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Tool Talk => Swiss Army Knights Forum => Topic started by: Sabahl on February 06, 2017, 05:08:40 PM
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I've just dug out from storage my old Vic Climber and started wondering if it's actually collectible. It's a limited edition which was produced to commemorate the joint anniversaries of Victorinox (120 years) and the now defunct model engineering firm Buck and Ryan (180 years). Pics attached.
I can find absolutely no references to this knife anywhere on the net, including in Viictorinox's own listings sheets. Are this sort of tie-in too common to note or has this knife just been forgotten over time?
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Wow, Buck and Ryan, now there was a shop I used to enjoy going to
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Wow, Buck and Ryan, now there was a shop I used to enjoy going to
Yes me too! I was gutted when the one near me closed. And delighted when I found they still had a shop in a surprisingly up-market part of London. And then sad again when I looked it up just now and found that one's gone too.
On the basis of these first two replies, I'd say yes it is a collectible :)
Promotional and commemorative knives are very common. Many, many companies have had them made and many still do. Collectibility of these is very much in the eye of the beholder I think: whether the company or occasion is interesting to the individual collector. But the tie-in with Victorinox's own anniversary certainly makes this one especially interesting. Ones with metal inlays, like yours, are often considered higher quality and more desirable than ones with printed graphics.