As you guys may remember I found some nice NIB "old" Wengers a couple of months ago (click here (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,78526.msg1757202.html#msg1757202) if you want to read the original topic).
Well, today we (the wife and I, and our little girl) went back to the same store, not hoping for much, but since we had nowhere else to go I figured I'd just go and see if there was anything I'd missed. when we entered the store the lady at the counter was helping another costumer, so we went to the display cabinet, only to see there was nothing new there ... :-[
The other costumer left and the lady came straight to us. She said they cleaned out their stock and found some stuff for me ... :ahhh
She went behind the counter and took out an old box, and when I looked inside my wife knew, just by seeing my face, that it was something good :D.
Without further ado, here's what I saw ...
(https://i.imgur.com/oCgA94j.jpg)
Yes, a NIB Wenger Pocketgrip, with box and paperwork:
(https://i.imgur.com/YU1a6AJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7xEa46d.jpg)
Had the chance to buy one of these a couple of years ago but let it pass, and it had bothered me since then ...
Next, two NIB Wenger Pathfinders, also with boxes and paperwork:
(https://i.imgur.com/psizYLj.jpg?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/m98pgee.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4y7mj5E.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FuBzQkj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XgnnaBi.jpg)
According to the SakWiki they both have the 6th generation compass.
And last, but not least, another NIB Wenger Pathfinder, be it a bit older than the other two:
(https://i.imgur.com/KAxwwMP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0IQWfjr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HpY25DF.jpg)
This one has the generation 3 compass, according to SakWiki, the plastic holding the compass isn't hollowed out like on the "new" ones, but it's made out of solid plastic. The plastic does look a bit yellowish, don't know if this is discolouring of the plastic or if it was original like this. And the compass was acting a bit goofy But I'll get back to this later on in this post ... wait and see ;).
(https://i.imgur.com/WW1dKId.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4GJW9XI.jpg)
The nailnick on the saw also pointed out that this one was a bit older, same goes for the saw patern:
(https://i.imgur.com/HfcIcpM.jpg?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/FcrtJ8v.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JlXuvHh.jpg?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/PHstwms.jpg)
And they also had a couple of sheaths ... ::)
(https://i.imgur.com/9YV4TTg.jpg)
If anybody wants more info about the sheaths, let me know and I'll post detailed pics with product codes :salute:.
And the best is yet to come ... :whistle:
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Got all of them (Wenger Pocketgrip, two Pathfinders and all the sheaths) at -60% discount :ahhh. And if I took all of them I got the old Pathfinder (with the yellowish plastic and goofy acting compass) for free. And best part is, when I got home, the compass started acting more and more normal, and now it seems to be working fine (in the shop it seemed to be stuck, at one point, maybe playing around with it cleared the obstruction ... :think:).
(https://i.imgur.com/OERSpIf.jpg?1)
(https://i.imgur.com/cDIFVEV.jpg?1)
As you can see, the Pocketgrip cost me 23,98 Euro, the two Pathfinders 13,4 Euro/each, and the old Pathfinder 0 Euro :woohoo:. And payed just under 40 Euro for 10 sweet looking old style Wenger sheaths, so 4 Euro/piece.
Needless to say that it is one happy TG-24, sitting behind his laptop typing this post :D.
The Pathfinder is the interesting one to me... the compass is what I would like to try out! Still great finds for sure!
When I bought my two Vic EvoGrip S54's (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,75615.msg1635164.html#msg1635164) I immediately liked the Orienteering Tool (a.k.a. Ruler and Compass) on them, but in all honesty, asside from collecting multitools/Sak's I also have a weakness for compasses ... ::)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Teey5FZ.jpg)
And I have more that are not in this pic, I even have doubles (and triples of some of them :facepalm:).
:pok:
It's simple math: Sak (= nice) + Compass (= nice) ===> Sak with Compass = nice² (I know the math is not correct :twak:)
And they work quite well, I mean, my dedicated compasses are more precise and easier to work with ( ::)), but they are usable, the plastic ruler and compass can be used on a topo map to find your position by cross checking (or whatever this is called in English), or to find your direction of travel. And on the latest models (so not the one with the yellowish plastic), you can pop the compass out of the ruler so it becomes a normal button compass.
Like I said, I like the Orienteering Tool (a.k.a. Ruler and Compass) :tu:.