All About Pocket Knives

I bought this Victorinox pen knife yesterday for a couple of dollars. My question is, did they make skeleton knives and market them, or is this just simply a knife that has lost it's handles over time. Blades "Guide to Knives and their Values" describes jewelers as having bought small pens, handled them or not, and marketed them from their jewelery stores. I've never come across a skeleton knife before, so really not sure what it may be. Regardless, it is typical of the Victorinox quality. Also, the tang stamp dates it from around the 1952 time period. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you, Bull P.S. Sorry for the bad pic!

My opinion the knife lost its scales. Not an expert on swiss tho.

The plastic handles would have snapped on to those pins I think.

It looks the the pins stick out which would mean that it certainly had the typical plastic scales.

I bet you could have some really cool scales made for it!

Gino/P&T, thanks for the input. I've looked at that knife over, under, sideways, and down, and I do believe your both right. Thank you again! Bull

hey bull....i collect SAK(swiss army knives) knives pretty heavy....and have much info on them....and am trying to make a book on them currently as there are none out there(w/ values or new models 1990's ta present).........
IMO from this pic.....no way is it from 1950's........has screwdriver tip on file..
also it most def. came w/ cellidor (plastic) colored scales.....easily purchased on ebay or victorinox.com
model : classic SD (blade/file w/ sd tip /scissors / tooth pick& tweezer/ keyring) prolly 1990's...........
nice lil knives......i have one on every key chain lol......and bout 20-25 others! there are many variations!!!!! of this 58mm knife......

Ok Junebug, I stand corrected. I made the claim based on info from Blades Guide to Knives & their Value. Went by what the book describes about the tang stamp, but thanks much for pointing that out to me and providing me more info. Bull