For the 2009 London’s Design Festival Victorinox released three Climber SAKs with distinct scale designs. Two of these featured white cellidor scales and were designed by James Joyce and Jamie Cullen. The third one was a completely different design by Wallpaper* with hardwood scales with a relief pattern based on the lansdcape surrounding Ibach. Each […]
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The 2013 edition in the Victorinox Damascus series was a Limited Edition Explorer. The Victorinox Explorer was Carl Elsener Sr.’s favorite SAK model. Elsener passed away in 2013 and to commemorate him Victorinox released this Damascus Limited Edition with his autograph laser etched on the front. The scales are hardwood; the ones on this particular
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The Victorinox SwissChamp is arguably the most iconic Swiss Army Knife. It’s the largest regular knife although several larger models primarily aimed at collectors exist, like the SwissChamp XLT, SwissChamp XXLT and SwissChamp XAVT. For me, my interest in SAKs started back in the 1990s when I borrowed a friend’s SwissChamp. That’s why this iconic
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Over the last few years I’ve added ten different variations of the 74mm Travel Spray to my collection. I’ve never used one and they are a bit of a weird gimmick, but somehow I really like these. I’m a big fan of the 74mm line of Swiss Army Knives and I like the scale designs
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And another travel spay :) This one has scales made of wood. Which is nice, since it’s my first 74mm model with wooden scales (apart from a customized Executive I bought from a Spanish guy). It still in its packaging. On the back it says that tweezers are included, but this wooden version has no
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In 2011, Victorinox offered another model with a Damascus steel blade, following the 2010 Damascus Pioneer. The Damascus Climber comes with very dark brown, almost black Ebony wood scales and has its serial number stamped into the liner near the corkscrew. Production was limited to 4000 pieces. The Damascus Climber comes in a similar box
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In 2011, Victorinox made a limited edition version of the Huntsman with hardwood scales made of Bubinga from Gabon. The Bubinga Huntsman is limited to 1000 pieces. Each knife has its serial number etched on the main blade. Mine is numbered 0005/1000. The Bubinga Huntsman comes in a red presentation box with a certificate of
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The Victorinox SwissChamp was introduced in 1985 as the premium model in the line-up. It added pliers to the Champion Plus model which had been the biggest Swiss Army Knife before. The SwissChamp is still the biggest regular model, although a couple of even bigger SAKs have been available, like the SwissChamp XLT, XXLT and
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