Swiss Champ XXLT - is this a pocketknife

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On Victorinox's web site I came across the Swiss Champ XXLT of which Victorinox says:

"The Victorinox SwissChamp XXLT is the largest and most impressive tool of all. But it's not just collectors who are enthusiastic - fans of multifunctional pocket tools are also well served, the 284 g tool accommodating no less than 72 functions for thousands of applications."
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Here is some pictures of this beast:

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This bigger than what was Victorinox's previous largest knife, the Swiss Champ XLT, which had 50 functions:

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It seems that with the XXLT they have put nearly every tool in one knife.

My question is how practical is this knife? It can't really be considered as a pocket knife (unless you have extremely large pockets!). Not having had the opportunity to play with one I don't know how easy it is to use the tools with all that weight and bulk.

Does anyone own the XXLT or the XLT or has anyone had the chance to play with one in a store?

I don't know how much they cost (I couldn't find it on the US SwissArmy site), but I would like to own one just to add to my collection.

More a gimmic than a real tool?
 
Tadgear had them in stock (or was getting them soon). I was told by someone that it would be a while before they got into the US market. Now with TAD getting them, guess the wait is over.

They weigh 13 oz...not really a "pocket" knife in my opinion.

Wish I had one though.
 
I think it would be fine for the car/truck or a camp pack for odd jobs that may come up, but it looks ludicrous. I was checking out my Swiss Champ, the smallest one (still pretty damn big), and a lot of the functions on there appear useless to the camper. It's definitely too big to be carried in the pocket, a sheath would be too uncomfortable. I'm thinking about leaving my Swiss Champ in my camping pack, and getting a Ranger for my truck, I have a Recruit, and that might replace my SOG Blink as my new EDC, unless I find a SOG multi tool I really like.
 
I'd love to have one, and I'd carry it just because it's so over the top. It would be very entertaining to pull out of your pocket and use for whatever in front of unsuspecting people.
 
UnixDork said:
I'd love to have one, and I'd carry it just because it's so over the top. It would be very entertaining to pull out of your pocket and use for whatever in front of unsuspecting people.
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Is that a Vic in your pocket ? Or are you just happy to see me ?! ;)
 
From what I was told the knife was not really meant to be carried, it was made for collectors to show off all the tools that could be in a Vic.
 
Looking at the picture again it appears that some of the tools are on the knife twice. I see two hooks, two wrenches and two small screwdrivers in the back. Maybe this was done to use up what would otherwise be spare space on the back. The wrenches have a different set of bits in each holder.

This pdf document explains all the tools.
 
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