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What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:58 am
by Grumpy
Here`s one for you to identify........I expect it`ll take Mack The Knife about 10 seconds !
So what is this..........precisely ?
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:33 am
by cottage cheese
Saar.... it is costly Switzerland make knife ?
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:50 am
by Grumpy
That was an......inspired guess CC - There`s no fooling you is there ?
( I`m sooooo glad that I said `precisely`. ) (

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Actually, considering what they offer, I don`t think that these Swiss made knives are `costly`........ Very good value in my opinion.
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:14 am
by HSharief
SwissZilla !!!
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:30 am
by Grumpy
GOOD name !
However, this has to be `Swisszilla`:
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:36 am
by HSharief
What's the point of the "pocket"-knife/tool ?
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:49 am
by Grumpy
The `Swiss Giant` ? Good question. It weighs well over a kilo, many of the tools can`t be used because they`re too far from an edge and it costs just under £500 !
I think its success has been a surprise even to Wenger/Victorinox - people buy them as `collectibles`.
Anyway, that monster is easy to identify - but what about the smaller knife shown first ?
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:50 pm
by Grumpy
Mack The Knife, you`re very quiet.
Actually this knife isn`t all that easy to identify.
Here`s another picture of it:
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:53 pm
by Grumpy
This one really did ought to give the game away....... The picture even shows the manufacturer.........Not that it was ever in doubt anyway !!!
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:42 pm
by kanwar76
Victorinox Swiss Army Swiss Champ XLT
-Inder
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:59 pm
by Grumpy
"Victorinox Swiss Army Swiss Champ XLT "
Afraid not. No coconut for you Inder.
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:02 pm
by kanwar76
Grumpy";p="27285 wrote:"Victorinox Swiss Army Swiss Champ XLT "
Afraid not. No coconut for you Inder.
Hmmmmm what the heck ... never liked coconuts anyway
-Inder
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:12 pm
by Grumpy
`No coconut` or `close but no coconut` is an English expression which derives from fairgrounds where there would be `Coconut Shies` - stalls where you`ld throw wooden balls at coconuts mounted in `cups`. The idea was that you would win a coconut by knocking one out of its cup. A VERY rare event as it happens.
It just means that your guess was close but not correct.
Re: What`s this ?
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:19 pm
by kanwar76
Grumpy";p="27287 wrote:`No coconut` or `close but no coconut` is an English expression which derives from fairgrounds where there would be `Coconut Shies` - stalls where you`ld throw wooden b@ll$ at coconuts mounted in `cups`. The idea was that you would win a coconut by knocking one out of its cup. A VERY rare event as it happens.
It just means that your guess was close but not correct.
Oh Thanks Grumps....
-Inder
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:25 pm
by Mack The Knife
I thought you wanted me to keep my trap shut on this one....