Review

Wenger Giant Knife

Originally published 2013

From the archive: this piece was first published on ProCamping in 2013. Pricing is quoted as it was at the time.

Whether camping or climbing you want to be prepared! However the Wenger Giant Knife may be taking it a little too far. The Giant Knife is the Guinness World Record holder for most functions on a penknife, with 87 implements and performing 141 actions it's certainly fully featured. However this many features come at a price, both a financial one and a weighty one. First the price — an RRP of £799.95, secondly the weight: 1328g, so not something you can carry in your top pocket.

The full list of tools includes:

It seems Amazon customers are also amused by the many functions of this knife, with reviews of various levels of seriousness — some claiming rather inventive uses for it, from eavesdropping on GCHQ to serving as a temporary RSJ mid-DIY-project.

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