EvoWood og RangerWood

Wenger EvoWood og RangerWood, synes de er meget vakre. I milestones så ser du litt av historien. Samlere kjenner godt historien til dem.
Tre på en Sveitserkniv er ikke nytt, men evolution med valnøtt er litt nytt.

Fabrikken i Delemont har laget spesial skjefter på sine lommekniver langt tilbake i historien.
De tenkte på dette med lim, man ønsker ikke lim i mekanismen på en lommekniv så derfor ble det brukt en annen måte. Det ble nevnt en spesial tape som er super sterk.
Valnøtt modeller har nå allerede vært på markedet i noen år og jeg har kun sett og blitt fortalt at de holder meget godt.
Det er også mange modeller å velge i. Det stemmer veldig godt hva Wenger sa om at de her passer godt for gravering. Om du ser på EvoWood skjeftet så ser du skriften Wenger og emblem, de er lasergravert. Man kan dermed også lasergravere skrift eller reklame på dem. Som du ser på speiderkniven, eller man kan også bruke en mer tradisjonell gravering.

Når det gjelder finish og tilpassing på dem så er de meget bra. Vanligvis på
en lommekniv med treskjefter så blir prisen høy, om man selv skal lage dem så vet jeg hvor vanskelig det kan være.
Prisen er på Wenger sine mye for pengene.

Fabrikken i Delemont tenkte også på at skal det brukes tre så skal det være fra Sveits og miljøvennlig. Fra min research på Wenger så ser man jo hvor viktig miljø og natur er for dem.
Ingen skjefteplater er like, ja det stemmer. Slik er det med tre for de vokser ulikt. Fabrikken prøver å ha de to skjeftene mest mulig like i fargen på en kniv. Noen er lysere og noen veldig mørke.
Fabrikken har også laget kniver for LL Bean i veldig mange år, bare se på internett. Der ble laget en EvoWood som virkelig ble pen. Men jeg synes speiderkniven her ble like pen.

RangerWood 55 bilde + knivblad

Enda et bilde

EvoWood 10 Kon-Tiki

I did some searching on the Walnut tree or family, from before i knew that the use of Walnut on the Swiss Rifles.

17000 years ago it is known that the nut(fruit) was used as food, and in the Neolithic era cultivated for food.

The wood on the knives is grown in Switzerland, my info say that the handles are made in Italy by a gun stock manufacturer. The wood is leftovers from other industry and it is a environmentally safe product.

Switzerland got one of the most effective forestry laws in Europe. This law is from 1902 and because during the 1800s large numbers of trees and forests was cut down, this caused floods and much damage. The law is about replanting and this interesting.  I found some information about this law on the internet and it was revised in 1991.

I did mention this law even if it is not so much related to the Walnut tree, or maybe it is so I will talk some on the Walnut below:

I found some interesting information on the use of Walnut as food and medicine. Also take a look at my United Woods gallery and read some on Walnut and the other special wood materials from the world.

It is interesting to read about the all the varieties of walnuts and the uses, the leaves was used for medicine, picked and dried in June. The use of tea can be effective for inflamed mucosa and more.

This is interesting since I have read on the uses of trees for medicine here in Norway. The use of the whole tree is an ancient tradition.

A proper cultivation of a forest and landscape is a very important part for the human race, I remember growing up and at school we were thought about the rains-forests and forests in the world being cut down. This causes nature catastrophes and much damage for the world’s environment. Not to forget the air we breathe.

In 2010 I found some interesting information on Walnut:

The Project Nut-Village Frümsen is about reforestation/planting and the cultivation of Walnuts. I recommend reading on it on the internet.

Then I found another article about Saving Ancient Walnut Forests, in the Valleys of Central Asia. “The former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan is home to some of the world’s largest remaining forests of walnut and wild fruit trees” This article is in the Yale environment 360 and talks about Swiss Government funds and about the cultivation and protection of this forests. This article mentions the people living there and helping them.

KIRFOR was launched in 1995

On “speidermuseet.no” is an interesting article about the Kon-Tiki expedition. It is mentioned that the five Norwegians onboard had been Scouts and this was very helpful for the expedition.

Victorinox continued the use of wood on the former Wenger construction this we have seen for a long time now.  Even with the modifications and changes the 130mm category is easily recognizable. They also developed the 130mm Wine Master designs. Both RangerWood 55 and Wine Master are award winning designs. Victorinox also continued the 85mm EvoWood and others.

10:33

When speaking about wood then it is easy to remember the United Woods from Wenger. World Class products!