Victorinox Spartan “Austria”
Here is another Spartan: It has a printed shield and the Austrian flag and coat of arms on the front.
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Victorinox (Elinox) Standard
This Elinox branded Standard is similar to a Spartan, but it has no key ring and no tweezers & toothpick and it has the old Elinox shield and cross on the front. Also note the clip-point small blade, +PAT can opener, solid awl and the five-turn corkscrew.
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Victorinox Valentine’s set “Elle et Lui”
French combo set no. 3 :) This nice set has a Valentine’s Day theme and consists of a purple/pink Classic (for her) and a blue Spartan (for him). Both knives have little hearts printed on the front and the back. “Elle et Lui” means “Her and Him” in French. The Victorinox shield and cross are
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Victorinox “Nature Series” Spartan and Classic set
Here is another “Nature Series” set, made for the French market. This set consists of a White Spartan and a Classic, both with an image of green grass on the front and the back. There is also a lime green Classic and Camper set.
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Victorinox Spartan – landwirtschaft.ch
The Swiss Army Knife is used by companies all over the world as a promotional item and that’s why there are literally millions of SAKs with a company logo on the scales. Some people collect all kinds of advertizing SAKs but personally I am only interested in the unusual ones, with cool, big metal inlaid
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Horn scaled Victoria Armée Suisse Spartan
This is one of my older knives, in fact I think only my early 1900s Soldier’s knife is older than this one. It has roughly the same configuration as the modern day Spartan so that’s what I am calling it, though years ago these knives probably only had a model number. I think this knife
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Victorinox Spartan – Eiffel Tower
I recently visited the Victorinox Brand Store in Paris, France. I had a little chat with the (very friendly) Victorinox people and, of course, I had to buy a couple of SAKs, like this nice Spartan with a picture of the Eiffel Tower on the front.
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Victorinox Spartan with Evolution logo
This is a Spartan SAK with a pretty cool “Tool Evolution” logo. This logo was also used on t-shirts, playing cards and other Victorinox items. It’s a pretty high resolution image with lots of detail. I have also seen Climbers with the same logo. This Spartan came in a nice gift tin.
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Victorinox (Victoria) Spartan
This is an even older predecessor of the current Spartan model. It was made in the 1950s and it was probably known as model 234. It has a shackle (or bail) instead of a key ring, the older, triangular type reamer and a clip point small blade. Note the exposed rivets.
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Victorinox (Victoria) Spartan
This is a Victorinox pocket knife that is basically an older version of the current Spartan model. It has a Victoria Officier Suisse tang stamp, a clip point small blade and a 5 turn corkscrew with groove dating it somewhere in the 1970s I think. The Victorinox shield on the front is made of nickle
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