Victorinox has just announced a new series of Limited Edition Classic knives. They come in 10 different designs and will be available until June 2012. I like the Technology Trash design. But I don’t understand why it’s always the Classic that gets the fancy scales :( Victorinox, please make these scales available on the bigger […]
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This is a Victoinox Champion from the early 1980s. The Champion was the biggest model in the Victorinox lineup, until it was replaced as the top model by the even bigger SwissChamp in 1985. It was still offered in following years and it underwent the usual changes throughout the years (reamer with sewing eye, chisel,
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This is a Victorinox Windsor. A very sleek, slim knife, measuring 74mm in length and featuring a blade, a nail file and scissors. The stainless steel scales are engine turned.
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Here is another SwissFlame. It’s a much sought-after Swiss Army knife for two reasons: first, it has only been on the market for a short period (between 2002 and 2005) and secondly, it was not available in the United States. Unfortunately, this one has a company logo laser etched into the lighter implement. Also, I
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This is a picture of 6 very different 111mm Swiss Army knife models made by Victorinox. Top left is a Jumpmaster. This model usually has black nylon scales, but this one is red which is rather uncommon. Next to the Jumpmaster is the first version of the one-hand German Army knife, with the older, oval
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I found these nice Victorinox stickers on two auction sites recently :) I think the first one is from the 1970s, based on the typeface used in the logo. And this one is a bit newer, but still from before 1985 given that there is no sewing eye in the reamer. Or, they may have
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In 1988, Victorinox introduced the RocKnives series consisting of 6 Ambassador knives. These knives have polished stone handles from 6 different regions of the world. In 1989, these Ambassadors were followed by matching Bijou (Classic) knives. The scales on this one are made of Rosa Betha granite, from the Italian island of Sardinia. The RocKnives
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This is a nice single layer pen knife in red smooth alox. It has only 2 blades and, measuring only 75mm, it’s a very small, thin, light weight knife. It’s almost the same as the current Secretary and Pocket Pal models, but it’s 1cm smaller. You can see the size difference in one of the
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The Victorinox Explorer is basically a Climber with an extra layer. The added tools are a magnifying glass and an inline Phillips screwdriver. This one was made before 1991 since there is no hook on the back side of the scissors layer. Also, the corkscrew is fluted and there is a very thin key ring
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This is an alox Victorinox Soldier. This one was issued in 1979 (it has 79 stamped on the tang). There is a Waffen Kontrol (WK) stamp on the front scale and the knife has a hollow bottom rivet for a shackle/bail or a lanyard. You can read all about the different Soldier variants on SAKWiki
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