In the 1960s or 1970s Victorinox offered two versions of the Fisherman’s knife or Fischermesser. They were available with blue scales (uncommon back in the day) with a fish emblem on the top of the front scale, instead of the Swiss shield and cross. These knives were equipped with unusual scissors with a cut-out, and of course the fish scaler.
The one I own is actually a bit more uncommon. It lacks scissors and a metal file. I have never been able to find a reference to it in any of the old catalogues. If I follow the old naming convention then this knife would have been a 234faU (Spartan or Standard with fish scaler, tweezers & toothpick and bail).
It has all the nice features of a vintage knife: thick main blade with Victoria tang stamp, +PAT stamp on the can opener, aluminium tipped tweezers, clip point small blade, five-turn corkscrew, bail/shackle and fish scaler without ruler. The scales are a lighter shade of blue than more recent cellidor scales.
This unusual tool config minus the tweezers and the bail (or key-ring) was also used for the Battle of Murten Battle Series knife in 1989.
I have this knife for sale at the moment. What sort of value does it have? It’s a really nice knife.
Thanks.
Hi Lee,
Maybe you can check the sold items on eBay to get an idea of value. I’d say they are worth quite something but it depends on the condition. This is true in general, but especially for these old blue cellidor knives. The scales are usually faded and/or cracked.
Does yours have the same tool configuration? Because it is fairly uncommon (most have scissors).
Hi Lee, I would be keen to buy a blue fisherman swiss army knife like this, I would be happy to pay £300 GBP.
Best, Alex
Is this knife still for sale
Is your knife still for sale ?
Sorry Alfred but no, this knife was never for sale. I really like it and I am definitely keeping it :)
Oh wait I guess you wanted to reply to Lee.