You'd need some seriously deep pockets for that wouldn't you (n/t)

In more ways than one!
Considering they're asking CHF $1,200 for the thing!

And no mountains summited? ..

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Do you think I'll need bigger pockets?

A bigger hand imho!

Oh, aye! Of course!
Mind you, I cheated and hopped a cable car.

Love the Mondaine on the train platform! And >>>
if there's ANYBODY that could pull of carrying that knife, it's you.

Re:.. if there's ANYBODY that could pull of carrying that knife, it's you.
Well, I appreciate your confidence.

However, Bro. wodo is right. The thing is far too ungainly to be practical. Obviously it's a conversation piece / collectible that they built simply because they could.

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Ricky!!! (n/t)

Bro. Yannis! (n/t)

IF you really had bought that knife, you would now have enough space in your pockets

I really DID get a new Swiss Army Knife.
Just not that one.

Decided on that as a souvenir vs. a watch. I told myself that if I could find a watch that moved me for US $500 or less (roughly CHF 410) I'd go for it. Alas, the least-expensive watch I've found so far that speaks to me, a Tissot chrono with the C01.211 movement, was tagged at CHF 930 (roughly US $1,134). I can get the same watch online for just under US $600.

Watches are very expensive here. All watches. Fossils start at CHF 179, for crying out loud!

To put it in a way that me American brothers will more readily understand: Here in Zermatt a Big Mac, medium fries and coke will set you back CHF 12.90 (which includes an extra .20 CHF for the ketchup ). That's roughly US $15.73!

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As there is no longer any money in your pocket

Right. CHF 1,200 is one RMW pocket knife indeed!

mcbroom.biz is not serving the pictures. There is one train service matter that I found better on Amtrak >>>
and that does not exist on the SBB (Swiss Federation Railway)... the train conductor on the Amtrak from Washington to New York saw that we were about to nod off and he came to our seats and said "your final stop is in ca. 30 minutes". I found that very helpful.

I have also to mention, that the SBB did not always had that great a customer service. 30 years ago, the train conductors were rather "rough". That all changed in the mid 90ies when "service mindedness" was introduced with great success. Also the new ticketing system introduced in the late 80ies, made a huge difference.

Today the service and punctuality are phenomenal.

Now the pics are showing... What in the world is that guy doing standing at the edge of the track at the>>>
station of my hometown? Is he trying to fall onto the tracks?

No photos? They show up fine here, Reto. Maybe clear your cache..

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..we were about to nod off and he came to our seats and said "your final stop is in ca. 30 minutes". I found that very helpful.

Helpful indeed!

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I have also to mention, that the SBB did not always had that great a customer service. 30 years ago, the train conductors were rather "rough". That all changed in the mid 90ies when "service mindedness" was introduced..Today the service and punctuality are phenomenal.

Agreed. The conductor and other personnel were very attentive on the Glacier Express. The conductor came around 3 or 4 times to ask if everything was OK. Also, the train makes several stops, "express" or no. He knew I was getting off at the stops to have a smoke, and was careful to let me know exactly how much time I'd have. Very much appreciated, as getting left behind would not have been a Good Thing!

Did you realize you took the 1st pic at the station I used the most in my life? (n/t)

I sure did. I recalled..
..that Chur was your hometown because you mentioned it in the "how to pronounce Reto" thread recently.

BTW, there is also a Reto at Monnier-Zahner AG. One Reto Jungi, the Machine Development Engineer. Great fellow! That now makes three Retos I'm acquainted with though, of course, I've only had the good fortune to meet two personally. Perhaps we'll remedy that someday...

Where there are The Alps, there are lots of Retos (n/t)

I did not realize until this trip..
..that "Reto" is of Romansh extraction. And that, indeed, the sub-family of the language spoken in Switzerland is called, phonetically, "Reto Romansh" (Rhaeto-Romance languages).

You really do learn something new everyday.

Reto Jungi told me that "Reto" is a "farm country" name. IOW a "redneck name", sort of like "Bubba" in Mississippi.

"Bubba" Castellazzi? That just sounds  (n/t)

Oh, I dunno. For me, it rolls off the tongue quite naturally.  (n/t)

Forgot I had this photo!

Great pics once again  (n/t)

Even if the train did leave you behind, with your new knife I'm sure you'd be able to survive!
Great pictures!

Oh, I'm an old hand at this. You could..
..drop me in the middle of Fum Bucked, Egypt and, while I ain't sayin' there wouldn't be a contretemps (or three ), I am expert at solving such trivial annoyances and, on the whole I'd get along A-OK.

The only thing it doesn't have is a set of Launch keys for a soviet icbm  (n/t)

There's a SECRET compartment for that complication.  (n/t)

I picked a much smaller of these, still useable. This one is purely for exhibition and collectors >>>
Victorinox (owns Wenger) should make these in maybe 5 or 6 detachable units. So you could just "pull out" the part you need.