Rosewood-Handled Swiss Army Knife
By Sean O'Hara
I’ve always said Swiss Army knives should be red, and I’ve defended that position with vigor — until I got a look at the rosewood-handled Swisschamp, new for this year’s Victorinox lineup.
In the classic Swiss Army tradition, the Swisschamp sports 30+ tools on one knife, everything from a magnifying glass to a fish scaler. But the Swiss Army folks have taken it in an interesting new direction with the rosewood handle. They normally shy away from exotic handles, with the exception of a few far-fetched models here and there — it’s been a while since they’ve offered a nice hardwood handle.
Sure, it’s $100 a pop, but we hope this is the first sign of more wood-handled knives to come, and not just a one-off they produce a few hundred of and then toss into obscurity.
Rosewood Swisschamp [Victorinox]
Street Pricing [Google Products]
April 17th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
If this knife even piques your interest just a little bit, you’ve got to go to http://www.knifecenter.com/. It’s a secret almost too good to share.
April 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
what is the hook thing on the bottom near the flat tip screwdiver if its not to much trouble ?
April 17th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Forler: I know a guy with a huge S.A.K. that wondered that for years until he actually asked after a tour of their factory. Turns out its for carrying packages wrapped in twine, or a bunch of plastic bags, that sort of thing. You simply hook onto the twine/plastic and then can use the rest of the S.A.K. as a larger more comfortable handle.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Thanks DiscoBubba! I checked the feature list for the knife and found it helpfully identified as “hook.” It being a package carrying hook makes perfect, perverse Euro-sense!
April 18th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
thanx i would have never got that on my own
August 1st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
[...] I was “tooling” around the Toolmonger blog the other day and came across a couple amazing knives that I will definitely be adding to my ever-growing list of current obsessions. The Rosewood-Handled Swiss Army Knife is ridiculously beautiful, and the 87-Tool behemoth is beautifully ridiculous. I love them both. [...]