S557:Wengers Champ?

[kirk13]

Well my S557 arrived last Friday,had its first work outing on Saturday,and I've got to say I'm very taken with it.

Xelkos has already done a great write-up,and there's nothing much I can add,except to say that it might have been better if the Philips/wrench layer was swapped around with the scissors,and I do wish it didn't have the lock on the blade!...oh and more options on the scales

The S557 is a funny little thing though.In terms of tool load its maybe closest to Vics DeluxTinker,but in feel it seems to be Wengers SwissChamp!

I know Wenger has bigger tools,such as the S54,but the S557 really seems to be the flagship,or should that be the swan song of Wenger.

I'm hooked,just a pity that its extinct!

[Marius]

The old Wenger Matterhorn is what to me looks closest to the classic SwissChamp despite the lack of pliers, at least in style.

SakWiki:

http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Matterhorn+Original

[jzmtl]

Toolchest plus is their version of champ, regular scale and no lock. I was going to get rid of mine but looks like I'm keeping it.

[kirk13]

I think that I haven't explained myself properly.Let me try again...

While I know there are bigger Wengers,but in the same way the Victorinox that people aspire to is the SwissChamp,the Wenger that people seem to be aspiring to is the S557