Victorinox – makers of the original Swiss Army Knife. Based in Ibach, Schwyz, Switzerland.
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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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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Here are a couple of nice Victorinox Spartans :) The 1897-1997 one is a limited edition: the number 32211 is stamped in the corkscrew liner. I also have the 100 years SwissChamp. I have a couple of other non-standard Spartans as well, including some Michel Jordi ones, a blue “Spirit of Greece” model and a
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These are a couple of unusual Victorinox SAKs. The SwissFlame adds a butane gas lighter to the Climber model, while the CampFlame adds the lighter and a small screwdriver to the Camper model. The SwissFlame and Campflame models were only manufactured for a couple of years (from 2002 until 2005). They were never for sale
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Just a picture of a couple of 58mm Victorinox key chain knives in translucent cellidor. The green (emerald) ones are Midnite Managers (which feature the very useful combo tool). The blue ones (light and dark sapphire) are Signature Lites. The ruby one is a SwissLite and came in a set which also contained a ruby
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This is another Victorinox Executive. It’s a smooth, alox version in gold. Well, gold colored anyway (there actually is a 14kt gold version as well). It is a bit older than the green Executive I showed earlier: it has the older, single leaf type scissors which disappeared in 1975, according to Victorinox. Update: Thanks to
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This 84mm Victorinox Sportsman has a picture of William Tell and his son printed on the front scale. It is part of a kit that also contains a cassette tape with Swiss Music. The kit was probably issued for the 700 year anniversary of Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica) in 1991, but the knife itself was not
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This is the previous model of the Dutch Army Knife (DAK), made by Victorinox. It is the same as the 111mm Centurion model, but without the tweezers and toothpick and with a Dutch military logo embossed in the front scale. It was first issued in 1993 and had been the standard knife for the Dutch
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This is another Victorinox Classic from the Zodiac series. It has the Gemini sign on the front scale and on top of the red box. Check out Capricorn as well :)
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This is a cool toy, made by Theo Klein. It’s quite big, red, and very cool. It has a saw, spoon, fork, bottle opener (with screwdriver), whistle and even a magnifying glass! I bought it as a present for my nephew, but I got one for myself as well ;)
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