Home » News » Peripheral News » CES 2009: Swiss Army Knives Get Even More Useful » Comments

Comments for CES 2009: Swiss Army Knives Get Even More Useful

Comments

Please wait while we process your request

Please wait while we retrieve the user's information

Bio

Your bio is currently empty. Now is a great time to fill in your profile.

This profile is private.

This profile is only shared with friends.

This profile is under review.

We were unable to request friendship with this user.

We were unable to request friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

Your friendship request has been sent to this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user.

We were unable to terminate friendship with this user. Are you logged in?

You are no longer friends with this user.

We were unable to ignore this user.

We were unable to ignore this user. Are you logged in?

This user is now ignored.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user.

We were unable to stop ignoring this user. Are you logged in?

This user is no longer ignored.

pluck_user_mp-abuse_too_long_err

Name withheld

riz

11:59 AM on 11 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore riz. Show Details Hide Details

Major flaw, carrying one of these where i live would result in a stop and search and being detained in a cell overnight for carrying a KNIFE. Knife crime is a massive problem in the uk and products like this are only providing excuses to carry them.

Score:

Name withheld

Vorix

12:38 PM on 11 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Vorix. Show Details Hide Details

The biggest problem I have with this is that you won't be able to take it on a plane. If you fly as part of your job, even infrequently, this isn't going to be much good sitting at home, or even worse, in one of those clear plastic bins at departures with all the other stuff that the authorities choose to remove from us because you forgot to take it out of your bag when you left the house at 4.30 in the morning.

Score:

Name withheld

Dark of Day

4:50 PM on 11 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Dark of Day. Show Details Hide Details

It is sad that we live in a society were you can't put a pocket knife in your pocket.

I suspect a suited business man probably would get away with carrying one of these ('tho not on a plane) certainly my mother wanders around with a mini swiss army knife on her keyring and no one bats an eyelid.

I would imagine much of Europe will be less sqeamish about a pocket knife than we are ..and then there is always America, where you could just slap one of these on to your belt, next to the semi auto pistol, between the shot gun and the assult rifle. Of course you'd have to leave them at the door when you got to school.

Score:

Name withheld

Ed

6:14 PM on 11 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Ed. Show Details Hide Details

What are you on about riz? For a start, we're here in the UK as well - the clue's in the site's title - and we only report on what's going to be relevant to UK customers. Secondly, you would not get thrown in a cell for carrying a knife like this - check the rules. Thirdly, knife crime is not a 'massive problem' in the UK. Yes it's worse than it has been in the recent passed but that's not because of lax legislation or an abundance of pocket knives. It's the attitudes of the people that has changed and no amount of ridiculous scaremongering about swiss army knives is going to change that.

Score:

Name withheld

dev

9:12 PM on 11 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore dev. Show Details Hide Details

riz: your comment is so very ridiculous it made me join TR just to comment on it!

"It is an offence for any person ... any article which has a blade or is sharply pointed except for a folding pocket-knife which has a cutting edge to its blade not exceeding 3 inches." {CJA 1988 section 139(1)}

when was the last time you saw a pocket swiss army knife like this one with a blade longer than three inches!

also, and an important point for the other comments:

"You can also get a version without any blades for anyone who flies regularly."

wow, at least attempt to skim the article before you write a rant about it!

Score:

Name withheld

smc8788

9:17 PM on 11 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore smc8788. Show Details Hide Details

Am I the only one that read that there will be a version without any knife/blades? Which would mean that doesn't really deserve the name 'swiss army knife', but could also be taken with you on the plane, unless they have any rules against laser pointers that I'm not aware of.

Score:

Name withheld

SimonT

6:19 AM on 12 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore SimonT. Show Details Hide Details

smc8788 said "doesn't really deserve the name 'swiss army knife'"

I agree completely, but i reckon it'd sound silly having a 'Swiss Army' in your pocket.

Score:

Name withheld

haim

8:57 AM on 12 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore haim. Show Details Hide Details

kinda loses its military link without the knife....hmmm perhaps they should rename the laser pointer to 'sniper target spotter'.

Score:

Name withheld

Riyad

2:33 PM on 12 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Riyad. Show Details Hide Details

@riz - Yes knife crime has become a problem in the UK, but as has already been pointed out, pocket knives like these are not illegal. Personally I don’t think that carrying knives is the problem anyway. I’ve carried a pocket knife with me since I was about eight years old, and I never felt the need to stab anyone.

The problem isn’t in the carrying of knives, the problem is that many children and young people seem to feel that stabbing someone is an acceptable form of conflict resolution. That’s the issue that should be addressed, not whether or not carrying a pen knife should be illegal.

@smc8788 - You’re right, it does kind of make it a misnomer, however, you have to remember that the memory key is removable. I have been carrying one of these things for years, and if I need to go on a plane I can simply snap the memory key out of the body with the knife, and into the body without blades.

In the case of this new version, it means that you still have the laser pointer and the Bluetooth controls. Of course that means buying two versions, but I guess if you really need the functionality and travel a lot, it would be worth the outlay.

Score:

Name withheld

Kashif Bhatti

4:33 PM on 12 January, 2009

This comment is hidden because you have chosen to ignore Kashif Bhatti. Show Details Hide Details

If they weren't so expensive - I'd get one, but with my 8gb stick for 8.99 from amazon and 19.99 (scorching!) laser pointer from ebay, I'll just keep dreaming about these pretty little things.....

Score:

Please wait while we file your abuse report.

We're sorry. We were unable to report abuse at this time.

We limit the number of reactions an individual user can submit over a given period for quality reasons. You have currently reached that limit. Please try resubmitting your abuse report again later.

Comment is too long. Enter 500 characters or less.