Giant Fans

[marduk]

I notice that all the pictures of the Wenger Giant show all the blades in an open position. I believe that they also come open from Wenger in the presentation case. If any of you are lucky enough (or rich enough) to have purchased the Giant, I ask: Do you keep the blades open or do you close them? I ask this since opening all the blades at the same time tends to weaken the springs. Are the Giant's springs extra strong? Or does Wenger expect that the knife is exclusively for show and no one is expected to actually use any of the blades, so who cares if the springs are weakened?

[Reinier]

Here's a giant fan:



More Giant fans:

[enki_ck]

If someone actually uses the Giant, I want to see a video of them doing it.

Except Top Gear of course.

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,23931.msg438008.html#msg438008

[basilio]

I believe that having the blades all fully opened or all fully closed does the very same stress to the springs, which is minimal.
The big stress is by having the blades half opened, like for example to show all the implements of a knife.
Oh, and by the way, you don't really need to be extra rich to own a Giant these days: I saw two recently sold on ebay.it and ebay.de. Both went for around € 200.

[Grumpy]

Here's a giant fan:

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More Giant fans:

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[captain spaulding]

You forgot about the SF Giants fans.

[GigaHz]

I leave them open. There is a least one blade that is too long for the 85mm frame. If you close it, the blade sticks out past the the end of the knife

[stealth007s]

You forgot about the SF Giants fans.

That's what I thought this thread was about

 

[space cowboy]

Its impossible to carry that in a pocket IMO..!

[marduk]

Basilio, many thanks for the information. I'm surprised to hear they are selling so cheaply on the Continent. On eBay US they're going from 1100 to over 1500 dollars. It's usually the reverse.

If I remember correctly there was an article on one of the knife sites about the Giant which explained that they are all constructed by one individual at Delemont.

I wonder if we've seen the last of the Wenger Giant or if Vic will continue the tradition and produce a Vic Giant.

[Goatlord666]

Basilio, many thanks for the information. I'm surprised to hear they are selling so cheaply on the Continent. On eBay US they're going from 1100 to over 1500 dollars. It's usually the reverse.

If I remember correctly there was an article on one of the knife sites about the Giant which explained that they are all constructed by one individual at Delemont.

I wonder if we've seen the last of the Wenger Giant or if Vic will continue the tradition and produce a Vic Giant.

that's a very good point, especially since Victorinox now owns both labels.hmmm... it will be nice to see a giant Vic tho... but then again maybe not. Vic always came as very "streamlined" or maybe "economical" when coming out with new knives (with the exception of the new 2013 outdooorsman ...can't wait for that one)... but wenger is more like a "way out there"... unpredictable to a certain extent...I dunno... I can't come up with the right words

[basilio]

Basilio, many thanks for the information. I'm surprised to hear they are selling so cheaply on the Continent. On eBay US they're going from 1100 to over 1500 dollars. It's usually the reverse.

Prices in the shops here are almost the same.
However, if you search hard you can find good deals.
In both the auctions I saw the knife has been described as "swiss knife" if I remember correctly (in the italian auction even "Victorinox knife"), no use of the word "Giant".