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I need an ID of this Victorinox knife

Offline Gargamel

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I need an ID of this Victorinox knife
on: May 16, 2013, 08:01:58 AM
I found it yesterday in an old backpack. Looks pretty unused, blades still sharp. Any idea what model this is and from what year?

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scotland Offline Gareth

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Re: I need an ID of this Victorinox knife
Reply #1 on: May 16, 2013, 08:11:38 AM
looks like a Camper to me, a slightly older Ecoline model.  If I am seeing a groove in the corkscrew then it dates from somewhere between 1985 and 1991.

Here is a very useful page that helps date your SAKs: http://www.e-webtechnologies.com/sak/Victorinox_SAK_History_Urs_Wyss_-_Updated_12_FEB_08.pdf
« Last Edit: May 16, 2013, 08:14:12 AM by Gareth »
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spam Offline J Mackrel Jones

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Re: I need an ID of this Victorinox knife
Reply #2 on: May 16, 2013, 04:49:29 PM
There are some inaccuracies tho in this Evolution of the Swiss Army Knife document.
The metal cross inlay appears on the fiber scale before 1909, being shown in the 1903 Victorinox catalog; most places in their literature Victorinox mentions the year 1921 not 1923 as when they began using stainless steel; the caplifter appeared on the Vic screwdriver before 1942, being on fiber scaled knives:  plastic scales replaced fiber in the 1930s.
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Re: I need an ID of this Victorinox knife
Reply #3 on: May 16, 2013, 05:11:24 PM
There are some inaccuracies tho in this Evolution of the Swiss Army Knife document.
Boy and how.

the caplifter appeared on the Vic screwdriver before 1942, being on fiber scaled knives:  plastic scales replaced fiber in the 1930s.
I figured this one out a couple years ago when I was searching for the elusive "cellidor handled knife with original screwdriver instead of caplifter" and never found one to exist. I have several of the opposite though, and seen many more for sale - fiber knives with the caplifter. I always wondered if they mixed those dates up - that the 1930s date was when the caplifter started and 1942 was when cellidor was introduced, instead of vice-versa.





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Re: I need an ID of this Victorinox knife
Reply #4 on: May 16, 2013, 05:44:09 PM
I found it yesterday in an old backpack. Looks pretty unused, blades still sharp. Any idea what model this is and from what year?

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