Wenger Vs. Victorinox?

MG_Saldivar said:
Then, I stumbled across this model - the Evo S13. It's 3.25" long but has a locking main blade and a locking screwdriver. The tools available make it ideal for me but, again, my prior experiences with Wenger have left me underwhelmed...
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I, too, have not been too impressed with Wenger in the past. However, I have an Evo S 10 which seems to have excellent fit and finish. The master blade (which locks) actually walks and talks with as nice a snap as any folder I have.

Richard
 
I'm another person who didn't used to be a Wenger fan but now have changed my assessment. I recently wrote a review of the Wenger Traveler vs. the Vic Alumnus on SOSAK over on KF, and in my assessment the Wengers seem to be as well built as the Vic. I still prefer certain aspects of the tool design on the Vic over most of those on the Wenger, but that's a matter of personal preference, not quality.

- Tim
 
i have a strong preference for vics-

most importantly because of the metal-vics seem to hold an edge and sharpen better than wengers in my experience

although admittedly they are close, and sometimes wengers seem to have been more innovative -it seems to me that as an example, wenger was the first to have a magnifying glass, combined with a short shafted flathead screwdriver-unfortunately neither was particular useful - vic had the same shortly thereafter in a plastic arm, also rather useless for starting a fire-its close

overall Vics seem to be better engineered-just have little usable features -

of the several wengers ive owned, and i still own at least six, inlcuding the toolchest and the old equivalent of a vic champ-model name escapes me now-

-they are the only ones i have had scales come off-or other things actually break- i have a large lock back everest model too - huge heavy, big blade, and never seems to cut as well as my vic lock backs-

and as for the cross-i too, as a young kid, always thought the inlay of a vic denoted a superior quality and attention to detail compared to the embossed wenger cross
 
*I'm aware SwissBianco over at SOSAK can sometimes get Vic to produce plain edge OHTs but I'm not prepared to pay what he charges for that model..[/QUOTE]


i dont now what the problem is, i ask suggested mrsp plus the shipping...

im happy that i can get those rare models and like to keep as many as i can afford in my collection too.
 
SwissBianco,

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply you're overcharging or anything negative at all. I simply don't want a plain blade OHT enough to pay MSRP (I don't pay MSRP for ANYTHING if I can help it).

Again, please accept my apology -- no offense or criticism was intended.
 
dont worry,

i now exactly well how it is with the money - thats why i di dstart make it myself...
 
znapschatz said:
KnifeFan,

Good point about the Vic Pioneer, don't know why it never occurred to me before.

The Vic corkscrew is okay when used as follows: screw it all the way down almost touching the bottle lip, then lever the cork by working the handle back and forth. When the cork breaks loose, it pulls up easily. It isn't a great corkscrew, but works when well enough there isn't a dedicated one handy. The corkscrew is also good for picking apart tight knots. Both these tips I picked up on this forum (many thanks!)

After reading your post, I grabbed my Swisstool and Leatherman Core, each with equivalent saws, and commenced to test them on a length of discarded toilet plunger handle. It took exactly the same number of strokes to cut through. Neither bounced or filled. I think that Vic and current Leatherman saws are about equally effective on wood. Haven't tried the metal saw yet.
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I have it does not cut metal verry well, but it is the only metal saw I have used and i dont know what to expect also it is a multool saw and therefor normally less effective than a dedicated purpose built saw
 
FWIW i have actually cut through a school locker/bike type padlock with my vic metal file saw-took a long time and dulled the teeth considerably but it did cut it
 
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