58mm Executive

[enki_ck]

I know I've been slacking off a bit on the wiki front lately but I hope to find more time for it in the next couple of months.

I've been asked by Peter today about the missing picture of the 58mm Executive, as he has a golden one.

I know that there was a bit of an overlap with the naming of the Companion, 58mm Executive and I think I remember seeing a 75mm named Companion some time ago in a catalog too. The fact that Vic is getting ready to release the Wenger Esquire with Vic scales under the name Executive 81 isn't helping one bit.

Anyways ...

In the wiki page we have on the 58mm Executive says it was only available in red. And that the Companion originally came with or without keyring. So how would one go about differentiating those two? 

The tools on this one from Peter look like older style as described in the wiki page. But it is gold/yellow. And the Executive is supposed to have come only in red and Companion in red, blue, green, black and silver. No yellow anywhere.




And this black one from a couple years ago also old tools, also Victoria, no keyring, but newer spring (might have been replaced though), so Companion or Executive?

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,29257.msg501954.html#msg501954



This catalog page doen't help either, looks to me like a keyringless model but they call it the Companion.

http://www.sakwiki.com/show_image.php?id=897&scalesize=o


Anyone have more info on this? I seem to remember we had a discussion on these before but I can't find the thread.

[Reinier]

I think the gold one is a 623 g. Isn't it from before they used names?

[enki_ck]

Possibly. We really need a Vic timeline on when which SAK was introduced.

[this_is_nascar]

I have both a red and black Executive,  both with key rings.


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[enki_ck]

I have both a red and black Executive,  both with key rings.


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Are you sure you're thinking of the 58mm ones with aluminium scales and exposed rivets and not the 75mm ones with plastic scales like this one?

[this_is_nascar]

I think I'm confused.  I have a black and red one, just like your picture there.

[enki_ck]

I think I'm confused.  I have a black and red one, just like your picture there.

There were/are 3 swiss army knives called the Executive. The first one was a small 2 inch one shown in the original post with smooth aluminium scales and exposed rivets. That got discontinued some 50 years ago and the name got changed to the current Companion. Then there was a second still in production Executive from my previous post, 3 inches, plastic scales, big and small knife, long nail file, scissors and orange peeler. I'm guessing that's the one you have. (The stainless steel scaled model with the same tools is called the Director).

[this_is_nascar]

Thanks for the history lesson and explanation.  Yes, I have the ones like your last picture, in black and red.  Been carrying my black one for many years, attached to either my Fenix E01 or E05, in my front-right pocket, loose.