Lovely knife!This is a Swiss made Soldier correct? Do you have any info on this regarding the Association of Swiss master Cutlers, or is this a private maker?
Jaydar, Great find! jcfiguet, Welcome aboard! That's great collection you have! My Wenger 1901 version (marked 1904), which I lucked into many years back.
Interesting, I have a 1890 but mine is marked Elsener Swchiz (like the replica launched to celebrate de 125 Years jubilee), what is the history behind "Forges L+C Vallorbe model" ? I did a search in SakWiki but saw no reference to this model. Thanks guys!
Some quick googling shows me that Vallorbe is a village in the west of Switzerland, with a large smithing-tradition...(lookie: http://www.vallorbe-tourisme.ch/en/page.cfm/Culture_patrimoine/Activites_et_visites/musee-du-fer )I also believe that at the start, not -all- soldier knives were made by Elsener, as he was still too small. I'm not sure how it worked, so I hope someone will shed some more light on this
Quote from: ColoSwiss on August 12, 2013, 10:55:10 AMJaydar, Great find! jcfiguet, Welcome aboard! That's great collection you have! My Wenger 1901 version (marked 1904), which I lucked into many years back.Yes, you are very very lucky! This knife costs more than $1000 or $1500 ! The stamp 1904 was not added by the manufacture but probably by the soldier in the memory of his military period.
@Jcfiguet thanks again for posting these beauties. i cant believe that those knives other than the one exception are under $80. seems entirely reasonable at twice that amount.
Jean-Claude, let's remain at talking about swiss army knives, not selling them. We've talked about this.
Quote from: enki_ck on August 13, 2013, 01:31:04 AMJean-Claude, let's remain at talking about swiss army knives, not selling them. We've talked about this. We've talked about link, but I didn't put any link as you can see.I sent a mail to Grant Lamontagne and I'm still waiting for his reply ! If you want to ban me, then do it !
Quote from: jcfiguet on August 13, 2013, 01:47:03 AMQuote from: enki_ck on August 13, 2013, 01:31:04 AMJean-Claude, let's remain at talking about swiss army knives, not selling them. We've talked about this. We've talked about link, but I didn't put any link as you can see.I sent a mail to Grant Lamontagne and I'm still waiting for his reply ! If you want to ban me, then do it !You posted the picture of the link asnt said to go there to the shop to buy your SAKs. I don't see a big difference. Let's stick with the SAK stuff in the forum and we can discuss the business stuff over PM. You are very knowledgeable on the topic of old Soldiers and are free to post about that and share it with our members.
Grant has just sent you a PM to discuss this. Until you and I reach some kind of arrangement, please refrain from posting any links in the open forum as they will be deleted. I would also caution against continuing this portion of the discussion publicly as it is of no benefit to anyone.Def
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Quote from: rmagralha on August 12, 2013, 10:24:36 PMInteresting, I have a 1890 but mine is marked Elsener Swchiz (like the replica launched to celebrate de 125 Years jubilee), what is the history behind "Forges L+C Vallorbe model" ? I did a search in SakWiki but saw no reference to this model. Thanks guys! Elsener Schwyz does exist, like 10 other swiss or german brands actually known for models 1890."Forges L+C Vallorbe" is only one of those 10 brands... L+C mean "Leresche & Co". We don't know lot of things about this brand, exept it was absorbed by Wenger like "Coutellerie Suisse". We don't know the date of the end of "Forges L+C Vallorbe".For your information, 30 brands of official Swiss Soldier Knives were referenced between 1890 and 1950
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