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#16970 - 06/09/03 08:28 PM Wenger vs. Victorinox
garrett Offline
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Registered: 03/07/03
Posts: 249
Loc: North Carolina
Hello all. I just started following this forum after watching the other one for about a year now. I am just interested to see what people's opinions are on their choice of an SAK made by either Victorinox or Wenger. I know the difference and I am a died in the wool Victorinox user. The only thing I wish they had was cigar cutter, but thats a different story.

Which does everyone prefer and why?

thanks guys,

Garrett


Edited by garrett (06/09/03 08:28 PM)
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#16971 - 06/09/03 08:36 PM Re: Wenger vs. Victorinox
Tjin Offline
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Registered: 04/08/02
Posts: 1821
never had problems with vic, wenn i bought mine wenger SAK, i opened the blade and it didn't close anymore. i searched for the unlock butom for awile and them brought it back.... it didn't have lock ! i just thought that they MUST have a lock because it didnt close, but apperently it was a production error. What a nice suprise wenn your testing a new brand...
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#16972 - 06/09/03 11:17 PM Re: Wenger vs. Victorinox
AyersTG Offline
Veteran

Registered: 12/10/01
Posts: 1272
Loc: Upper Mississippi River Valley...
Victorinox, but probably just because that's what I've always owned.

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#16973 - 06/10/03 12:53 AM Re: Wenger vs. Victorinox
Paul810 Offline
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Registered: 03/02/03
Posts: 1428
Loc: NJ, USA
I like the Wenger scissors better, but as a whole I like Victorinox better. By the way, when I went to Switzerland there are Swiss Army knives everywhere. I didn't think it was like that, but it really is. <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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#16974 - 06/10/03 01:15 AM Re: Wenger vs. Victorinox
Anonymous
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I have a Wenger that I've carried for about 15 years. Don't know the specific model. It has black scales and was sold by Buck but it's a Wenger. Never had a lick of trouble out of it.

Ed

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#16975 - 06/10/03 01:15 AM Re: Wenger vs. Victorinox
Anonymous
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Victorinox.

I've had two Wengers given to me as gifts. One lost both it's scales with very little provocation, in both knives the steel seemed very soft, and one blade-tip bent in use that wouldn't have troubled a Victorinox.

Not that they're perfect- I have a little box of spare scissor springs I bought many years ago, about half gone now. Seems like they could have fixed that in all these years... but Wenger seems much worse.

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#16976 - 06/10/03 05:27 AM Re: Wenger vs. Victorinox
johnbaker Offline
old hand

Registered: 01/17/02
Posts: 384
Loc: USA
We have Victorinox. They have generally proven satisfactory. However, my latest Fieldmaster seems less capable than its many Vic predecessors. The phillips screwdriver is a little too blunt to be as useful as those on prior models. Also the knife blade seems to dull a little easier than most other Vics I have.

John

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