Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Not in the case of the Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife, which includes all 85 tools made by the company in a single knife. Individually, any tool on this knife could be a lifesaver. Assembled in small collections, synergy kicks in and its overall utility expands. But due to its size and extreme awkwardness, I can’t imagine it would be easy to deploy any single tool on this 9″, nearly-3-pound behemoth. Includes such invaluable assets as a golf shoe spike wrench, shortix key, bike spoke adjuster, and a “snap shackle,” whatever that is. Won’t fit in your pocket, you object? No worries – it comes with a keyring so you can attach it unobtrusively to a belt buckle. They’re practically giving this thing away at $800.
It’s got to be a desktoy for the 1337 executive who wants to come off as MacGuyver.
Niiice.
I bought myself “The Waiter” Swiss Army Knife when I was in Switzerland recently. It has everything that I need:
http://www.swissknifeshop.co.uk/victorinox_waiter.html
There couldn’t possibly be a better visual metaphor for Windows Vista.
It’s not a giant knife, it’s a really cool sculpture. (so says me!)
This reminds me more of Word 6.0, or maybe the J2EE stack…