FB, do you have a space where you display your tools in boxes?
I just did a quick check, I'll do a more in depth look after coffee, but my initial finding was the darker burgundy did have embossed numbers, my Scientist had 12 and 82.A couple of the older ones I did find price tags that I didn't know were underneath the tray. I'll look further and report back.Edit... according to SakWiki, "The Scientist was produced between 1986 and 1999 according to Victorinox." So my box being stamped 82 doesn't work. Maybe the box was made then.The box is proper to the knife because it has the black stamp on the side saying "Scientist".
I see your points Folder and Myron, however, I am not unconvinced that this is a date code. What sense is there in stamping a box for QA?
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on May 22, 2018, 06:08:44 AMFOLDER,I'm not sure if this is true of all ages of the slide out boxes, but my darker burgundy one is embossed '84' on the underside of the white slide-out tray.I just did a quick check, I'll do a more in depth look after coffee, but my initial finding was the darker burgundy did have embossed numbers, my Scientist had 12 and 82.A couple of the older ones I did find price tags that I didn't know were underneath the tray. I'll look further and report back.Edit... according to SakWiki, "The Scientist was produced between 1986 and 1999 according to Victorinox." So my box being stamped 82 doesn't work. Maybe the box was made then.The box is proper to the knife because it has the black stamp on the side saying "Scientist".
FOLDER,I'm not sure if this is true of all ages of the slide out boxes, but my darker burgundy one is embossed '84' on the underside of the white slide-out tray.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing, Thundah (ie, that we need a retired Vx employee as an MTO member). I also agree that the SAKWiki, while an excellent source of info overall, is certainly fallible, and more data points is the only way to confirm or disprove things that are generally accepted as fact. Here is a picture of my Scientist box with the "month" and "year" codes transverse to each other. (Image removed from quote.)
This also means that they switched from bright red, lid boxes to burgundy slide boxes between 1982 and 1984...
The burgundy box I received today with my wood knife has imprints of 84 14 on the box.(Image removed from quote.)
Would love to see a pic of this please FB
Quote from: ThundahBeagle on May 27, 2018, 05:01:02 PMWould love to see a pic of this please FBKind of hard to see, but 84 on top, then 14 below:(Image removed from quote.)
Quote from: FolderBeholder on May 27, 2018, 05:04:21 PMQuote from: ThundahBeagle on May 27, 2018, 05:01:02 PMWould love to see a pic of this please FBKind of hard to see, but 84 on top, then 14 below:(Image removed from quote.)That does seem to rule out the second number being a month.Next two logical thoughts for me are "series" number or "line" number, in case they had to check an assembly line after finding a quality control failure or something.
Another box, it's definitely well used, but apparently protected the knife inside:Other side of box:
Cool SAK and box FB!
Something rare - Wenger Porsche black with paperwork:(Image removed from quote.)