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Comment by Tobias Gibson on December 9, 2013 at 16:14

According to the video, sales of SAKs dropped by 30% due to 9/11.  You have to wonder how much this affected USA made knives and if this had more to do with the demise of so many USA knife companies as opposed to the globalization of the knife industry.

Comment by Ron Cooper on December 9, 2013 at 15:01

Thanks for the heads-up on the video, Wayne! Victorinox is a truly remarkable Company that makes amazing knives. The quality of their knives is second to none in the world, as far as I'm concerned. I am always amazed at how they consistently produce such a perfect product. Even with all the SAK's that I have, I have never had one with even so much as a small blemish. Truly amazing!

Comment by Wayne Whitted on December 9, 2013 at 11:51

Victorinox just released this new video.

How Swiss Army Knife took world by storm

Comment by Tobias Gibson on December 7, 2013 at 20:42

Seems close to mint condition.  No Box, however.  Not necessarily rare but nice just the same,  A Climber with a scene of the Matterhorn.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on December 2, 2013 at 10:21

Thanks Ricky.  As for determining what the knife is worth, I use a a couple guidelines.

1.  I watch a lot of sales on eBay and see what the knife is fetching before bothering to make a bid. This requires patience and will power but eventually you realize there are more than one of anything out there selling and some "rare" items are fairly common.

2.  Next I try to determine how much do I really want the item and how good of shape does it really need to be in. How important is the condition when it comes to the value. If I'm going to use the knife, do I really need to buy something in mint condition?

3.  Was the knife a common knife or rare knife (that can only be determined with research. When it comes to SAKs very few are truly rare.  This one was just older and in decent shape and selling cheap!.

4.  How much do I really want to spend on this particular knife.  I just over spent on Wenger Standard Issue but they are getting scarce and I really wanted one.

Comment by Ricky L McConnell on December 2, 2013 at 0:29

Nice knife Tobias. I need to learn some more about the older knives before I buy any. I have no idea what they should sell for.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on November 30, 2013 at 12:58

My latest addition, a Swiss Army Officers Knife.

It isn’t mint but it’ll do.  Below is a precursor to the modern Spartan, the last in the line of the original “Officer’s  Knife”.  It differs from the later Spartan by having a shackle (bail) instead of a key ring and has solid scales with no space for tweezers and toothpick.  It differs from the later Standard because the Standard lacked shackle.     

The implements give us an idea of when the knife was made.  It has the earliest version of the newly patented can-opener and the older  triangular reamer.  These two implements date the knife between 1952-1960.   This knife is direct descendant  of the original Swiss Officers Knife first made in 1897 and registered as the Officer’s & Sports Knife.  Despite being known as the Swiss Army Officer’s Knife it was never officially adopted by the Swiss Army.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on November 27, 2013 at 17:35

As some of you know I've been doing some un-scientific knife polls.  They are located at http://gullycat.hegewisch.net/poll/ I bring this up because my latest poll is regarding the two brands Victorinox and Wenger.  The question reads:

This question focuses on the two brands of Swiss Army Knives, Victorinox or Wenger.  While you might collect other knives; when it comes to just your collection of Swiss Army knives which answer best describes it?

If you would like to participate, then hop on over to a href="http://gullycat.hegewisch.net/poll/" target="_blank">http://gullycat.hegewisch.net/poll/ >

Several other polls remain open at the moment.  The SAK poll is at the top because it is the most recent.

Comment by Ricky L McConnell on November 25, 2013 at 22:04

I found the "Knife and its History" on Amazon.com.  They are used. There is two copies at around 92-95 dollars each.

Comment by Ricky L McConnell on November 25, 2013 at 17:47

Thanks for the info, I will probably get the owners manual on Amazon, and I would like to eventually find  the History one on the net somewhere.

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