Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
What is the difference between the Huntsm noan and the Huntsman II?
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
The Huntsman II has a corkscrew instead of a Phillips head screwdriver.
What was the original Hunstman is now called the Fieldmaster.
(That's for Victornox; I have no idea what Wenger does. But looking at their knives in comparison, I'm pretty sure "Wenger" is the Germanic equivalent of Wanker.)
What was the original Hunstman is now called the Fieldmaster.
(That's for Victornox; I have no idea what Wenger does. But looking at their knives in comparison, I'm pretty sure "Wenger" is the Germanic equivalent of Wanker.)
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
The original Huntsman is still available on Amazon.
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
Yes, he'll eat all the food out of it.Yogimus wrote:Keep your 1st aid kid separate from the bug out bag.
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
Doubtless, but the point is the Fieldmaster is the same knife.skb12172 wrote:The original Huntsman is still available on Amazon.
I think when a company starts swapping labels on established items, they've run out of ideas.
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
You do have a point.
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
Wenger is now owned by Victorinox. Both were long-standing Swiss cutlery companies.Aesop wrote:(That's for Victornox; I have no idea what Wenger does. But looking at their knives in comparison, I'm pretty sure "Wenger" is the Germanic equivalent of Wanker.)
Wenger and Victorinox both supplied Swiss Army Knives to the Swiss Army, but they look nothing like the ones being discussed.
http://unclehumpssurplus.com/swiss-stgw ... -fr57.html
IMHO, $27 for one of these SAKs is a steal. I'm sure they cost the Swiss government about $27 back in 1960 when they were made (back when $27 was over 20 ounces of silver).
These are the finest bayonets I've ever seen. If you own a SIG 556, you can buy the proper bayonet lug for one of these bayonets. They also sell M16 bayonet adapters for the SIG 556, but M16 bayonets cost more, and the StGw 57 bayonets are far better.
They are serial numbered and marked with either a "w" for Wenger or "v" for Victorinox. I have bayonets made by both manufacturers and they are indistinguishable in quality.
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Re: Bug out bags & Swiss Army knife models
I'm not surprised; Wenger's commercial offerings were a pale Pepsi to Victorinox's Coke for years.
I'm sure the military bid stuff, by contrast, was virtually identical between the two companies.
I'm sure the military bid stuff, by contrast, was virtually identical between the two companies.
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