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I've just dug out the knife I've owned the second longest -- I acquired my "Swiss Army Knife" soon after my first folder, an official blue-handled Cub Scout knife. I'd expect the "Swiss Army" arrived aometime around 1962 -- I was 12.
I knew the knife was out in the barn in a cardboard box. And had been ever since we moved up to Maine in 1993. I ciould clearly remember packing the knife for the move.
Well, ...this is embarrassing, it is NOT a Swiss Army knife! It is not Victorinox OR Wenger!
The reverse tang stamp on the master sheepfoot blade reads "STAINLESS / MADE IN / SPAIN" -- the obverse stamp, pictured, has a logo (mounatins? sailboat?) and the letters DIC (mayeb PIC?).
I've done some googling and looked around in Goins and cannot find DIC/PIC.
...I've spent 50 years thinking I had a Swiss Army knife as a kid.
Who the heck is DIC?
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I think this will be a wild goose chase ......
Jim,
Let us know if you find anything on it
Jan Carter said: ...Let us know if you find anything on it
I had posted a query on the Bernard Levine forum over on BladeForums.com and I'm real certain that a couple of the guys over there nailed the full story/origin:
Quote Originally Posted by tltt on BladeForums.com:
If no-one offers up a brand, I'd look at PIC( Precise International Corp), a post WWII importer that imported a lot of sporting goods from Spain during the '60's-70's. The D might be a badly stamped P. Just a thought.Quote Originally Posted by tvranesic on BladeForums.com:
That's exactly what it is. PIC used the pick/mountain marking during the early part of the stated timeframe.
And, I guess I better credit Toby G. here with his suggestion that DIC (PIC) might not be a cutler at all, but rather maybe an importer/retailer.
One of the other BF guys suggested I be looking at a Spanish cutler -- Aitor -- that he says has made some fairly impressive "Swiss Army lookalikes". I'll go down that road next -- it would be nice to know who made the knife for PIC.
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