Cellidor is one of the most common scale materials. It’s a nice, shiny type of plastic. Cellidor scales will warp/deform when exposed to high temperatures. Be careful when cleaning your SAKs and never throw them in the dishwasher.
Available in a wide range of colors.
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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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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This Classic SD has an identical 3D-effect illustration on the front and back scales as the Huntsman Canadiana that I got in Canada last year. It’s a special edition for House of Knives. I’d give these scales a solid 10/10 if the snowflakes were six sided. Because real life snowflakes are hexagons (which are the
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! On the first day of 2026 I have already posted more on my blog (once) than in the whole of 2025 (zero times) ;) I bought this nice SAK in Victoria, BC, Canada on the final day of our summer vacation. We spent three weeks in Alberta and British Columbia. My main
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I don’t really like SAKs with company logos. I just don’t like advertising. But this Explorer is pretty cool.
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These Victorinox Spartans are pretty cool. They were made for the 2014 European Athletics Championships which were held in Zurich. Check out the unusual scale colours! I had seen these SAKs on another collector’s blog but had never been able to acquire them. Until I got into contact with a SAK enthusiast in Portugal. He
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I found 14 uncommon scale colours in my hoard of 91mm Swiss Army Knives. I know of several others, some of which have been on my wanted list for years :)
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A trio of Spartans, but with a special twist. These three colours are far from usual. I’ve seen some orange ones with company logos. This one may be identical to those. The middle one is dark blue/purple. Maybe aubergine? Could be Festool blue, I will check later. On the right is olive drab green. Perhaps
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