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Old, Horn Handled Victorinox
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:37 pm
by Paladin
Anyone out there familar enough with Victorinox to give a little information about a really old one? It is what I call a sailor's knife as it has a sail repair tool, as well as a saw and a clip blade. Handles are horn. I just can't imagine when they might have made anything other than a "Swiss Army Knife".
Ray
Re: Old, Horn Handled Victorinox
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:53 pm
by Ramrod
Ray,
Maybe this will help. Its from Derek Jacksons book "Swiss Army Knives". It does not have any info on when they sarted making them, but shows that it is included in a 1951 catalog.
Mark
Re: Old, Horn Handled Victorinox
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:57 pm
by Paladin
Ramrod,
Am I reading that correctly in that it is out of the catalog from 1942? Wow!
Re: Old, Horn Handled Victorinox
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:21 pm
by Froggyedge
I've never seen anything like that from Victorinox...
Very unusual combination.
Interesting and very nice knife!
Re: Old, Horn Handled Victorinox
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:27 pm
by smiling-knife
In Jackson's book (p. 55), the pattern is shown on an Elsener catalogue page circa 1900. This was before the company became Victorinox and before stainless steel. The closest tang stamp to your's seems from the early 1950s. So it was likely a pattern made over 50 years or more (1890s-1950s) by the various incarnations of the company.
s-k
Re: Old, Horn Handled Victorinox
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:03 am
by Ramrod
not the same one on page 55
Looks like 1952 for that stamp
Re: Old, Horn Handled Victorinox
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:45 pm
by smiling-knife
Ramrod wrote:not the same one on page 55
SAK pg 54 55.jpg
Looks like 1952 for that stamp
SAK tang stamps.jpg
Ah I see the difference in blade configuration now. Thanks for setting us straight
s-k