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Tool Talk => Swiss Army Knights Forum => Topic started by: SpaceFrog on June 17, 2018, 01:02:09 AM
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I'm sure everyone has seen this but I can't help myself.
:rofl:
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Haha! Maybe they get bored of doing nothing... And we have very good wines around our parts so might as well...
Anyways, I stumbled upon this yesterday... https://youtu.be/CFh2zxQwxZI
It explains some things rather well about the Swiss army.
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I've always wondered why the GAK was the only official issue knife to have one, and an explanation was given to me that it was traditional for German hunting knives to have a corkscrew, as taking a drink was a means of celebrating a sucessful kill. I'm guessing that whoever designed the GAK (based their design off of traditional German folding hunting knives, which usually had a blade, saw, and corkscrew, and often a gutting blade.
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I was just going to add that NO Swiss Army Knife was ever made with a corkscrew.
Only the officer knives, which were never officialy adapted by the Swiss army.
So even though the pic is meant for fun, there is no truth behind it, only ignorance :D
:cheers:
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Mythbuster! :D
Phillips drivers only came after 1935, until then officer´s knives had a corkscrew. Cody is right about the corkscrew´s origin; the Phillips on modern soldier´s knives is intended for rifle maintenance.
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I was just going to add that NO Swiss Army Knife was ever made with a corkscrew.
Only the officer knives, which were never officialy adapted by the Swiss army.
So even though the pic is meant for fun, there is no truth behind it, only ignorance :D
:cheers:
To clarify, the definition of Swiss Army Knife that Mechy is using here is “a knife based multitool that was issued to the Swiss army “. :think:
So that means the Soldier 1908, its predecessor, and its successor, the Solder 1951, and the Solder 1961, and the Soldier 2008, all count as Swiss Army Knives, nothing else. :think:
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Thanks for the outline Pabs! :drink:
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I missed the names of some of the soldier SAKs. :D
What came before and after the Soldier 1908, and between the Soldier 1951 and Soldier 1961? :think:
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I missed the names of some of the soldier SAKs. :D
What came before and after the Soldier 1908, and between the Soldier 1951 and Soldier 1961? :think:
Before 1908? The Soldier... it only got adopted as standard in 1908.
From 51 until 61 there was the mod.51 which was a smaller, lighter 93mm platform of the mod.1908.
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Wow. This went from a joke to a history lesson very quickly. Lol
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From what I understand there were more bottled items sealed with corks than just wine bottles too. So it was more of a generic opening tool vs something for alcohol only.
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From what I understand there were more bottled items sealed with corks than just wine bottles too. So it was more of a generic opening tool vs something for alcohol only.
Makes sense giving the time period.
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I've always wondered why the GAK was the only official issue knife to have one, and an explanation was given to me that it was traditional for German hunting knives to have a corkscrew, as taking a drink was a means of celebrating a sucessful kill. I'm guessing that whoever designed the GAK (based their design off of traditional German folding hunting knives, which usually had a blade, saw, and corkscrew, and often a gutting blade.
Germans even seem to party after dangerous rescue operations! :rofl:
https://youtu.be/zApUSw0xsRY?t=189
In this video it looks like a soda but I see no reason why that would not be a bottle of some beer :cheers:
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I always facepalmed after seeing that video...