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Practical Plastic

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

I’m one of those horribly old-fashioned types who prefers using cash over plastic money, but here’s one bit of processed petrochemical I wouldn’t object to carrying. The Swisscard Lite has the same footprint as a credit card, and is about as thick as four of them — it doesn’t take a Nobel laureate to note that it’s perfect for wallet carry.

The surprising part is the number of functions Victorinox packs into the Swisscard. Knife, scissors, tweezers, a pin, a pen, light, and a small mirror, which is pretty much a list of things I don’t remember until twenty minutes into the morning commute. Okay, maybe not the mirror.

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Victorinox Harvester Garden Tool

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Victorinox doesn’t just put out multi-tools and knives — they also make a few specialty garden tools.  This should come as no surprise to anyone who knows the company’s origins;  founder Karl Elsener was a flower and grape gatherer.  Victorinox crafts the Harvester to meet the high standards of their other Swiss Army products.

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A Toolmonger’s Candy Jar

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

When you were a kid, do you remember visiting your Grandma and she’d have that bowl of 15-year-old hard candy sitting out on her coffee table?  Well, here’s something to replace that bowl for the modern-day Toolmonger:  the Victorinox candy jar.  Imagine the look on your kid’s or grandkid’s face when they first spot this candy jar!

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Victorinox Adds Some Color

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
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When tool guys gather and talk knives, hot new colors and style are often not at the forefront of the conversation.  Nevertheless, this year the folks behind the cross and shield blades, who’re always striving to take the next step in design, have added the same colors you might find on an iPod shuffle to their Classic Alox knives.

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Rosewood-Handled Swiss Army Knife

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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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.

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Victorinox/Victoria: Swiss Army Goes High End — Really High End

Monday, August 13th, 2007
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Victorinox’s Victoria collection consists of Swiss Army knives — bascially just a regular Executive model — with a twist: they feature engraved blades and a freakin’ gold or platinum handle with 430 diamonds inlaid into each knife.  At least they didn’t go overboard.  I mean, 500 stones would have just been excessive, yeah?

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My Sweet New Swiss Army Pioneer

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
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In 1897 Karl Elsener created the Original Swiss Army knife in the small village of Ibach, Switzerland.  Ever since then, two things have remained true of Swiss Army knives: they’re red and they contain multiple blades.  The Pioneer is no exception to these rules, but it’s different than any other knife I’ve seen bearing the familiar silver cross — and it’s the only Swiss Army pattern I’ve ever carried daily. 

Even so, I haven’t carried a Swiss Army knife since I was a Boy Scout.  But this last week I was reunited with a childhood friend.  Read on past the jump for the rest of the story.

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Reader Finds: The Victorinox SwissTool RS

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
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Rick writes: “This is sort of along the lines of the Victorinox RescueTool.  As a firefighter, I should probably look into that one, too, but I realized that I’ve been carrying around the SwissTool for about three or four years now.  I don’t have a lot of experience with the Leatherman branded multi-tools, so I can’t draw a direct comparison, but I do know that after four years of wear – and two of those as a full time general contractor — it’s help up really well.  It came with it’s own ballistic nylon sheeth with belt loop, and it’s never failed me yet.  At this point it’s probably time to rehab it a bit – sharpen the blades up and clean up the phillips screw head as it’s beginning to cam out of screws.  Still, that’s not bad for a 4-year-old bit.”

Read on for more from Rick about the SwissTool RS.

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Reader Find: The Victorinox RescueTool

Monday, January 15th, 2007
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Donnie writes: “This is one of the coolest Swiss Army knives I’ve ever seen.  It has the glass breaker and belt cutter you’d expect, but the knife can even be used to cut the windshield out.  Watch the video for a demonstration of all the features.”

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Victorinox’s 1-Gb Pocketknife: How NOT to Carry Your Data Through the Airport

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

SwissMemory 1GBAlways out in front of the field, Victorinox (better known as Swiss Army) has fashioned a usb key drive into one of their famous knives. The SwissMemory 1Gb is exactly what it sounds like: a pen knife cabable of storing 1 Gb worth of digital data and still providing:

  • a blade
  • a nail file with screwdriver
  • scissors
  • a key ring
  • an LED mini light
  • and a retractable ball point pen

Windows 98 Drivers for the unit are available on the SwissArmy site, but considering the SwissMemory 1 Gb rolls in at $197, you might be better off just buying a Windows 98 machine to keep wherever you’re going.  At least at that price you’ll probably be the only person you know with one of these knives.

SwissMemory 1Gb [Swiss Army.com]

Update: Yeah, we know — two multi-knife articles in a row.  We just saw this one and couldn’t pass up dropping it on the site.  We promise we’re not becoming “Knifemonger.”  Really.

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