In 2017 Victorinox introduced this Limited Edition Fieldmaster dedicated to the Ski World Championship in St. Moritz. This SAK has a nice abstract image of the Swiss alps on the front and a ski with the Victorinox brand name on the back scale. There is a House of Switzerland 2017 laser engraving on the main …
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Updated group photo of most of the translucent scale colors, excluding the colors used in the 58mm line. Note that the two onyx SAKs used to be quite different from each other a few years ago or even just two years ago when I took another group pic of several translucent scale colors. They have …
This is a Victorinox Climber with awesome lime green scales. It features the BLS logo on both the front and the back scales. BLS is one of Switzerland’s biggest railway companies and they use this bright lime green in their corporate identity. Usually, Victorinox only offers the standard scale colors for advertising SAKs, but it …
This white Victoirnox Spartan has a very nice image on the front depicting the traditional Swiss Alpaufzug. This is the yearly tradition of taking the livestock to the higher alpine pastures. In some regions in Switzerland this is a very important festive custom which can take a few days. I should replace that image with …
A few years ago Victorinox started offering a new 3D printing technique for promotional knives. The digital haptic 3D scales feature raised surfaces that feel realistic to the touch. This particular Victorinox Spartan has those 3D scales with a stone-like surface. This Spartan was made for the 2017 Unspunnen festival in Interlaken, Switzerland.
The famous Victorinox emblem consists of a Swiss cross inside a shield. In some countries Victorinox uses a different logo without the cross, for religious reasons. Instead of the cross the logo has a capital V and a small globe inside the shield. Swiss Army knives with that World Logo are a bit hard to …
The Victorinox SwissChamp is arguably the most iconic Swiss Army Knife. It’s the largest regular knife although several larger models primarily aimed at collectors exist, like the SwissChamp XLT, SwissChamp XXLT and SwissChamp XAVT. For me, my interest in SAKs started back in the 1990s when I borrowed a friend’s SwissChamp. That’s why this iconic …
This Victoria stamped Champion is one of my absolute favorites in my collection. Not only does it have all the vintage tools like a clip-point small blade, long nail file, old scissors with single black leaf spring, +PAT can opener and old style saws, it also has beautiful mother of pearl scales and it is …
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The Victorinox Signature Lite is basically a Classic SD, but with a retractable ballpoint pen and a small LED light in the scales, instead of the usual tweezers and toothpick. The LED light is activated by pressing (and holding) the Victorinox shield on the front. This particular knife has sapphire scales that are a bit …
This Victorinox Huntsman with ruby scales was introduced in 2004. It has a color image of William Tell (or Wilhelm Tell) and his son on the front scale. It was made to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the William Tell Tell play by Friedrich Schiller from 1804. It’s not the best photo in the world …