Most functions on a penknife-world record set
by Wenger knife
[Nov 22]ORANGEBURG, N.Y.--A Swiss Army knife that weighs nearly
three pounds has set
the world record for having most functions on a penknife-the latest
version has 87 tools and at least 115 uses.
Wenger
North America, the company that makes the multi-purpose
tool, has come out with a model so unique it's been listed in the
record books as the implement that has the "most functions on a
penknife."
"Basically, they took every implement they ever
put in a Swiss Army knife and combined them in this one piece,"
said company spokeswoman Jennifer Voss.
The knife includes a dozen screwdrivers including
one specifically for gun sights, fish scaler, laser pointer, magnifier,
4 grafting blades for the gardener, a cuticle pusher, toothpick,
nail file, key ring, shoe spike adjuster and a flashlight.
The knife boasts 87 tools and more than
110 different uses. Among them: cleaning your cuticles, measuring
a tire tread, spiffing up a golf club, adjusting a bicycle spoke,
turning a screw, acting as a key ring, scaling a fish, working as
a magnifying glass, grafting plants for gardeners or being employed
as a toothpick - just to name a few. It also has a flashlight, a
laser pointer, a golf shoe spike wrench (don't ask), and special
screwdrivers made specifically to adjust gunsights. (enlarge
photo)
For the extremely avid gardener, there are four different
blades for grafting one plant onto another: the grafting blade with
a hooked end, the grafting blade with a narrow belly, the standard
grafting blade without a belly and the narrow grafting blade without
a belly. The "belly" is a bulge along the blade, said Wenger spokesman
Dennis Piretra.
The knife is manufactured in Delemont, Switzerland
by Wenger.
It measures 8.75 x 3.25 inches, weighs almost
three pounds, and at $1,200, it's pretty much a collector's item,
but 450 have been sold in its first year, Voss said.
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To see what else this remarkable tool can
do, click
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