You have, of course, heard the saying “jack of all trades and master of none”, and it might have been coined for the Swiss Army Knife. While is is undoubtedly very convenient to have a tiny tool-kit in a pocket-sized package, the tools themselves are never as good as the standalone versions. The knife is hard to pull out and folds back in, chopping fingertips, when you press any way but the right way, the screwdriver doesn’t so much drive screws as scratch and tickle them, and the corkscrew somehow manages to slip one of your spinal disks with every bottle you open.
Swiss designer Thilo Fuente has teamed up with Wenger, the original Swiss Army Knife maker, and come up with some less diverse but certainly more functional tools, from a knife with an angled handle to make opening and wielding it easier, through a large blade with fold-out handles which change the function depending on where you place them, to a separate handle and blade which are screwed together and have an integrated grind-stone.
We think these designs are fantastic, and they retain the steel and aluminum materials and red/polished metal of the originals. All except the rather pocket-unfriendly set of five tools which are held together by a hank of red cord. Put these on sale, Wenger, and you’ll be getting a pocketful of my dollars.
Product page [Fuente y Fuente via Core77]
See Also:
- Swiss Army Knife Launches the Age of the Multitool
- Chill Out With The Swiss Peace Knife
- Bonfort Classic Swiss Army Knife
- June 12, 1897: The Swiss Army Gets Its Own Knife
- Roundup: Folding Pocket Knives
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