VICTORINOX knives 1884- present SWISS ARMY KNIVES

[jmh58]

I saw the one John posted back in May and it kept nagging at me until I picked one up in June. Not sorry a bit. I like it so much, it has joined the few that I can't seem to put away and they reside amongst the clutter on my desk.

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Good to hear jerry!!
John

[jerryd6818]

I saw the one John posted back in May and it kept nagging at me until I picked one up in June. Not sorry a bit. I like it so much, it has joined the few that I can't seem to put away and they reside amongst the clutter on my desk.

Victorinox Evogrip S18 Yellow - Labeled.JPG

Good to hear jerry!!
John

Good to have John.

[Dadumpsterdiver]

A Lucky Fleabay find. 1923-1933 judging by the marks. Pretty uncommon find in Staghorn.

Bill

[TPK]

A Lucky Fleabay find. 1923-1933 judging by the marks. Pretty uncommon find in Staghorn.

Bill

Congrats on a very nice find Bill!
Appears to be in very good condition for it's age. Nice Scales!

[cody6268]

A Lucky Fleabay find. 1923-1933 judging by the marks. Pretty uncommon find in Staghorn.

Bill

And pretty uncommon period in that age and condition.

I just don't like the fiber scales they used back when. They are worse than some cellulose acetate plastics for shrinkage and warping. Stag looks so much better. I'm having an old, nearly worn out 1942 Soldier redone by a cutler in Switzerland (Rothlisberger, who actually made Soldiers at one point, probably using Vic parts), and along with a replacement blade, it's getting staghorn handles.

[jmh58]

A Lucky Fleabay find. 1923-1933 judging by the marks. Pretty uncommon find in Staghorn.

Bill

John

[edge213]

A Lucky Fleabay find. 1923-1933 judging by the marks. Pretty uncommon find in Staghorn.

Bill

Was this one made by Victorinox?

[Dadumpsterdiver]

A Lucky Fleabay find. 1923-1933 judging by the marks. Pretty uncommon find in Staghorn.

Bill

Was this one made by Victorinox?

Yes, it was. One other thing I will mention - I ordered this from Europe on June 1st, and just received it this week. It's taking much longer to get packages from Europe in it "New Normal."

[Dadumpsterdiver]

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Congrats on a very nice find Bill!
Appears to be in very good condition for it's age. Nice Scales!
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Thanks Tom! Yes, it is very clean. The scales are crack-free. I really thought that it was too good to be true when I ordered it. Then it took literally 3 months to get here from Belgium. When I received it, I examined it close, not one crack or chip in those scales. This had to have been stuck in a drawer in 1940 and not taken out for 80 years.

[Louisville.Boy1947]

dumsterdiver....you are one fortunate man with that "find"

[cody6268]

This little knife is just a bit bigger than a traditional Peanut. It's a small (70mm) version of a Farmer's Knife, which is the same frame shape, but bigger, at 4" or 100mm. Handles are red plastic, presumably Grilon, but that seems a bit newer than the knife--but they don't shrink, so obviously not cellulose acetate. Tang stamp is "WENGER TAHARA" which puts it at 1910-1925--it is my oldest SAK, and my second or third oldest folder (I have a pre-1891 Wostenholm Senator in tortiseshell that beats it out). I don't think there are too many out there--I bought this one cheaply and haven't seen another since.

The remainder of a "MADE IN SWITZERLAND" etch. Obviously, this knife was made for export. I would presume that there would, most likely have been a distributor/importer name too, but I can't find one.

[jmh58]

Nice score Cody!!!
John

[dlr110]

You done good Cody.

[cody6268]

You always never know what you'll find cheap, but I often pick it up when I do. I often look at random advertising SAKs mostly because I do collect those with a certain set of specific logos. I noticed a very intricate inlay with the words "Confederatio Helevetica 1291-1991" on the front scale, and the typical cross on the back as done with ad knives. This was actually officially put out by Victorinox in '91.

It was priced like a cheap ad knife at just $15, but it was an official offering to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Oath of 1291 in 1991.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Charter_of_1291

From the looks of the blades and shiny scales, I doubt it was really used or carried much.

[jmh58]

Nice score Cody!!!
John

[jmh58]

[TPK]

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Nice picture John! And great looking knives!

[jmh58]

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Nice picture John! And great looking knives!

Thank You Tom..
John

[marinaio61]

Been searching for the perfect (for me) EDC pocket knife. I have a variety to choose from from a few manufacturers on my dresser but none of them have what I want; the SAK's have too many never used tools, cheap plastic scales and the others have the wrong blade shape, too many blades, too small or too large. I finally bought a Vic Alox Solo and am absolutely delighted with it. Strong aluminum handle, fine fit and finish, perfect size to pocket carry and most important a single, sharp, well shaped blade. I don't know why I didn't get this earlier!

[Meridian_Mike]

I picked up this one at a roadside antique / junk shop over the weekend.
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All this plus a tooth pick and tweezers.
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Some form of a Tinker maybe?

[cody6268]

I picked up this one at a roadside antique / junk shop over the weekend.
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All this plus a tooth pick and tweezers.
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Some form of a Tinker maybe?

It's a Ranger. Pretty handy tool combo as you gain the file and all the back tools over the Huntsman which has the saw and only the leather punch, corkscrew, and hook as backside tools. I use the chisel quite a bit. Unlike the Handyman, Champion, and SwissChamp, it's still not too thick or heavy for pocket carry. Still haven't talked myself into getting one. I want a fairly recent production model, however. The newer files on ones made in the past 15 years are great--they'll file basically anything that hasn't been hardened and heat-treated, and the saw teeth on the edge of the file cut through wire, nails, and screws pretty good. . The old ones (like on yours) are chrome plated carbon steel; and basically nailfiles, but they do work; albeit not as well.

[Meridian_Mike]

Thanks for putting a name on my knife!
I have a Huntsman and I did notice they were similar but that was as far as I could go..... LOL.
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They guy had several Victorinox knives. This one drew my interest more than the others.
He also gave me the story... "I had one that had a whole lot of blades but it sold pretty quick".
I thought.... 'Yep, my luck for sure!"

[jmh58]

I picked up this one at a roadside antique / junk shop over the weekend.
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All this plus a tooth pick and tweezers.
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IMG_6641.JPG
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Some form of a Tinker maybe?

Nice !!!
John

[1967redrider]

Cool picture jmh, and nice find MM!

[jmh58]

Cool picture jmh, and nice find MM!

Thank You!!!
John