Victorinox – makers of the original Swiss Army Knife. Based in Ibach, Schwyz, Switzerland.
The 84mm Tinker (or Tinker Small) is the smaller version of the very popular Tinker model. The Tinker is closely related to the Spartan: the only difference is that the Tinker has a back mounted Phillips screwdriver instead of a corkscrew. This particular Tinker is pretty old, given that the Phillips has a square shaft […]
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The Victorinox Altimeter adds electronic scales containing an altimeter and a thermometer to the Climber model. Unlike it’s brother the Voyager, the Altimeter has been discontinued. It has been replaced by the Traveller, which combines the digital clock and alarm from the Voyager and the altimeter/thermometer from the Altimeter.
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I bought this blue Victorinox Spartan while I was on holiday on the Greek island of Crete (or Rhodes, I can’t remember exactly, it could also have been Samos ;) ). It’s a normal Spartan but with a very nice Spirit of Greece illustration on the front scale. There is also a Greek flag and
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The Spartan Lite is a 91mm Swiss Army Knife, based on the Spartan model. It adds one extra layer with a Phillips screwdriver and an LED light. The LED light is operated by the little red switch on the plastic housing. The switch can be locked in the on position or just pressed for momentary
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The CyberTool 34 is the CyberTool 29‘s bigger brother, adding scissors, pliers and a multi purpose hook. This particular one has translucent onyx scales. I thought those scales would be translucent black, but they turned out to be more like reddish brown… These scales have a slot for a small set of tweezers, like the
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The Victorinox CyberTool 29 was introduced in 2000. It adds plus scales and a Bit driver to the basic Spartan model. The bit driver and bit holder are unique to the CyberTool models (and some collectors knives like the SwissChamp XAVT). All CyberTool models come with 4 different, double sided bits, including flat head, Pozidriv,
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The Bavarian Palace Department, or Bayerischen Schlösserverwaltung, sells Victorinox Swiss Army Knives in their online store. This Huntsman has a nice light blue pattern with Swans, Lions and Bavarian shields. There is a laser engraved text on the main blade.
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This Climber has unusual scales. They are cellidor with a hot stamped shield (not a metal inlay) and a couple of Swiss flags and edelweiss flowers printed on them. Switzerland is printed in 4 different languages. These climbers were a special order for Migros, a large Swiss supermarket/wholesale chain. Update: this SAK has found a
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You can never have too many Climbers :) The SilverTech scales on this Swiss Army Knife were introduced in 2009 (I believe). They are colorless translucent cellidor scales that are painted silver on the inside, giving the scales a high tech, polished steel look. While they look pretty futuristic, I haven’t decided if I like
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More StayGlow scales! The Climber is (was?) one of only a few models available with glow-in-the-dark StayGlow scales. You can see the pins and bushes through the scales, unlike my StayGlow Camper. A bit odd, that :)
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