Please help identify this

[archerwin]

I can't find it in sakwiki




archerwinsak.blogspot.com.au

[Caranthanus]

Kinda special run Technician-Scientist ...

 

[enki_ck]

I don't think I saw that one before.

[archerwin]

Telemechanique is now Scheneider Electric.

maybe this is a special build for their technicians? I'll try to pry off the scales to see if they are factory or just modded.  It's easy to see in the way the pins are peened.

[Caranthanus]

Telemechanique is now Scheneider Electric.

maybe this is a special build for their technicians? I'll try to pry off the scales to see if they are factory or just modded.  It's easy to see in the way the pins are peened.

 

[archerwin]

oh oh oh!

I think this is legit. I just saw one sold last 2012, same tool set, same scales...

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/victorinox-swiss-army-knife-blue-28415959

[archerwin]

enki_ck - do you want to add in the sakwiki? Scientiest-Technician 91mm

[ironraven]

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Pretty smurfing sexy is what it is. I'd want to add scissors to it, and maybe carry a p38 with it, but...

I wish, I wish, I wish that Victorinox would do custom orders of 1. Do it ala carte- you can have this layer, with theses items, this layer, this layer, etc, with wide option of available scales. They could charge nutty amounts of money and have a 8-10 week shipping time in the EU and US, and it would still sell.

[ColoSwiss]

Very interesting. Not in my notes. 

[enki_ck]

enki_ck - do you want to add in the sakwiki? Scientiest-Technician 91mm

Let us wait a bit to see if anyone has more info on it or one in a better condition for the representative picture on the wiki. I'll just leave the text from the listing in the spoiler window.

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Victorinox Swiss Army Knife- Blue Scientist variation - Telemecanique Altivar 5
Good used condition with little pocket wear. Stainless steel blades have good snap with little wear and have not been sharpened. Master blade is stamped Victorinox Switzerland Stainless Rostfrei.
With advertisement - Telemecanique Altivar 5
Knife closed is 3-1/4"
Specially made scientist with fine slotted screwdriver, not cap lifter, for this French company
that was bought out by Schneider Electric in 1988. I've looked this knife up for several days &
it seems there was not many of these made or still around.
Features:
Large drop point blade
Small slotted screwdriver
In line phillips srewdriver
Magnifying glass
Corkscrew / fine screwdriver
Toothpick
Tweezers
Key ring
Low starting bid, great for resale or use!
Please email any question, we will do our best to answer. Thanks for looking, Check out my other items! We will combine shipping, just email if your bidding on other items. Please communicate if payment cant' be made within 5 day. P1
Knife Nail File with Flat Head Screwdriver Scissors Key Ring
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[Toolslinger]

I wish, I wish, I wish that Victorinox would do custom orders of 1. Do it ala carte- you can have this layer, with theses items, this layer, this layer, etc, with wide option of available scales. They could charge nutty amounts of money and have a 8-10 week shipping time in the EU and US, and it would still sell.

^

They could make boatloads of money on a semi-custom build-a-SAK program. I'd be onboard for sure. Save me the hassle (and $$$) of making my own.

[jazzbass]

oh oh oh!

I think this is legit. I just saw one sold last 2012, same tool set, same scales...

It's legit. I've had one for years, it's one of favorites. I call it the "Engineer", because the screwdriver implies that the user actually does real hands on work instead of sitting around drinking like the scientists do. They were a special run made in the late 1980s made for a French industrial control company called Telemecanique for users of the the Altivar 5, a motor speed controller typically used in industrial automation settings (assembly lines, etc).

If you look inside an Altivar 5, you can see why the technician screwdriver is the perfect tool to give out with these things. There is a row of grey screw-type wire connectors on the left of the upper PCB and across the bottom of the lower PCB for wiring the motor up, and the screws are pretty recessed into the connectors to the regular can opener won't work. Also, there are 6 adjustment potentiometers on the upper board and 12 dip switches.

[enki_ck]

Nice to see you around, jazzbass.

Thanks for the added info and the picture.

I'll create the page soon.

[detron]

oh oh oh!

I think this is legit. I just saw one sold last 2012, same tool set, same scales...

(Image removed from quote.)

It's legit. I've had one for years, it's one of favorites. I call it the "Engineer", because the screwdriver implies that the user actually does real hands on work instead of sitting around drinking like the scientists do. They were a special run made in the late 1980s made for a French industrial control company called Telemecanique for users of the the Altivar 5, a motor speed controller typically used in industrial automation settings (assembly lines, etc).

If you look inside an Altivar 5, you can see why the technician screwdriver is the perfect tool to give out with these things. There is a row of grey screw-type wire connectors on the left of the upper PCB and across the bottom of the lower PCB for wiring the motor up, and the screws are pretty recessed into the connectors to the regular can opener won't work. Also, there are 6 adjustment potentiometers on the upper board and 12 dip switches.

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that is a near perfect SAK for what I would call "light carry"

to me you drop a cybertool layer in the middle of that thing and I am SET!

[enki_ck]

Test version:

http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Victorinox+Engineer

jazzbass, can you confirm that it uses plus scales ala Scientist with pin and pen?

Also, do you have any identifiers/model number for it?

Thank you.

P.S. if you notice anything that needs changing, let me know.

[archerwin]

great!

[ironraven]

It's legit. I've had one for years, it's one of favorites. I call it the "Engineer", because the screwdriver implies that the user actually does real hands on work instead of sitting around drinking like the scientists do.

Perfect name!

[Hyatt181]

I'd love to have the fine screwdriver out of it. Hard to make one for the 91mm size

[jazzbass]

Test version:

http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Victorinox+Engineer

jazzbass, can you confirm that it uses plus scales ala Scientist with pin and pen?

Also, do you have any identifiers/model number for it?

Thank you.

P.S. if you notice anything that needs changing, let me know.

Nice work. I don't have a model number for it - I kind of doubt it ever had an official one. The rear scales are NOT plus scales, likely due to the "ALTIVAR 5" inlay on the back. From observation, Victorinox seemed to shy away from doing inlays on rear plus scales. The Mechanic Jr is another good example of this - for models with Techline inlaid on the front, the rear plus scale has the Victorinox shield screen printed on instead of inlaid.

No pin slot either, which would be typical for the time from standard rear scales.  It does come with the eyeglasses screwdriver in the corkscrew.

[enki_ck]

Corrected.

Thank you.

[archerwin]

what other 91mm SAKs has the Technician's screwdriver in the main layer (not the back layer)?

[twrch]

The Handyman 7326 mau is one. I think mine is from around 75-78.

[jazzbass]

what other 91mm SAKs has the Technician's screwdriver in the main layer (not the back layer)?

That I know of w/ technician screw driver (TSD):

Catalog models: Motorist (8134 ma), Cadillac (A146 ma/5146 ma), Handwerkermesser (7236 maU)
Special Runs: Engineer (Telemecanique), Climber w/ TSD (Fuchs Helikopter), Super Tinker w/ TSD (Fuchs Helikopter)

[SAK Guy]

what other 91mm SAKs has the Technician's screwdriver in the main layer (not the back layer)?

That I know of w/ technician screw driver (TSD):

Catalog models: Motorist (8134 ma), Cadillac (A146 ma/5146 ma), Handwerkermesser (7236 maU)
Special Runs: Engineer (Telemecanique), Climber w/ TSD (Fuchs Helikopter), Super Tinker w/ TSD (Fuchs Helikopter)

  Have I mentioned how much I love this place?

[archerwin]

Great! Is there any other model with both the inline philips and technician's screwdriver in the front layer?