No worries. They're cheap!

https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Accessories-Eyeglass-Corkscrew-Screwdriver/dp/B00OL1NKD8/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_468_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=EZW1VW407RR4Q7TY2F2D

I've paid much more for them in the past.

[earthshine]

2. Looks like several Wenger knives that have been rammed together.

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Probably not an "official" manufacturer item, as some of the blades and tools are repeated.

Looks like someone's home modification, or probably, it's just a photoshop image.

On eBay, I am the seller of these impractically large SAKs, which fetch $500 or more.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/112655110430?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649

I carry a Victorinox Cybertool 34. It's a good balance of size and tools.

My most used tool is the scissors. But, if the Swiss Army Knife on which it is mounted is too large or heavy, one can neither effectively use it, nor the other tools.

[gratuitous]

11. Skyscraper construction

The knife apparently fell out of my pocket near the end of the day. When we returned to the job site the next day, the knife had created a full-size replica of the Eiffel Tower. The company had to let me go, and I need to know if the manufacturer will reimburse me for lost wages.

[packman]

12. Good one

[petronius]

13. "Like everything else they've tried, this device is not capable of fixing the Cleveland Browns."

Brutal...

https://www.amazon.com/Wenger-16999-Swiss-Knife-Giant/product-reviews/B001DZTJRQ/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_2?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2