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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: sinis on Thu, 22 September 2011, 01:11:55

Title: This is a knife
Post by: sinis on Thu, 22 September 2011, 01:11:55

http://www.amazon.de/Wenger-Schweizer-Offiziersmesser-Messer-Schatulle/dp/B000R0JDSI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311500445&sr=8-1

lol

the customer reviews are hilarious, but in german..

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Title: This is a knife
Post by: Lanx on Thu, 22 September 2011, 02:33:54

i spent a 100 or so replacing the tiny 16$ keychain pocket knives for my fiance's keychain after 911, after 5 replacements, and loosing a gerber multitool, she learned to live w/o one... yea i know, why didn't she remember to take it off b4 flying? who remembers? especially something on your keychain, and none of those knives ever made it back to me... (sign a form they mail it i think, or pick it up after your flight)

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Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 22 September 2011, 07:16:12

In my country it is illegal to wear even a pocket knife in a public place. It is considered a "concealed weapon" ... You lose it, and never get it back.

Title: This is a knife
Post by: sinis on Thu, 22 September 2011, 10:22:27

apparently. at least wikipedia says so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Switzerland)

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Post by: Battou62 on Thu, 22 September 2011, 10:54:05

I love that movie and quote :) That's not a Knife... This is a knife :)

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Post by: sinis on Thu, 22 September 2011, 11:05:53

SIG SG 550
the weapon laws are kind of loose in switzerland afaik

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Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 22 September 2011, 11:33:09

The google translate needs some German Lessons.

Still, I tried to read through the first review, where he critiques the moblie disco, and praises the zeppelin feature.

Here it is on thinkgeek:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/

US Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Wenger-16999-Giant-Swiss-Knife/dp/B001DZTJRQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1316709156&sr=1-1

Title: This is a knife
Post by: sinis on Thu, 22 September 2011, 21:37:46

lol the amazon.som customer revievs are hilarious too

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Post by: theferenc on Thu, 22 September 2011, 23:42:03

It's got a fricking laser pointer. And is nearly a foot wide!

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Post by: peda on Fri, 23 September 2011, 01:22:20

Quote from: ripster;419945

The Swiss have a Army? I always thought they were neutral.

Yes, they have and every man who fulfills his mandatory military training keeps his rifle at home after finishing his service.... :/

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Post by: Azrael on Fri, 23 September 2011, 03:22:49

Quote from: ripster;419945

The Swiss have a Army? I always thought they were neutral.

The Swiss even has a very impressive Army. Unlike most other Armys in Europe, the Swiss Army gives the complete equipment including Rifles to the guys when they finished the military training. So in every second house in Switzerland, there is a rifle like this.
And remember, this is not America. In Germany where I come from, onlly like 0,5% of the people has a gun at home. And those are almost all in official shooting clubs (sport). And these guns are not fit to fight a war, like carabiners and pistols.

Sinis> lol, you are right. This one is great. http://www.amazon.de/review/RC3F2AJ5L03UF/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RC3F2AJ5L03UF Let me give you guys who cant read german an insight:

"While the integrated Fluxcompensator and the teleportation device are both working fine, I have trouble with both the integrated meat chopper and washing machine. It simply needs to much water!"

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Post by: Bilbin on Sun, 25 September 2011, 04:25:37

What rifle exactly are they given?

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Post by: Ekaros on Sun, 25 September 2011, 05:21:37

I love some Amazon.com reviews too.

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Post by: tablepad on Sun, 25 September 2011, 07:39:53

wow, that's dangerous to have knives...:-)

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Post by: xmrxkrazy on Thu, 29 September 2011, 13:51:03

I have one of these
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Post by: xmrxkrazy on Thu, 29 September 2011, 13:54:22

I think you should get him a comb.

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Post by: Hydroid on Fri, 30 September 2011, 04:57:41

I want that comb! o.O I've always wanted a balisong and probably would have had a couple by now had I still been living in South Africa. (I already had a fair amount of knives at the age of 14 when we left) But when we moved here because I was under 18 I had to get rid of them and I haven't quite had the heart to start over again. Also now, I have keyboards to spend money on.

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Post by: Ink`Eyes on Fri, 30 September 2011, 19:00:23

This is my favorite knife

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it's the only switch blade legal in the US.

Kershaw 1900UCBLK
The blade is made out of sandvik 13c26 surgical steel
It's fun to play with but it's not forgiving if the blade so much as touches your skin

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Post by: Ink`Eyes on Fri, 30 September 2011, 23:11:32

Quote from: ripster;424382

"assisted opening"
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I love that knife, though I pretty much buy anything ken onion makes if it's in my price range.

