Wenger SI from 1989

[ratwell]

I found some photos of a Wenger Swiss Army 70 is a Spanich language knife forum:

http://www.armasblancas.com.ar/foros/plegables-de-produccion-factory-folding-knives/27527-wenger-swiss-army-70-o-standar-issue-16520-ayuda.html

There is a photo of the cap lifter with this description:

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k554/snagustin/P1080813.jpg

ES: Destapador con Destornillador filo como para pelar cables
EN: Opener with screwdriver blade to peel wires

Is this just the shadow on the underside of the cap lifter or was there ever a sharpened profile for stripping cables like the Alox Electrician?

[?eter]

SIs and Soldiers from this period do have a sharpened edge on the bottom of the large screwdriver, and it's much more useful forstripping wires than the 'notch' on the later revisions. My 91 Soldier still has this, I think it changed round 1992 or 1993.

[ratwell]

Thanks for the clarification.

What's confusing me is that the photos of the Wenger SI (16520) at various vendors gives the impression that this stripper is still there. For example:



Is what I'm seeing a dated photo that doesn't match what is currently for sale or is this just the profile of the cap lifter blade that is confusing me?

[ratwell]

I found a good photo in another posting showing the changes in the cap lifter (specifically the wire stripper function) on the Victorinox Soldier:

From R->L: 1970, 1977, 1986, 1992, 2008



http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=16099.0