Great fiddle factor indeed, sometimes that makes up for a lot of other shortcomings!
Thanks for welcoming us here. The only thing I wished for with my pocketgrip was to have a locking blade and the flat screwdriver/prybar. For the rest she is perfect.
It's actually called IronGripWenger did several versions of the Pocket Grip - it's refreshing to see one actually gettkng used.I have quite s few variations of the Pocket Grip - sadly none see use.
That thing is built like a tank. It is a shame that they are not made anymore.
So why not use them? Because i bought them for collection. It would be very hard to track these down now.
The Wenger Giant - I don't know if it's worth 2000 Oz dollars to be honest. Since it's a totally useless tool, it's basically like a gigantic practical joke. I really wouldn't know what to do with such an object. Since it's so expensive to start with, will the price do much over time?Your 2000 Oz dollars could have been far better deployed on all those formerly dirt cheap Wenger Rangers etc which are now worth a small fortune. For instance, my Ranger Realtree Snow (or whatever the heck it was called) cost 35 euros and I think I could easily get more than a 150 for it on ebay. I saw a Ranger Realtree Blaze go for ca. 230 the other day. That's not bad for a 35 Euro small investment.Well, like with Bitcoin we all wish we'd known in 2014 what we know now. Nice Wengers are expensive now and they won't get cheaper.One thing is for sure, though: colourful Victorinox Pioneers usually increase in price over the years, as do the alox Damascus knives. As you know, since 2010 Victorinox makes a special run of pricy knives with Damascus blades - 5000 or max 6000 of them and you think "Blimey! You'd have to be nuts!" - but they all increase in value over the years, the ones with alox handles especially. So you can definitely buy those with a clear conscience and if the lady of the house tells you you're nuts, tell her it'll be worth double in two years time. It's an investment!Most Saks I don't think of as investments at all, I just like them and use them. But the ones that are just going to sit around being useless, I want them to increase in value otherwise they may as well be sitting in someone else's house. The Wenger Giant certainly works as a shelf queen but that's all it could ever be - so I don't think you missed anything there.
You were totally right about the Rangers, that's for sure! In fact it's hard to think of a single Wenger that didn't massively increase in value.Your collection must make you happy!
Wow Tosh - it sounds like your collection doesn't make you happy at all. Would it help if you displayed some of your favourite items? It's such a great collection you have - you deserve to get some enjoyment from it