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 find, so I’m quite happy I have a few in my collection. This one is an Executive in fair condition, with black cellidor scales. It
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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 knife will always have a special meaning :) This particular SwissChamp is dressed in rosewood scales which have a nice dark brown color, especially compared
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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 in mint condition. According to the tang stamp (obverse: Victorinox Switzerland Stainless Rostfrei; reverse: Victoria Officier Suisse and crossbow) and some of the tool designs
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