Okay, Do Not Laugh...

Pete Ebbink · 08-17-2003, 07:02 PM

...well don't laugh too loudly.

I came back from Reno with some slot machine money and had a chance to buy this "Swiss" take-down tool today...

Thought I would post some detailed photos, as the one or two in luger books are not shown in very good detail.

Do not know if this is real Swiss or not. Have heard from some of our Swiss luger friends that these were not Swiss arsenal issue...

The curious thing about this tool is how well made the Swiss cross stamp appears and the bluing finish on the tool is so nice it comes close to a HK luger polished finish...

Probably have thrown away some dollars...But how often does one run across such a "curio" item...? Those Reno quarters were just too heavy in my pants pockets...

Enjoy the photos...!

http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/SwissTool1.jpg

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

Pete Ebbink · 08-18-2003, 11:46 AM

Have heard from some Swiss folks that these tools are definitely "not Swiss". They only seem to appear, from time to time, in the USA...

Here is a message I sent :

" I knew the Swiss tool was Ã¢??bogusÃ¢?Â as we Americans say... I thought it might be fun to own one and to let folks see detailed photos of this creation. The swiss cross mark on the tool, although good, does not look like the ones on my Swiss lugers at all. "

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

Big Norm · 08-18-2003, 04:30 PM

Tac,
I am glad that Canadians and British are picking up American English so well.

I am from Detroit and I have learned a bite of broken Canadian but I am still having trouble with pronouncing their word 'out'. I hope that I am just expressing a bite of USA humour. I don't mean to be tacky. <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />
Cheerios,
Big Norm

Heinz · 08-18-2003, 10:09 PM

Pete, I think the REAl swiss tools also have a corkscrew and a toothpick. Nice curio though.

Really funny Heinz! -(Admin) JS

Lugerdoc · 08-19-2003, 11:20 AM

Norm, There are a couple of US regions where you will also still hear "ooot, aboot, and hoose". Normally heard in the rural maritime and midwestern provinces, the tidewater regions of VA and NC and sometimes as far south as New Orleans. Th

panda · 08-19-2003, 12:01 PM

Talking about rural areas, here everybody knows that there were no Swiss ordinance take-down tools because the mountaineers' hands of our Swiss officers could handle a Luger without special tool, unlike the delicate aristocratic fingers of our neighbours.

Big Norm · 08-21-2003, 08:10 PM

Panda,
I guess that the Swiss inspectors could just yodel the Luger apart. If that can break eardrums, it can break down a Luger. <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />

TomH,
your right. But in the areas that you mentioned they also say greez and, in Kentucky at least, De-e-e-e-troyot. Canadians don't say that. So my broken Canadian with an American accent is still intact.
Aloha, or as my Cnadia friends would say, Aurevoir

Big Norm

08-17-2003, 07:02 PM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Okay, Do Not Laugh... ...well don't laugh too loudly. I came back from Reno with some slot machine money and had a chance to buy this "Swiss" take-down tool today... Thought I would post some detailed photos, as the one or two in luger books are not shown in very good detail. Do not know if this is real Swiss or not. Have heard from some of our Swiss luger friends that these were not Swiss arsenal issue... The curious thing about this tool is how well made the Swiss cross stamp appears and the bluing finish on the tool is so nice it comes close to a HK luger polished finish... Probably have thrown away some dollars...But how often does one run across such a "curio" item...? Those Reno quarters were just too heavy in my pants pockets... Enjoy the photos...! http://boards.rennlist.com/lfupload/SwissTool1.jpg Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

08-19-2003, 11:20 AM	#5
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Norm, There are a couple of US regions where you will also still hear "ooot, aboot, and hoose". Normally heard in the rural maritime and midwestern provinces, the tidewater regions of VA and NC and sometimes as far south as New Orleans. Th __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 [email protected]

08-18-2003, 11:46 AM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Have heard from some Swiss folks that these tools are definitely "not Swiss". They only seem to appear, from time to time, in the USA... Here is a message I sent : " I knew the Swiss tool was Ã¢??bogusÃ¢?Â as we Americans say... I thought it might be fun to own one and to let folks see detailed photos of this creation. The swiss cross mark on the tool, although good, does not look like the ones on my Swiss lugers at all. " Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

08-18-2003, 04:30 PM	#3
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Tac, I am glad that Canadians and British are picking up American English so well. I am from Detroit and I have learned a bite of broken Canadian but I am still having trouble with pronouncing their word 'out'. I hope that I am just expressing a bite of USA humour. I don't mean to be tacky. <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> Cheerios, Big Norm

08-18-2003, 10:09 PM	#4
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 410 Times in 180 Posts	Pete, I think the REAl swiss tools also have a corkscrew and a toothpick. Nice curio though. Really funny Heinz! -(Admin) JS

08-19-2003, 12:01 PM	#6
panda User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 148 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Talking about rural areas, here everybody knows that there were no Swiss ordinance take-down tools because the mountaineers' hands of our Swiss officers could handle a Luger without special tool, unlike the delicate aristocratic fingers of our neighbours.

08-21-2003, 08:10 PM	#7
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Panda, I guess that the Swiss inspectors could just yodel the Luger apart. If that can break eardrums, it can break down a Luger. <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> TomH, your right. But in the areas that you mentioned they also say greez and, in Kentucky at least, De-e-e-e-troyot. Canadians don't say that. So my broken Canadian with an American accent is still intact. Aloha, or as my Cnadia friends would say, Aurevoir Big Norm