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Post by: Marksman on Mon, 07 May 2012, 00:19:34

Damn, look at the size of that thing.. and look at the price!! :eek:

How the hell do you use that anyway.. Not much precision when you are holding a brick...

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Post by: TexasFlood on Mon, 07 May 2012, 00:35:41

Quote from: sinis;419860

http://www.amazon.de/Wenger-Schweizer-Offiziersmesser-Messer-Schatulle/dp/B000R0JDSI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311500445&sr=8-1

lol

the customer reviews are hilarious, but in german..

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Mr. Giant Pocket Knife Inventor

Bud Light Presents Real Men of Genius
(Real Men of Genius)

Today we salute you Mr. Giant Pocket Knife Inventor
(Mr. Giant Pocket Knife Inventor)
Because of you, we will never be lost in middle of a dense forrest without a little plastic toothpick... again.
(won't get lost again)
What's that bulge in my pocket?
It's my knife, and my tweezers, and my scissors, and my spoon, and my bottle opener, and my fish scaler
(take it to the max)
and my leather awe, and my corkscrew, and my nail file, and my paring knife, and my hasp.
(What's a hasp?)
So crack open an ice cold Bud Light Mr. Giant Pocket Knife Inventor
Because you make our pockets bulge humongously.. with pride
(Mr. Giant Pocket Knife Inventor)

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Post by: The_Ed on Mon, 07 May 2012, 01:18:07

This is my knife. The next one won't have the blade anodised as it scratches...

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Post by: The_Ed on Mon, 07 May 2012, 01:30:34

"Damascus version"? What's that?

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Post by: The_Ed on Mon, 07 May 2012, 01:45:36

There ain't no "Damascus version" of the shallot... There's 4 versions - black and silver of regular and serrated. No "Damascus version"...

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Post by: Marksman on Mon, 07 May 2012, 02:00:24

Here are my current favorites.. i usually go for the full tang knives..
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Top one: Fällkniven F1, Great knife.
Middle: Buck 076, cheap but good..
Bottom: My grandfather acquired and used this knife during the Finnish winter war.. It still keeps an edge and i use it sometimes for camping.

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Post by: megnin on Sat, 19 May 2012, 09:49:59

I just purchased this Al Mar Osprey in Abalone for my keychain.
(http://api.ning.com/files/cyyNn75leB4Wdvvh32c7fT9CUuEMiegVipWGM2kM27PJkhpQGSly4CZHfvYoykRfxU70GpQMgF4mBfscuRhgOQGnh4KV3PvB/SANY1371.jpg)

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Post by: megnin on Sat, 19 May 2012, 10:16:21

Quote from: Bilbin;421059

What rifle exactly are they given?

Not sure about now, but during WWII it was a Schmidt-Rubin K-31 (Model 1931). A 7.5mm straight pull bolt action rifle. They are built with the usual Swiss fine tolerances and are scary accurate, even with just iron sights. Very fine antique rifles. I have ten.

(http://api.ning.com/files/EZlEvMY7iYi1si-DNpDVFAhiRroBPJcXF-cHOT*hMENCafEijbppruWCgOuDOWUyNeyejstbFX5DrKuhk1ES7qqcrEHcpQmO/IMAG0039_SchmidtRubenK31.jpg)

Bayonets with 11 3/4" blades are available for them as well.

(http://api.ning.com/files/q1mkYKd6vZcU-M003EfqzPwEt1hjh8ECDanRx4pCDYgzkZjc*5x4qW8Jdr4Y6w6ce9RbiVsegDEv52HPnqFbZpjLRGnP5WFZ/SANY1378.jpg)

The rifles run about the price of a nice Topre keyboard and the bayonets about the price of a Filco.

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Post by: Vadimk on Fri, 25 May 2012, 23:29:33

The knife laws in Canada aren't bad.
No switch blades

Legally blades must be visable, otherwise it's conciderd a concealed weapon.
But no-one cares abought something pocket sized, larger knives should be worn on the belt though.

I cary a folding box cutter every day with a pocket clip,
I used to use it for work, and didn't feel like having to sharpen a blade every night, but I may replace it with something better.

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Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 27 May 2012, 09:38:22

Quote from: Bilbin;421059

What rifle exactly are they given?

A SIG SG 550 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_SG_550)

Wikipedia has a pretty good article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland) on the laws they have over there. Rather liberal, yet very little crime.