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There are old threads on these knives with good information and broken photo links, so I though I would put it in one place with photos that hopefully will stick around for a few years.
Wenger SAK Micro Tool Chest 16109
http://www.wengerna.com/micro-tool-chest-16109
This is the model distributed in the USA. It is a toolkit knife used by watchmakers, jewelers, computer technicians and opticians. The black "blade" is a tool box of micro pin punches and screwdrivers, with empty slots for four optional tools. The tools are made by Bergeon.
This is a schematic of the knife's blades and basic tool kit.
The smaller knife blade is for prying snap-off watch case backs, and for opening the plastic and metal cases of electronic gadgets.
In Europe, this Wenger SAK is called the Minathor. Lots of information here:
http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Minathor
The Minathor Daily is the red Cellidor-handled model distributed in the USA as the Micro Tool Chest. The Minathor Club models have fancy leather scales and cases by Schweizer & Schoepf in red (Lizard), blue (Caribou), green (Shark), and tan (Crocodile).
Using Google the seach engine, not their shopping bot I found the Micro Tool Chest for just under $100 and the leather-handled Minathors for three times that.
Photos of a red Minathor Club:
I believe Minathor is a portmanteau acronym combining micro and nano techonologies (there is a MiNaT trade show in Stuttgart) with horology, the science of measuring time. Apparently, Wenger doesn't like the sound of MENATWHORE in English.
Wenger SAK Micro Tool Chest 16109
http://www.wengerna.com/micro-tool-chest-16109
This is the model distributed in the USA. It is a toolkit knife used by watchmakers, jewelers, computer technicians and opticians. The black "blade" is a tool box of micro pin punches and screwdrivers, with empty slots for four optional tools. The tools are made by Bergeon.
This is a schematic of the knife's blades and basic tool kit.
The smaller knife blade is for prying snap-off watch case backs, and for opening the plastic and metal cases of electronic gadgets.
In Europe, this Wenger SAK is called the Minathor. Lots of information here:
http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Minathor
The Minathor Daily is the red Cellidor-handled model distributed in the USA as the Micro Tool Chest. The Minathor Club models have fancy leather scales and cases by Schweizer & Schoepf in red (Lizard), blue (Caribou), green (Shark), and tan (Crocodile).
Using Google the seach engine, not their shopping bot I found the Micro Tool Chest for just under $100 and the leather-handled Minathors for three times that.
Photos of a red Minathor Club:
I believe Minathor is a portmanteau acronym combining micro and nano techonologies (there is a MiNaT trade show in Stuttgart) with horology, the science of measuring time. Apparently, Wenger doesn't like the sound of MENATWHORE in English.
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