Convergence, a la Swiss Army Knifes

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/photogallery/gallery/0,20036,1304110,00.html' target='_blank'>http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/...1304110,00.html</a><br /><br /></div>Being Pocket PC aficionados, I know we're all familiar with convergence, but this really takes the cake. There's <b>85 tools</b> in this... thing. It's for real, but is this thing small enough to a Swiss Army <b>Knife</b>? 8O<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20060825-WengerSwissArmy.jpg" /><br /><br />Have a good weekend everyone! :D

[paschott]

I've love to see the guy who tried to get through airport security with it. I think that it technically qualifies as a knife, but this would be a stretch as a pocket-knife. :D

[PetiteFlower]

I know what it is. It's a swiss army TOOLBOX!

[Tony Rylow]

Thats junk. Who the hell needs all that, and who would bother to carry around 2 pounds of that crap?????

[ctmagnus]

The Most Incredible Knife
Here are all 85 tools included in Giant Knife, Version 1.0:

1. 2.5” 60% Serrated locking blade
2. Nail file, nail cleaner
3. Corkscrew
4. Crescent wrench
5. Sledgehammer
...
9. SDIO slot
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12. DVB-M tuner
...
17. S-ATA adapter
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23. Laser pointer with 300 ft. range
...
27. Machete blade
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30. Cupped cigar cutter with double-honed edges
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38. Shortix key
39. Blacklight
40. Floodlight
41. Floodpants
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49. Removable tool belt
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59. Pick-axe
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67. Golf shoe spike wrench (for those Extreme Golf games)
68. Golf divot repair tool (ditto)
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74. Mineral crystal magnifier, fork for watch spring bars, small ruler
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78. 300W ATX PSU
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81. 40" LCD TV
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83. Compact Flash adapter
84. Key ring
85. Second key ring

8O

[Darius Wey]

I've love to see the guy who tried to get through airport security with it.

It's almost a WMD. ;)

[Lex]

I was going to get one but it didn't have a USB flash storage module in it. What were they thinking? And no crow bar either !

[christak]

Just what I need, a 2 pound Knife or a 2 pound screwdriver or a 2 pound nail file or a 2 pound corkscrew... you get the idea...

This is an amusing, albeit impractical, gadget...
8)

[Merlion]

I've love to see the guy who tried to get through airport security with it.

It's almost a WMD. ;)
LOL! That had me in stitches! :lol:

[Ed Hansberry]

85 tools and not a Torx bit to be found? :|

this is more like a toolbox.

[ctmagnus]

85 tools and not a Torx bit to be found? :|

this is more like a toolbox.

There's this one (http://www.eklindtool.net/product/classictorx.html), but it only has six tools including the Torx bit. If you can handle having only six tools in a device, that is. ;)

[griph]

I've love to see the guy who tried to get through airport security with it.

It's almost a WMD. ;)

My Qtek9100 is!
Its a Windows Media Device! :-)

[ctmagnus]

Only $800 at ThinkGeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/?cpg=38T). Get 'em while they're hot! ;)

[Janak Parekh]

Only $800 at ThinkGeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/?cpg=38T). Get 'em while they're hot! ;)
Why am I not surprised that ThinkGeek is selling them? ;) I wonder how many they will sell. 8O

--janak

[Darius Wey]

$800?! I think I'd probably get several standard Swiss Army Knives and glue them together. ;)

[Janak Parekh]

$800?! I think I'd probably get several standard Swiss Army Knives and glue them together. ;)
Well, I assume it's a limited-release novelty item. I'm sure there are people who'll spend $800 on the thing, put it in a case, and never touch it. I know I'd be afraid to use it for that kind of money. I'll bow down to the geek (while simultaneously checking out his mental stability) that spends the $800 and actually wears it on their keyring or belt.

--janak