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Wenger Knife Shop At ZRH?

ariis From Poland, joined Sep 2004, 417 posts, RR: 1
Posted (3 years 1 month 18 hours ago) and read 3778 times:

Hi there,

Is there any place inside ZRH airport where they sell Wenger knives with decent selection of models? I am looking for Wenger, not Victorinox.

Carrying such items onboard is of course another story which I do not want to discuss here.

Thank you in advance for your feedback

FAO

FAO - Flight Activities Officer

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Dreadnought From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 7762 posts, RR: 22
Reply 1, posted (3 years 1 month 17 hours ago) and read 3751 times:

Quoting ariis (Thread starter):

Is there any place inside ZRH airport where they sell Wenger knives with decent selection of models? I am looking for Wenger, not Victorinox.

Why? Victorinox is better quality IMHO.

Veni Vidi Castratavi Illegitimos

DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81
Reply 2, posted (3 years 1 month 15 hours ago) and read 3699 times:

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I didn't see anyplace that specifically sold Wenger, but there is a large duty free section that ought to have something that they can either ship for you or allow you to check through. I am pretty sure knives were for sale.

As far as quality, I'm certain you have your reasons, but Victorinox is making the current issue soldier knife.

If you're in town there's plenty of places to buy knives.

Is my Pan Am ticket to the moon still good?

ariis From Poland, joined Sep 2004, 417 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 month 1 hour ago) and read 3629 times:

Quoting Dreadnought (Reply 1):
Why? Victorinox is better quality IMHO.

I think W vs V is more like A vs B (only W and V is one and the same company now), but I actually agree with you - I have also been always and I still am on the pro-Victorinox side (btw even fruit knives in my kitchen are mostly Victorinox-branded), but when I first saw a Wenger New Ranger series on their website I was amazed on how handsome a medium-sized pocket knife can be.

And to be specific this is what I am looking for:

Wenger RangerGrip 179 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race Edition

Victorinox Rescue Tool (which I own) is a fantastic knife, but visually this one just rocks. And you cannot get it where I live for reasonable price. Thus the question.

As for the quality - from what I have seen I would say both are comparable. But the fact is I have seen and used mostly Victorinox.

Thanks!

FAO

FAO - Flight Activities Officer

Dreadnought From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 7762 posts, RR: 22
Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 month 1 hour ago) and read 3618 times:

Quoting ariis (Reply 3):
And to be specific this is what I am looking for:

If you are looking for a specific item, I understand.

I should think you'll have no problem finding it in Zurich. If you can't find it in the transit area, you might have to go out to the airport train station, which has a lot of shops.

Veni Vidi Castratavi Illegitimos

ariis From Poland, joined Sep 2004, 417 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (3 years 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 3512 times:

Quoting Dreadnought (Reply 4):

Thanks for all the advices. Unfortunately I have no time to go to the city, but I will look hard around the airport.

Thanks all! And wish me good luck.

FAO

FAO - Flight Activities Officer

ME AVN FAN From Switzerland, joined May 2002, 13873 posts, RR: 28
Reply 6, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 3423 times:

Quoting ariis (Thread starter):
inside ZRH airport where they sell Wenger knives with decent selection of models? I am looking for Wenger, not Victorinox.

There is a Victorinox shop in the Airside Center inside the customs-area (duty-free), which of course also sells Wenger products, as Wenger in 2005 has been taken over by Victorinox. Wenger still is a different brand inside the Victorinox group.

Dreadnought From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 7762 posts, RR: 22
Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3396 times:

Quoting ME AVN FAN (Reply 6):
as Wenger in 2005 has been taken over by Victorinox. Wenger still is a different brand inside the Victorinox group.

I had not heard that. That's the end of a century-old rivalry.

Veni Vidi Castratavi Illegitimos

ME AVN FAN From Switzerland, joined May 2002, 13873 posts, RR: 28
Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3300 times:

Quoting Dreadnought (Reply 7):
That's the end of a century-old rivalry

Absolutely. But to the outside, two different brands are kept alive. There of course are US-American and Chinese (PRC) competitioners with quite nice products, and the Victorinox people of course know that !

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