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In last months article about Wengers innovations I mentioned the plier and scissors moved and I meant to go into greater detail but time makes fools of us all. So this month I'll be going into more depth with it since I got so many emails asking about it.
I’d like to start this article with a plea for anyone knowledgeable about SAK watches to please contact me. I don’t know anything about them except that they are good quality and I like them. I have three, and I couldn’t exactly say what models they are, or really any more information than what’s printed on the back.
Along about March of 1991, I was employed as a product design engineer for a company in Winona, Minnesota. One day a lady from the Human Resources Department approached me to say that I was in line for a ten year service award, and would I please choose a gift from the list she presented me with. Little did I know at the time, that this casual visit was to be the beginning of a long term love affair with Swiss Army Knives.
How could anyone be surprised that this month’s Collection Highlight is the 2007 Annual SOSAK Knife? Finally, a Collection Highlight that everyone can share!
One of the most common questions about the new EVOGrip series from Wenger is how well the textured rubber inserts will last. Admittedly it’s still early, but I wanted to provide some kind of update to members wondering if these are all they are cracked up to be.
It’s been a little while since we had a fun give away and so Tim from Felinevet and I put our heads together and decided the time was right to give someone a new SAK.
The only thing harder to believe than me having once been a small boy is believing that as a small boy, and indeed for most of my life I only had one Swiss Army Knife, which is my well documented, trusty old Camper. Almost as well documented is the fact that I always longed to have scissors added to it, and I was in heaven when I got my first Huntsman. Well, today I am visiting the Pearly Gates again with a Scibeer Special.
Many times I am thought of or called a “knife snob” because I regularly argue the superiority of the humble Swiss Army Knife over other knife types, and the quality of Victorinox and Wenger over other manufacturers. I don’t think it’s a case of “snobbery” so much as it’s a case of being spoiled by extremely high quality, very low prices and a history as rich and colorful as any other- and more than many.
