This a pretty unusual Swiss Army Knife from the 1950s. Its model name probably was 653 G but the smooth alumin(i)um scales on this one are a much lighter shade than the, at that time, standard gold alox scales. Nowadays we would call this an alox Ambassador even though the more recent Ambassador model typically
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In 2018 Victorinox issued this nice limited edition set in memory of Karl Elsener who had passed away a century before. The set consists of a white Huntsman with Karl Elsener’s signature on the front scale and a unique CHF 20 coin. The coin shows a picture of a Victorinox Huntsman knife.The SAK and coin
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This is a Soldier, made by Elsener (which was renamed Victorinox AG later on). The 1891 model of the soldier’s knife was 100mm in length and had wooden handles. The redesigned model 1951 was slightly smaller (93mm) and had brown fiber scales. The one in the picture has fiber scales but measures 100mm. Also, there
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