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Any love for Wenger?

it Offline SirVicaLot

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Re: Any love for Wenger?
Reply #3630 on: December 24, 2020, 10:13:59 PM
Guys I have one question, do you know why the 130mm Wenger/Victorinox Delemont blade is not sharpened last centimetre from the body?

I could see two reasons: The lock engages at that part of the blade, so it needs to be thicker. I assume it is also a safety decision. Should you slip, your finger will hit an unsharpened part.


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Reply #3631 on: February 26, 2021, 10:53:09 PM
Nothing but love for Wenger.  A few I picked up on a recent trip. 
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Re: Any love for Wenger?
Reply #3632 on: February 27, 2021, 12:09:00 AM
Love that black Pocket Tool Chest. :drool:
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Reply #3633 on: February 27, 2021, 01:34:08 AM
Nothing but love for Wenger.  A few I picked up on a recent trip.
:dd: great finds Aloha :like:


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Reply #3634 on: February 27, 2021, 03:03:44 AM
Nice score Aloha!!
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Reply #3635 on: February 27, 2021, 03:46:06 AM
Thank you.  Never know where these gems will pop up. 
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Re: Any love for Wenger?
Reply #3636 on: February 27, 2021, 08:17:11 AM
Since Reinier sold me the Wenger part of his recent lot, I can start dipping my toes in here again :D


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Reply #3637 on: March 01, 2021, 03:25:26 PM
Nice.  Wenger has some great models.  I'm sure your toe dipping will be fun.   
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Re: Any love for Wenger?
Reply #3638 on: March 01, 2021, 06:07:07 PM
First: Hello! to all, as I´m new to this forum.

M first SAK was a Wenger back in 1981/82, a Alpine Backpacker (plain). After many years of Victorinoxes (?) I got me another one last week.
My wife carries a Wenger Esquire on her keychain and she loves it, especially the scissors.


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Reply #3639 on: March 01, 2021, 06:08:54 PM
 :like:  Welcome. 
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Reply #3640 on: March 01, 2021, 10:53:16 PM
Nothing but love for Wenger.  A few I picked up on a recent trip.

You're a fortunate man Aloha.

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Reply #3641 on: March 01, 2021, 11:06:20 PM
 :salute:
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Reply #3642 on: March 01, 2021, 11:07:41 PM
Here are a few 120's and 130's.
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Reply #3643 on: March 02, 2021, 10:05:55 AM
Always had a soft spot for those orange camo scales - very funky! :like: :like:


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Reply #3644 on: March 02, 2021, 02:32:34 PM
Here are a few 120's and 130's.

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Reply #3645 on: March 02, 2021, 02:55:26 PM
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Here are a few 120's and 130's.
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Reply #3646 on: March 02, 2021, 02:55:57 PM
Welcome! 
First: Hello! to all, as I´m new to this forum.

M first SAK was a Wenger back in 1981/82, a Alpine Backpacker (plain). After many years of Victorinoxes (?) I got me another one last week.
My wife carries a Wenger Esquire on her keychain and she loves it, especially the scissors.
Barry


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Reply #3647 on: March 02, 2021, 03:52:30 PM
Always had a soft spot for those orange camo scales - very funky! :like: :like:

 :iagree: :like:
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Re: Any love for Wenger?
Reply #3648 on: March 02, 2021, 08:13:34 PM
My first SAK was a Wenger Handyman. Bought it around 1989. Lots of tools for a small size. Still works and looks great.


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Re: Any love for Wenger?
Reply #3649 on: March 03, 2021, 05:06:30 AM
I commented above on what an excellent complement my S557 is for my CTL. It offers pliers AND a wrench for the multi driver heads on my CTL.  But now the S557 is growing on me so much that on some days when I am only being a good scout that is  prepared, instead of a human trouble shooter, I actually grab the S557 just because it’s sooooo compact and I love rubbing those Evo scales in my pocket!

I have a left handed Traveller and being a lefty really LOVE the proper orientation. But I just can’t live with the limited tool set of my Trav. So: if I ever run into an S557 lefty, I will probably buy it...if they ever made one for southpaws.   



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Reply #3650 on: March 03, 2021, 11:20:12 PM
I hear that Sgt T!!
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Re: Any love for Wenger?
Reply #3651 on: March 03, 2021, 11:42:03 PM


I got a nice little surprise today. I bought this lot of Esquires for scale tools and key rings and much to my surprise one of them is an Air Traveler in nice condition. w0oT!
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Reply #3652 on: March 04, 2021, 02:54:01 AM
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I got a nice little surprise today. I bought this lot of Esquires for scale tools and key rings and much to my surprise one of them is an Air Traveler in nice condition. w0oT!

Congrats!

Quite a treat.


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Reply #3653 on: March 04, 2021, 03:17:21 PM
 :iagree: :cheers:
All who wander are not lost..

It only take a little bit of sharp..


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Reply #3654 on: March 04, 2021, 10:00:47 PM
Me too!
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Reply #3655 on: March 18, 2021, 12:02:30 AM
Here’s an oldie I picked up recently, from the 1930’s I think (tang stamp 1930-45) would love some more info




   
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Reply #3656 on: March 18, 2021, 01:56:53 AM
Very cool, @Echotech!
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Reply #3657 on: March 18, 2021, 01:57:57 AM
 :iagree:
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Reply #3658 on: March 18, 2021, 02:40:37 AM
I love Wenger. As a lefty I give them beau coup kudos for fully left handed knives.

Wenger showed there was a way to do it slightly differently and with distinct advantage.

The cap lifter is a short knife that is very useful as a pull ull up and back cutter for twine and fishing line. I use it quite a bit that way. It could easily be modified to an effective seat belt cutter if Wenger were still in biz. And I have even mastered screwing withe rounded tip, though it is sub optimal.

The two position pliers are very good, also.

And wrench was way ahead of its time.

But my problem with Wenger remains their willingness to stick with ineffective solutions, or useless ornament.

They carried on indefinitely with sub par scissors that just don’t cut much but paper and that are susceptible to  loss of springy function from gunk and corrosion.

I am supposed to prefer Wenger scissors because the spring won’t break. But the scissors never cut that well. My Vic’s spring breaks once in a great while, 99 percent of the time they cut the way I want. I prefer the Vic trade off. I will find a way to limp through a broken spring once in a great while for top cutting all the time.

The short chain was also useless—too short for a lanyard, and unnecessary if you add a lanyard.

The blade lock works good new but wears out. It was too flimsy to have stuck with IMHO. 

Wenger’s sense of smaller size, higher tool density, and better scale ergos are deeply missed by me.

But on some level they lacked the seriousness of purpose about getting function right to keep me from preferring Victorinox’s durable, effective tools. 

I love and trust my s557, EXCEPT for the blade lock and the scissors. I sense they will fail me sooner or later at normal function they claim to provide. I don’t sense the same risk from my victorinox knives.

I want my knife to come through in a pinch.

That’s why I carry a SAK.

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