Well this was a steal.

[Espen]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Victorinox-Officer-Knife-exposed-Rivets-Box-84mm-Pre-1960-1946-/251273119090



$100

I'd much rather have this than any of the modern limited edition alox knives.

I didn't bother bidding cause it seemed like it was US shipping only.

[enki_ck]

Love the question and answer part of the auction.

[marcel.reijerse]

"A history lesson for you" 

[jazzbass]

Funniest part is they are both wrong. The asker of the question much, much more spectacularly than the seller. The seller says:

This company has been around since 1896 and quit using just "Victoria" markings in the late 40's

This is wrong. Victorinox used "Victoria" on tang stamps until the early 1970s (1974 is typically cited as the change over date). The knife in question is from the mid 1950s.

I didn't bother bidding cause it seemed like it was US shipping only.

Our new collector Jimylee in China won this one as well. My guess is he has someone in the US forwarding for him.

[Blade runner]

Our new collector Jimylee in China won this one as well. My guess is he has someone in the US forwarding for him.

Don't know from China, but some people from out side USA, have private couriers,with adresses in Florida, that foward the packages home.

[ICanFixThat]

Funniest part is they are both wrong. The asker of the question much, much more spectacularly than the seller. The seller says:

This company has been around since 1896 and quit using just "Victoria" markings in the late 40's

This is wrong. Victorinox used "Victoria" on tang stamps until the early 1970s (1974 is typically cited as the change over date). The knife in question is from the mid 1950s.

I think the important word in the response was "just"; so i think he was closer to right than wrong. It seems "VICTORIA" was banished from the obverse side long before the 70s; right?

[KiwiMark]

Our new collector Jimylee in China won this one as well. My guess is he has someone in the US forwarding for him.

It's pretty easy to buy from Ebay and have a US address to ship to.  I use shipito which gives me a California address (cheaper shipping from there) and an Oregon address (no sales tax) - they can forward on a package or consolidate multiple packages for a nice saving in shipping cost.

I've even had a forum give-away sent to my shipito address and then I consolidated that with 4 or 5 other orders and sent on to me here in New Zealand.

Having a USA address is pretty useful.

[felinevet]

No, he uses his own address in China.

Our new collector Jimylee in China won this one as well. My guess is he has someone in the US forwarding for him.

Don't know from China, but some people from out side USA, have private couriers,with adresses in Florida, that foward the packages home.

[GigaHz]

The 2 I just sent Jimmy Lee were to a California address.