November 2010

Victorinox Elsener Soldier's knife

Elsener Soldier’s knife

This is a Soldier, made by Elsener (which was renamed Victorinox AG later on). The 1891 model of the soldier’s knife was 100mm in length and had wooden handles. The redesigned model 1951 was slightly smaller (93mm) and had brown fiber scales. The one in the picture has fiber scales but measures 100mm. Also, there […]

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Victorinox 1897-1997 Spartan

Victorinox Spartans

Here are a couple of nice Victorinox Spartans :) The 1897-1997 one is a limited edition: the number 32211 is stamped in the corkscrew liner. I also have the 100 years SwissChamp. I have a couple of other non-standard Spartans as well, including some Michel Jordi ones,  a blue “Spirit of Greece” model and a

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