Few cents from me:https://leaf-vics.com/2017/08/589-huntsman-bsa.html
Bought this one because of the slotted Phillips head. Which is super thin. I thought the seller sent the wrong SAK. Seller was right. I had to get a 20x jewelers loop out to find it. Apologized to seller. Will buy from again. This one will be a collection piece. The shape and condition is great.
Here are two quick shots of my Deluxe Tinker from that era.
Went to the page from your link. Yep...saw the Variations and #2 list the BSA version as a Huntsman...Variations 1. This configuration is older enough to be found with Victoria and 'Hoffritz tang stamps.2. The official BSA (Boy Scouts of America) version with the same tools is actually called a Huntsman for reasons that may never really be known.3. Special CANADA-Series version features metal Buffalo and Maple Leaf inlays on the top scale.4. The VSAKCS 2003 Annual Knife was a green scaled Fieldmaster with an imprited silver engraving panel on the top scales.It reminds me of the major league umpire on a play he made...player slide into 2nd base...players looked at him for the call...he looked at them both and said “you both know he is safe, but everyone is seeing my hand up in the air, so you are out!.”
The reason that the BSA called the Fieldmaster the Huntsman may have been due to ignorance of Victorinox models.Many people have made that same mistake because they focused on the main tools and either ignored or didn't notice the back layer tools.Simply because the Boy Scouts mis-named a Vic doesn't actually change the name given to the knife by the manufacturer.
Quote from: toolguy on October 25, 2018, 08:29:03 PMThe reason that the BSA called the Fieldmaster the Huntsman may have been due to ignorance of Victorinox models.Many people have made that same mistake because they focused on the main tools and either ignored or didn't notice the back layer tools.Simply because the Boy Scouts mis-named a Vic doesn't actually change the name given to the knife by the manufacturer.I don't think so. Victorinox used to sell the BSA Fieldmaster as the Huntsman, and the BSA Explorer as a Yeoman, on their own US website. I'm pretty sure Victorinox would have corrected that if it were simply the BSA's misunderstanding. I believe both of those models had Victorinox model numbers that were different from the Fieldmaster and Explorer as well.
Quote from: NutSAK on October 25, 2018, 08:32:26 PMQuote from: toolguy on October 25, 2018, 08:29:03 PMThe reason that the BSA called the Fieldmaster the Huntsman may have been due to ignorance of Victorinox models.Many people have made that same mistake because they focused on the main tools and either ignored or didn't notice the back layer tools.Simply because the Boy Scouts mis-named a Vic doesn't actually change the name given to the knife by the manufacturer.I don't think so. Victorinox used to sell the BSA Fieldmaster as the Huntsman, and the BSA Explorer as a Yeoman, on their own US website. I'm pretty sure Victorinox would have corrected that if it were simply the BSA's misunderstanding. I believe both of those models had Victorinox model numbers that were different from the Fieldmaster and Explorer as well.Then how do you explain the mistake in the Boy Scout's description of the Huntsman but the picture of a Fieldmaster.
I never said the description on the BSA site wasn't a mistake.I only said that the same names were used on the Victorinox website as well, so I can't say that it's solely the BSA to blame for the error in the names of the models.
Quote from: Rapidray on October 25, 2018, 07:24:36 PMWent to the page from your link. Yep...saw the Variations and #2 list the BSA version as a Huntsman...Variations 1. This configuration is older enough to be found with Victoria and 'Hoffritz tang stamps.2. The official BSA (Boy Scouts of America) version with the same tools is actually called a Huntsman for reasons that may never really be known.3. Special CANADA-Series version features metal Buffalo and Maple Leaf inlays on the top scale.4. The VSAKCS 2003 Annual Knife was a green scaled Fieldmaster with an imprited silver engraving panel on the top scales.It reminds me of the major league umpire on a play he made...player slide into 2nd base...players looked at him for the call...he looked at them both and said “you both know he is safe, but everyone is seeing my hand up in the air, so you are out!.”The reason that the BSA called the Fieldmaster the Huntsman may have been due to ignorance of Victorinox models.Many people have made that same mistake because they focused on the main tools and either ignored or didn't notice the back layer tools.Simply because the Boy Scouts mis-named a Vic doesn't actually change the name given to the knife by the manufacturer.In other words,it's simply a mistake by the Boy Scouts.To this day the Boy Scouts still mistakenly refer to that model as the Huntsman.On their website the Boy Scouts description of their knife is as follows:The Swiss Army Huntsman Knife features a medium (2 1/4") and small blade (1 1/4"), a corkscrew, a bottle opener with the screwdriver tip and a wire stripper, a can opener with a screwdriver tip, scissors, a reamer with a sewing eye, a wood saw, a hook, tweezers, a toothpick, and a lanyard ring. The Boy Scouts logo is printed on the outer casing.Length (closed): 3 1/2"But their picture is as follows:(Image removed from quote.)https://www.scoutshop.org/swiss-army-huntsman-with-universal-emblem-multi-tool-pocket-knife-2-14-blade-618437.html