Some idiot with the Wenger Giant:(Image removed from quote.)
Cutlery Girl specializes in the Victorinox branded kitchen cutlery (hence the name!) and she was very helpful by providing all kinds of information and wrangling other reps to come over and see us, despite their busy schedules. With any luck we'll be doing a feature on SOSAKOnline soon involving more of the kitchen line, which I always thought was very under-exposed.Def
Honestly, the Flik and the Artifact looked goot, the Evo and Ripstop were just more versions of the Suspension/Resolve/Tread etc line, which I am personally unimpressed with so far. It looks like they have all the bases covered, and my guess is they've had lots of luck with the cheaper line at places like Wal Mart and Home Despot, or why continue to make them?Then once the bills are paid by those, they make better tools for folks like us!Def
It's great to see Wenger coming out with a pocket clip model. Now all we need is a factory clip option from Victorinox for the OHT!
Quote from: J-sews on February 08, 2008, 03:04:44 AMIt's great to see Wenger coming out with a pocket clip model. Now all we need is a factory clip option from Victorinox for the OHT! I'm curious if Vic keeps a close eye on Wenger sales of new products and vice versa to see what really takes off. It would seem that, if the pocket clip does well with Wenger (which I'm sure it will) that Vic might be convinced.
I'm curious if Vic keeps a close eye on Wenger sales of new products and vice versa to see what really takes off. It would seem that, if the pocket clip does well with Wenger (which I'm sure it will) that Vic might be convinced.
QuoteI'm curious if Vic keeps a close eye on Wenger sales of new products and vice versa to see what really takes off. It would seem that, if the pocket clip does well with Wenger (which I'm sure it will) that Vic might be convinced.I'm confused. Doesn't Victorinox own Wenger now or am I mistaken? Why is Wenger coming out with lots of new stuff and the special edition knife. While Vic isn't. Are they run as separate companies by two different groups? Maybe I'm way off.
Wenger was nearing bankruptcy so Victorinox purchased them to keep it out of foreign (Chinese) hands. They committed to keep them totally independent entities however. There does not seem to be much, if any, tinkering in Wenger's business by Vic. We were hoping that some best practices of each would blend but no obvious indications yet at least.
QuoteWenger was nearing bankruptcy so Victorinox purchased them to keep it out of foreign (Chinese) hands. They committed to keep them totally independent entities however. There does not seem to be much, if any, tinkering in Wenger's business by Vic. We were hoping that some best practices of each would blend but no obvious indications yet at least.I see thanks. Maybe like you guys said, if these new things from Wenger sell really good then Vic will stand up and take notice. You'd think that Vic is looking at the special edition Wenger with great interest.