It's a Model 1237U from c 1975/6. Commonly called a Camper after the Victorinox line model with the same tool set. Value? Not much, $5-$10.
Just a little more info - While almost everyone wants to know what the model name is for a particular knife, lots of older knives didn't have official names or the names change across different distributors and countries so they're not very consistent. Model numbers, however, were usually the *real* designation for the knife. This knife appears during a period of change for Victorinox when they were expanding their product lines and changing their model numbering system to accommodate these changes, so what model number it was sold under is kind of a mess. Victorinox introduced a budget "economy" line in the late 1950s called "Elinox" (versus the standard premium "Victoria" line). Elinox versions of Victoria knives got the same model number with a leading "1". So this knife is a Camper, which would have been a Model 237U in the Victoria line. The Elinox version therefore was 1237U. In the mid 1970s they changed the leading number from "1" to "3", so this knife could have been sold as a Model 3237U (looking through info, this is the most likely what this knife was sold as). By the 1980s they moved all lines from the old numbering system to the first version of the one still in use today. Under the new system this knife would have been sold as a 3.3611 (again, the leading "3" indicating an economy line model).
If they were sold as economy models, then they must have features or quality lacking to that of the higher "victoria" line? What physical aspects distinguish the two, any variations in steel quality or plastic type?
Well it looks like this one is going to be retired. I took off the scale as shown below and noticed multiplied cracks in 3 of the liners (Image removed from quote.) (Image removed from quote.)
Quote from: Wallace72 on February 24, 2017, 12:40:33 AMWell it looks like this one is going to be retired. I took off the scale as shown below and noticed multiplied cracks in 3 of the liners (Image removed from quote.) (Image removed from quote.)keep it as a memento, and it is still a great heirloom.