Month: January 2021
Victorinox Executive – White
This Executive is wearing white cellidor scales. Strangely enough this color is fairly uncommon for 74mm Swiss Army knives. Victorinox recently announced colored toothpicks, tweezers and micro scredrivers in red, blue, green and black. Dark red (maroon?) tweezers have been available for years in the Limitied Edition Classics. I thought I’d try one of those on this white Executive.
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Ugly Victorinox postcard
No offense to the one who made the drawing. But I don’t like it.
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Victorinox – Armée Suisse Spartan with horn scales
This horn scaled Swiss Army Knife may very well be the oldest one in my collection now that my Elsener Soldier and horn scaled gardening knife have been sold. Based on the tang stamps (VICTORINOX on the main blade and ARMÈE SUISSE on the bottle opener) and some tool details I’m dating this to the 1930s. In that time it was probably named 234H but given its similarities to the modern day Spartan that’s what I’m calling it. And yes,
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Victorinox Ambassador with World Logo – red
Here is another nice 74mm Victorinox Swiss Army Knife with the world logo. This logo is used in some countries instead of the shield and cross for religious reasons. Knives with this logo are fairly hard to get. I do have a black Executive and a red SwissChamp with leather sheath as well. I’ve also seen pictures of 84mm and 111models with alternative logos instead of the cross and shield emblem. In some cases the kitchen cutlery logo is used.
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