Unusual SAK

WA Martin · Oct 8, 2009

Ok, guys. Here's that SAK I tried to describe.

Appears to be about 3 and 3/8" long. So it's either supposed to be 84 or 91 mm. Don't have a good mm scale handy or would try to be clearer.

As I lay the knife on the desk with the scale with the large cross in a squarish oval, the blades opening to the right are can opener, and large blade.
Opening to the left, front to back, are caplifter with screwdriver and wire stripper, magnifying glass on the end of a long blade topped with a medium or small flat screwdriver, 12" telescopic pointer, scissors, and nail file.

Coming out the bottom are a phillips screwdriver and an awl or maybe its a reamer.

Large blade actually says Wegner on one side and has the large styleized W. On the other side I think it says Wegner, Celemont, Switzerland, Stainless. There is also an umbrella on this side.

Farmer Brown · Oct 8, 2009

It's definitely a Wenger from the design of the scissors, magnifying lens, can opener, and cross.

An older model?...

WA Martin · Oct 8, 2009

It was given to me probably in 1997 or 1998. Don't know how new it was at that time but no one puts a telescopic pointer in their knives anymore. Maybe a laser pointer but not a telescopic one.

Sorry for the big pics. I was trying to remember how to do it so that the thumbnail appeared and you could click it to get the larger photo if you wanted to.
Oh, well.

UnknownVT · Oct 8, 2009

WA Martin said:
It was given to me probably in 1997 or 1998. Don't know how new it was at that time but no one puts a telescopic pointer in their knives anymore.

What you have appears to be a Wenger Director

Wenger made other models with the telescopic pointer -
Manager
Pointer

and this behemoth
Wenger Giant

which is actually still current @ > $1K -
and in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Gareth UK · Oct 9, 2009

Very nice, certainly unusual. BTW Wenger's measure out at 85mm if you want to go metric.

Roger999 · Oct 9, 2009

I thought it was an antenna lol.

Harayasu · Oct 10, 2009

Yes, I also thought it was an antenna for a SAK with a built in radio. But it is a nice SAK.

orca8589 · Oct 11, 2009

Is the end of the telescoping rod a magnet? It looks like a telescoping screw-picker-upper-thingy. Sorry, I couldn't think of a better way to describe it.

thx - cpr

Roger999 · Oct 11, 2009

orca8589 said:
Is the end of the telescoping rod a magnet? It looks like a telescoping screw-picker-upper-thingy. Sorry, I couldn't think of a better way to describe it.

thx - cpr

Oooo I made one of those, I kept dropping chisels behind my drawer full of tools so I made one of those lazy pick up magnet sticks(magnet from a harddrive taped to a stick

).

WA Martin · Oct 14, 2009

UnknownVT said:
What you have appears to be a Wenger Director

Wenger made other models with the telescopic pointer -
Manager
Pointer

and this behemoth
Wenger Giant

which is actually still current @ > $1K -
and in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Vincent

Thanks for the info and the link. The screwdriver doesn't lock that I see but it seems to match the description of the Director better.

As far as I can tell the pointer does not have a magnetic tip. That might be an idea for a tech knife. But might end up erasing more data than retrieving small dropped screws.

ufox9al · Oct 14, 2009

WA Martin said:
...The screwdriver doesn't lock that I see...

Wenger uses the patented screwdriver lock mechanism which engages when the pressure is applied to the tip and unlocks when the pressure is released.

UnknownVT · Oct 14, 2009

WA Martin said:
Thanks for the info and the link. The screwdriver doesn't lock that I see but it seems to match the description of the Director better.

You have to look very carefully for that locking feature
- most people miss it.

First, I can see from your photo there is the stamping "Patent" near the tang end of the screwdriver - that is for the locking feature.

Open the screwdriver fully and just press tip-down on some safe surface like using the screwdriver - do you feel it give a little on pressure? That is the locking feature.

To try it out and confirm it's working - when the screwdriver is under pressure and that give is distinctly felt, keep the pressure on, (safety first - keep your fingers out of the way) and rock the driver over to the spine side to try to close it - feel the lock?
(just to confirm, ease up on the downward pressure, now rock the driver over to the spine side - see how easy it is to close?)

Look carefully with the screwdriver fully closed at the tang end - a flashlight might help - there is a distinct notch between the back-spine and the rounded tang end - that notch fits on the narrower end of the back-spring - which locks the screwdriver, but only when downward pressure is applied - like when one is actually using the screwdriver.

Hope that helps.

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