Probably. It’s a question I asked on MTo years ago. Over the years I’ve bought, traded or otherwise acquired hundreds of SAKs. I’ve also sold, traded, lost and given away dozens or maybe hundreds. For the most part I can remember quite clearly how and when a particular knife was added to the collection or […]
This is an older Victorinox Prince with tortoise-shell scales. In certain markets (e.g. Canada) it may have been sold under the Treasurer name. The scales are made of celluloid which predates the Cellidor material. Celluloid is a plastic containing nitrocellulose and camphor. This material is chemically unstable and has the tendency to deteriorate with age
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Years ago Victorinox offered a set of SAKs with pinstripe scales. I believe they where Spartans and they came in blue, red, green, black and pink. I’m still looking for that complete set, but I did manage to find an orange one. Not part of the same set – this one was a custom scale
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A nice Victorinox Ranger with part of a map of the surroundings of Ibach and Zürich on the front and the back. I like the green print on the white cellidor scales. The Ranger is a beefy model with five layers and five back side tools, so no “blank” back springs on this SAK.
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A nice black Spartan with an unusual front scale. This “Black Topography” SAK was part of the Marlboro Rewards program. Unfortunately the back is just plain black, but the SAK did come in a nice cardboard box with black padding. There is even a listing of all of the Spartan’s functions. The use with care
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This is a 130mm Wenger RangerGrip. Tool-wise it’s basically a RangerGrip 90, but with a partially serrated main blade instead of a plain edge one. A nice feature in the RangerGrip line are the fold-out needlenose pliers. There’s also a fairly aggressive metal file (half length) and just one back tool: the newer style cylindrical
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This is a Victorinox Pioneer in an awesome shade of orange. It was a custom order for Schweizermesser-Shop and their logo is printed on the back.
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Victorinox Ambassador (or Windsor) with diamond cut gold scales (0.6500.88) in used condition. Probably gold plated. Some wear on the scales, some corrosion on scissors and back of the nail file. Otherwise it looks pretty good. Main blade seems unused. Company logo laser etching. My other one is in mint condition and is not for
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The SwissTool is Victorinox’s take on the plier based multitool. This one is a Plus model with a red bit holder containing six 1/4″ hex bits. It has the leather pouch – a nylon version also exists. This SwissTool has the 1998 plier head.
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Here’s a Victorinox Spartan in an unusual colour. It’s a nice shade of grey with a bit of a purplish hue. This was at one point available in the Japanese market – hence the green user manual. As a comparison I’ve included a photo of this grey Spartan next to a Battle of Näfels knife
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