COLLECTION: Victorinox Classic 58mm (1970s)

This is the 1970s classic version of the Classic. It sports an aluminum-head tweezers.  It also has the Victoria (w/ crossbow) tang stamp which dates it at early 1970s.  Although, it is hard to date the 58mm's as there isn't a lot of information about them unlike the 91mm's which has a good tool evolution information.

COLLECTION: Victorinox Classic Canadian National Flag 58mm

One of the collections I would like to complete in the future is the National Flags released by Victorinox.  I have yet to acquire one until now.  This one is not in a very good condition, there's a crack on the scale with the print of the flag (arghh!).  Still better than nothing.  If any of you have some national flags to sell for reasonable prices, please let me know. I'll gladly take them off your hands for a reasonable price.

Swiss Army Knives Collectors FB Page

Last month, I started a group in Facebook focused on Swiss Army Knives collecting.  The membership quickly grew and now we're 106-member strong :)  There's a lot of interesting collection being shown and a lot more information being exchanged between members.

Great interaction overall! 

If you want to join, please visit Swiss Army Knives Collectors FB Page.

COLLECTION: Victorinox Alox Watch Case Opener 84mm

Victorinox and Wenger have produced versions of the watch case opener mainly for the various  Swiss watch companies. That's why most of the samples out in the wild have a company logo or name printed on the scales.  

Mine has a "Nivada" company name.  According to the history I read, Nivada is a swiss watch company founded in 1879 in the town of Grenchen, Switzerland.  The town of Grenchen has a large traditional watch industry and some of the famous manufacturers like Breitling SA, Epos, Fortis and Titoni Ltd are based here.  Nivada has since moved its manufacturing operations in Mexico in 2000 and re-focused its business towards entry level watches.

The "Elinox" tang stamp was introduced in 1957, it is not far off to say this particular SAK was produced in the 1960s.

References:
www.sakwiki.com Watch Case Opener
Nivada Wikipedia page

COLLECTION: VIctorinox Classic Edelweiss 58mm

Victorinox produced this collection to honor the Edelweiss flower that has been used as a symbol for purity and rugged beauty associated with the Alps.  It is also a national symbol (flower) for Switzerland and Austria.

Photo of the actual flower from the Wikipedia page:

Reference:

www.wikipedia.com

COLLECTION: Victorinox Fireman Slide Lock 111mm

This is the slide lock version of the more common linear locking Fireman model.

COLLECTION: Victorinox Spartan (/Camper) 91mm (1960s)

The model with the Spartan tool set we have now was known as the Camper in the 1960's.  It has exactly the same tool set as the modern Spartan and also the same size.

The Camper carried that tool set until the early 1980s when a wood saw was added and it became the modern Camper.  Meanwhile the original Camper was renamed as the Spartan.  The Standard model during that time had the same tool set with solid scales (thus, no Tweezers and Toothpick).  This model is a direct descendant of the Original Officer Knife as it has the same set of tools.

References:

www.sakwiki.com

Victorinox Catalogs 1960s, 1970s & 1980s