Another SAK Trivia Question

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markd1

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OK, those of you who are into VIC saks:

As i've stated in previous threads, I have many, many SAKS. They've come to me in at least 4 different boxes (an old silver box, and old red box, a black and white box, and the present silver box). My question is if anyone can date a vic knife based on the box they come in?
 
Have you tried The Bernard Levine Knife Collecting and Identification Forum at this website? It's in the General section, a valuable resource.
 
Originally posted by Diamond Cut II
UnknownVT can!;) :p :D
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You're way too generous about my
retentiveness :D :D

Not all my Vics were bought in the USA.

I think in the USA Forschner (later aka Swiss Army Brands) had their own boxes.

I have the Golfer (aka Compact) in a grey box marked as Swiss Army Brands - leaflet (c)1993
the pliers "Golfer" - same box, but leaflet (c)1994.
Yeoman in a black and white box marked as Victorinox, leaflet (c)1996.
I also have an Atlanta Olympics Classic in a blister pack with the same black and white design card/insert, but no date - however the knife is commemorating the 1996 Olympics.

All my other boxes are Swiss, in the dark red/brown color - sleeved type for the earlier, and plain boxes for more recent.

I also have one older looking medium red box probably from about 1983/4 period.
 
I remember the maroon looking boxes from the early eighties, until early nineties. The clam packs came out in the early nineties. Now the silver ones, the ones that have the slide out tray have been here for the last 7, 8 years (?). Then there are the plain silver boxes (fold up ends) that are overseas (sold in europe, have been for years, I have quite a few of these). The boxes may help some.
 
Thanks Rev. I have a scientist in one of those maroon boxes. I took out the white insert tray and looked on the bottom, and "82" was stamped in the cardboard. I learned something new. I guess this scientist is an 82 model.:)
 
Originally posted by markd1
Thanks Rev. I have a scientist in one of those maroon boxes. I took out the white insert tray and looked on the bottom, and "82" was stamped in the cardboard. I learned something new. I guess this scientist is an 82 model.:)
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markd1,

Does your Scientist have the ballpoint pen?
If so, then that's Post-1985.

Does it have the straight Pin in the handle by the corkscrew pivot?
If so, then Post-1991.

So that beings us back to the box -
why is it 82?
 
Vincent
It does have a pen, but doesn't have a pin. Which I believe would put it between 85 and 91. But the box is clearly stamped 82. Maybe the box didn't go with it originally? Although the box has the word "scientist" stamped on it.
 
I would imagine the box was probably made in 82, as far as it being used many years later? I doubt it. I personally, do not think a factory would order that many boxes that it would take them many years just to use it. That would not make much sense from a manufacturing perspective. If 82 is actually the manufacture date.
 
Originally posted by markd1
It does have a pen, but doesn't have a pin. Which I believe would put it between 85 and 91. But the box is clearly stamped 82. Maybe the box didn't go with it originally? Although the box has the word "scientist" stamped on it.
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It does......

:D you just got running to my SAKs
(just as I probably got you to go check yours :D)

I have a Scientist in the dark red/brown sleeved slide out tray box too - and it is indeed stamped "82" on the bottom of the tray - and ths side of the box is marked Scientist.

I know my Scientist was bought Dec/1992 (I have the receipt) - and this one has the Pin - so it is a real post-1991 model.

So why is the box "82"?
- I think this is probably a tray size designation rather than a year - I have two Popular models and their trays are both stamped "81" they were bought years apart.

...and d*mn it! if I didn't find my Scientist box from 1989(!) (with pen, but no pin) even with receipt - bought in the USA - but with dark red/brown Swiss sleeved tray box - same as my much later Scientist's box - and that's also stamped "82"......
 
Unknown do you ever get on swiss-knife.com 's site? they have knife chains and many pouches you will not find in the states, not to mention a few sak's you will not find here either.


www.swiss-knife.com
 
Originally posted by rev_jch
Unknown do you ever get on swiss-knife.com 's site? they have knife chains and many pouches you will not find in the states, not to mention a few sak's you will not find here either.
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yes, thanks Rev - I have that site bookmarked -

-it's where I saw this:
Victorinox model 0.2300.26
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and later imported to the USA and called the Alox Bantam.

I realized after a while that the model # was exactly the same as my earlier version with the parallel ribbing. :o
 
They do use a different numbering system than swiss army brands. I have last years dealers catalog from victorinox that uses nothing but numbers, such as a huntsman which is 1.3713 in the victorinox catalog.
 
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