January 8, 2011

Victorinox Jumpmaster

Victorinox Jumpmaster

This is a red Jumpmaster. It’s a 111mm liner locking Swiss Army Knife with 4 layers. It’s one of only a few liner lock knives available with red nylon scales. It’s also one of a few knives containing a serrated emergency blade or seat belt cutter.

Victorinox One Hand Master RT (Road Tour) - new stainless steel metal saw

Victorinox one handed Master RT

The Victorinox OH Master is a new 111mm liner lock model. It has gray/black dual density scales, a serrated one handed blade with a Road Tour logo and a new, stainless steel metal saw and metal file. The one handed Master RT was introduced in 2010 as part of the Victorinox Road Tour collection, just … Read more

Victorinox Climber with long nail file

Victorinox Climber with long nail file

This Climber has a long nail file on the back instead of the multi purpose hook the current Climber model has. It’s an interesting knife: the long nail file is a very old tool and I believe this Climber is the only recent/current model available with the nail file. This model is mentioned in the … Read more

Victorinox De Luxe - burgundy, with gift box

Victorinox De Luxe in Burgundy

The Victorinox “De Luxe” is a luxury model, made from 1980 to 1999. It is almost the same as the very common Classic, but has enameled brass scales with a marble pattern and gold trim. The scales are squared off at the top and bottom, so these knives are slightly smaller than the Classic (56mm … Read more

Victorinox Camo Spartan

Victorinox Camo Spartan

The Spartan is the standard 91mm knife. It has the basic tool configuration with 2 blades, a can opener, a bottle opener, a reamer/awl, a corkscrew, tweezers and a toothpick. The Spartan comes in a wide range of scale colors, including this camouflage pattern. The Spartan is actually the modern incarnation of the original Swiss … Read more

Victorinox Trailmaster

Victorinox Trailmaster/One handed Trekker

This is a red Victorinox Trailmaster. It is the same model as the pretty common One handed Trekker, but the Trekker usually has black scales instead of red ones. It’s also the same as the German Army Knife, but the GAK has no tweezers/toothpick. This Trailmaster has the old, oval shaped thumb hole in the … Read more

Victorinox 2010 Dutch Army Knife - dual liner lock

Victorinox 2010 Dutch Army Knife

This is the 2010 model of the Dutch Army Knife (DAK). It is closely related to the Victorinox DualPro knife, but has a Phillips screwdriver instead of a corkscrew. The DAK has olive green nylon scales with an embossed Dutch army emblem. There are no toothpick and tweezers. Both large blades are one handed opening. … Read more

Victorinox Voyager

Victorinox Voyager

This is a Victorinox Voyager. It adds an electronic clock and an alarm to the popular Climber model. The Swiss shield is actually a button that controls the clock and alarm. The Voyager has plus scales, containing a straight pin and a pen. Usually, the tweezers are in the front scales, but since there is … Read more