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Absurd: The Giant Swiss Army Knife
Even the Swiss are going crazy! Usually, a swiss army knife can be described by one short phrase: minimalistic and practical.
This means that you get a bunch of useful functions out of a small and simple to use device. Well, now, the ’small’ part seems to be totally out. How about 9 whole inches of width?
Of course, there’s an awful lot of functions in there (85 fully functional implements), but none of the tools is now practical, simply due to the ginormous size of this. This really deserves to be categorized as a ‘Wacky Gadget’.
Click on for an extensive list of features. Hell, there’s even a tire pressure gauge in there!
- 2.5″ 60% Serrated locking blade
- Nail file, nail cleaner
- Corkscrew
- Adjustable pliers with wire crimper and cutter
- Removable screwdriver bit adapter
- 2.5″ Blade for Official World Scout Knife
- Spring-loaded, locking needle-nose pliers with wire cutter
- Removable screwdriver bit holder
- Phillips head screwdriver bit 0
- Phillips head screwdriver bit 1
- Phillips head screwdriver bit 2Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5mm x 3.5mm
- Flat head screwdriver bit 0.6mm x 4.0mm
- Flat head screwdriver bit 1.0mm x 6.5mm
- Magnetized recessed bit holder
- Double-cut wood saw with ruler (inch & cm)
- Bike chain rivet setter, removable 5mm allen wrench, screwdriver for slotted and philips head screws
- Removable tool for adjusting bike spokes, 10mm hexagonal key for nuts
- Removable 4mm curved allen wrench with philips head screwdriver
- Removable 10mm hexagonal key
- Patented locking philips head screwdriverUniversal wrench
- 2.4″ Springless scissors with serrated, self-sharpening design
- 1.65″ Clip point utility blade
- Philips head screwdriver
- 2.5″ Clip point blade
- Golf club face cleaner
- 2.4″ Round tip blade
- Patented locking screwdriver, cap lifter, can opener
- Golf shoe spike wrench
- Golf divot repair tool
- 4mm allen wrench2.5″ blade
- Fine metal file with precision screwdriver
- Double-cut wood saw
- Cupped cigar cutter with double-honed edges
- 12/20-Guage choke tube tool
- Watch caseback opening tool
- Snap shackle
- Mineral crystal magnifier with precision screwdriver
- Compass, straight edge, ruler (in./cm)
- Telescopic pointerFish scaler, hook disgorger, line guide
- Shortix laboratory key
- Micro tool holder
- Micro tool adapter
- Micro scraper – straight
- Micro scraper – curved
- Laser pointer with 300 ft. range
- Metal saw, metal file
- Flashlight
- Micro tool holderPhilips head screwdriver 1.5mm
- Screwdriver 1.2mm
- Screwdriver .8mm
- Fine fork for watch spring bars
- Reamer
- Pin punch 1.2mm
- Pin punch .8mm
- Round needle file
- Removable tool holder with expandable receptacle
- Removable tool holder
- Special self-centering screwdriver for gunsights
- Flat philips head screwdriver
- Chisel-point reamerMineral crystal magnifier, fork for watch spring bars, small ruler
- Extension tool
- Spring-loaded, locking flat nose-nose pliers with wire cutter
- Removable screwdriver bit holder
- Phillips head screwdriver bit 0
- Phillips head screwdriver bit 1
- Phillips head screwdriver bit 2
- Flat head screwdriver bit 0.5mm x 3.5mm
- Flat head screwdriver bit 0.6mm x 4.0mm
- Flat head screwdriver bit 1.0mm x 6.5mm
- Magnetized recessed bit holder
- Tire tread gauge
- Fiber optic tool holderCan opener
- Patented locking screwdriver, cap lifter, wire stripper
- Reamer/awl
- Toothpick
- Tweezers
- Key ring
Though this list is huge, cramming so many tools in a swiss army knife is overdone to say the least. I really hope it’s not designed to be a practical tool, but just a collectible or something to brag about.
The price isn’t small, as well: it retails for £499,99 (yup, one thousand bucks) at FireBox. Found via GeekAlerts.
Join 9 Comments
Justin Says: July 10, 2007 at 11:24 am
If anyone’s interested, here is the same knife available in the US: http://www.roundtablegifts.com/mow16999.html
Diddly Gadget Pics » Coolest Gadgets Says: July 10, 2007 at 11:27 am
[...] Absurd: The Giant Swiss Army Knife [...]
TG Says: July 10, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Yup, this is a repost… The original one was published a few months ago during February (07).
Ben K Says: July 10, 2007 at 6:19 pm
It would be more useful if there was some way to custom specify which implements you want in a Swiss Army knife. Among other designs, you could do one that could be carried on an airplane (i.e. no knife blades).
Miood – słodkie inspiracje » Scyzoryk nie kieszonkowy Says: July 15, 2007 at 1:33 am
[...] Chyba nie ma sensu zbytnio sie rozpisywać. Powiem tylko, że jest to oryginalny szwajcarski scyzoryk, który posiada 77 funkcji i ma prawie 23cm szerokości. Cena szalona jak sam pomysł – 499,95£ (2788 zł). [via coolest-gadgets] [...]
Ross Says: July 20, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Why is it that when someone does something different, just for fun, some cretin crawls out from under a rock and yells “absurd”, or some other, even worse, pejorative (you cretins can look that word up in the dictionary).
andi Says: July 24, 2007 at 11:41 am
Because it is absurd… I’m only being realistic here, not pointlessly pejorative (one of my other occupations leans toward the literary side, Ross)… Could you tote this around in your pocket or handbag? could you even use the knife or saw or anything, when the whole thing is that big?..
Think…
Swiss Gadgets Says: July 29, 2007 at 10:48 am
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Richard Says: July 10, 2007 at 11:18 am
i think this was covered way back then.