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02.12.2009, 00:18
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| | | Re: Does the Swiss Army really use this knife?
| Quote: | |  | | | Yes. We would think twice before sending our troops 6000 miles away.
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No, not really. The knife is really designed to dismantle a rifle including holding the firing pin and yes, we also carried pretty much 2 of everything as the Swiss are so wacko regarding cleanliness. We would use plastic everything and keep the equipment we received completely pristine just for inspections. | | | | | And Black pant-ies  I let you guys guessing for what  |
20.07.2011, 10:41
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The Jumbo Swiss Army Knife from Wenger, Delemont - currently the biggest ever made. http://www.wengerna.com/giant-knife-16999  |
20.07.2011, 10:44
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| Quote: | | | | | They purchase it before they become a soldier. Mods don't kid. | | | | | don't know if that has been corrected later in the thread: the Swiss soldier does not have to purchase anything, unless he loses his or her equipment. The knife is handed out together with the rest of the equipment.
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20.07.2011, 10:59
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| Quote: | | | | | | | | | | Do they also sell pants with a pocket that fits this knife?
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20.07.2011, 11:05
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20.07.2011, 12:44
| | | | Re: Does the Swiss Army really use this knife?
| Quote: | | | | | | | | | | They use guns.
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20.07.2011, 13:06
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| Quote: | | | | | Do they also sell pants with a pocket that fits this knife? | | | | | I got chased by someone with one of those knives after I laughed at his mullet. I had to sit down and wait for 15 minutes while he found the right accessory to open up and wave at me.
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20.07.2011, 13:34
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| Quote: | | | | | | | | | | that giant knife is the dumbest design of all time, good example of how things can go wrong if you let only nerds design things
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20.07.2011, 13:40
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In other news; the word gullible has been removed from the dictionary.
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20.07.2011, 13:49
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| Quote: | | | | | that giant knife is the dumbest design of all time, good example of how things can go wrong if you let only nerds design things | | | | |  | | This user would like to thank Ouchboy for this useful post: | |
20.07.2011, 13:52
| | | | Re: Does the Swiss Army really use this knife?
| Quote: | | | | | that giant knife is the dumbest design of all time, good example of how things can go wrong if you let only nerds design things | | | | |  |
20.07.2011, 13:54
| | | | Re: Does the Swiss Army really use this knife?
| Quote: | | | | | In other news; the word gullible has been removed from the dictionary. | | | | | It was cut out with a knife by a soldier - who then proceeded to clip his nails, open a wine bottle, pick his teeth, tweezer some hairs from his nose, slice open... [snip 1 hour later] ...bear claw, magnify a dead flea and assemble some IKEA furniture.
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20.07.2011, 14:51
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| | | Re: Does the Swiss Army really use this knife?
| Quote: | | | | | It was cut out with a knife by a soldier - who then proceeded to clip his nails, open a wine bottle, pick his teeth, tweezer some hairs from his nose, slice open... [snip 1 hour later] ...bear claw, magnify a dead flea and assemble some IKEA furniture. | | | | | Do not forget that every soldier has at least TWO such knifes with him. The official "Ordonnanz-Taschenmesser" which is primitive and cannot even be used to open a winebottle, and his private pocket-knife with all the functions you describe. He uses the Ordonnanz-stuff to work on the military-rifle and other such duties, but his private one for the really useful things  | |
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