Mmmm kinda! With the occasional bit of FrankenSAK serendipity….so not completely backtracking. This one for instance makes it all worth while for me and the black one I almost feel should be a production model!!!
My guesses - Evo 18 or 14 I don’t mind the scales personally but appreciate they’re not to everyone’s taste
I wonder which model you have in mind?
S557.
That's ... unexpected. I got the Vic version in 2019 and was prepared to absolutely love it (the toolset is right down my alley). But the feeling wasn't mutual. It punished me with flawed pliers and wrench and ripped out my fingernails. Now it's rip in my drawer as a cruel reminder to why Wenger went bust.
That's ... unexpected. I got the Vic version in 2019 and was prepared to absolutely love it (the toolset is right down my alley). But the feeling wasn't mutual. It punished me with flawed pliers and wrench and ripped out my fingernails. Now it's rip in my drawer as a cruel reminder to why Wenger went bust.Pity, I really like my Evowood 14 and the S 14 (despite the bizarre lock lever).
I have heard people complain that the S557 pliers won't hold onto a piece of paper. I can't imagine what the heck I would be doing holding a single sheet of paper with a pliers but I tried mine just now and it held fine. So I guess YMMV.
Pity, I really like my Evowood 14 and the S 14 (despite the bizarre lock lever).
S557. It has blade, nal file, openers, pliers, scissors and ILP, with the added bonus of the universal wrench. The Vic version ought to have also included the hook and gone with plain scales, but that is why we mod things... and I'll be doing one myself once I can afford all the donors.
When you looks the the amount of models that both Victorinox and Wenger have tried and then discontinued (sometimes after a relatively short time) over the years you might think that they were just ‘modders’ with a bit more budget and hardware to hand!
I tried an Evo 18 but Wenger scissors are just a nonsense compared to the Vic ones and I don’t really like the slight design differences in the saw shape either. Love the fatter bellied blade though. I would like to try a 557 and always fancied a a 54 (just for the collection). I have seem the wrench incorporated into a Vic frame and it looks really good so I feel this mighthave been a much better ‘new’ tool for Vic than the rather damp squib of a package opener - especially as the 85mm range is being phased out.