Smaug
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When it was announced that Victorinox purchased Wenger, I immediately went to Amazon and bought all the interesting Wengers I could afford. The intent was that I would sell them in a few years' time, when they had gone up in value to collectors.
I sold:
They were all mint, so I wound up getting $185 for the Electrician, $78 for the Evo 16, $153 for the Mountain Bike and $150 for the Matterhorn.
Shipped all over the world. The Evo 16 went to Australia, the Matterhorn went to Sweden and the other two to the USA.
It was a nice little profit, and paid for a couple tactical folder acquisitions, but I'm going to miss the quirky Matterhorn, I think. Even though it was a bit too thick for pocket carry, it had that cool fold-out carabiner and the half-serrated blade. (why not go full serrated, since there was a plain-edged small blade?)
Here's some eye candy:
I sold:
- Wenger 73 Electrician, the large locker, with a needlenose pliers and hawkbill blade replacing the can opener.
- Wenger Matterhorn, the 85 mm one with half-serrated blade, a whistle and carabiner. It has two Phillips drivers. (inline and on the back) I can't imagine why they would have two Phillips drivers instead of putting a corkscrew on the back. Did they really just not want to encourage drinking and climbing? It also had the clip point small blade, which I always thought was cool.
- Wenger Mountain Bike, with the 5 mm allen wrench that's used to drive a detachable hex/spoke wrench combo.
- Evo 16 in black
They were all mint, so I wound up getting $185 for the Electrician, $78 for the Evo 16, $153 for the Mountain Bike and $150 for the Matterhorn.
Shipped all over the world. The Evo 16 went to Australia, the Matterhorn went to Sweden and the other two to the USA.
It was a nice little profit, and paid for a couple tactical folder acquisitions, but I'm going to miss the quirky Matterhorn, I think. Even though it was a bit too thick for pocket carry, it had that cool fold-out carabiner and the half-serrated blade. (why not go full serrated, since there was a plain-edged small blade?)
Here's some eye candy:
