Help me identify an old Victorinox?

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roopert

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My mom wants to replace an old Victorinox with an identical knife because she particularly likes the tool selection and size.
When closed, it's just shy of 3" long. The tools are: long blade, short blade, nail file with nail cleaner, scissors, and some sort of serrated blade with what appears to be a flat blade screwdriver at the end.
https://imgur.com/a/XsaF4mg
 
roopert said:
My mom wants to replace an old Victorinox with an identical knife because she particularly likes the tool selection and size.
When closed, it's just shy of 3" long. The tools are: long blade, short blade, nail file with nail cleaner, scissors, and some sort of serrated blade with what appears to be a flat blade screwdriver at the end.
https://imgur.com/a/XsaF4mg
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Executive, I believe, but now discontinued. Serrated blade is for peeling oranges.
 
74mm Executives are still available from Heidi Shop. Don't know what the shipping would run, though.
 
Too bad you ordered them already. I found an online shop in north america that sells executives cheaper than heidi shop. They weren't hard to find either.
 
I am confused. I’m long familiar with the the longstanding model that included the “orange peeler” blade and want to purchase one to replace a long ago gift to a friend who attempted to sharpen it on a kitchen knife device! What is now available as the“Executive 81” is not the same. Any idea where that name comes from? It is not 81mm long. Thanks! (Managed to include four “long”s in one short paragraph!)
 
buckthorn said:
I am confused. I’m long familiar with the the longstanding model that included the “orange peeler” blade and want to purchase one to replace a long ago gift to a friend who attempted to sharpen it on a kitchen knife device! What is now available as the“Executive 81” is not the same. Any idea where that name comes from? It is not 81mm long. Thanks! (Managed to include four “long”s in one short paragraph!)
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Executive 81 is an old Wenger model Victorinox kept in their line.
 
roopert said:
My mom wants to replace an old Victorinox with an identical knife because she particularly likes the tool selection and size.
When closed, it's just shy of 3" long. The tools are: long blade, short blade, nail file with nail cleaner, scissors, and some sort of serrated blade with what appears to be a flat blade screwdriver at the end.
https://imgur.com/a/XsaF4mg
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Your mom’s original knife is from the late ‘60s production. It’s cool that it lasted this long and that she wants another one. Has she been using it the whole time? I’m impressed either way, and tell her she has excellent taste in knives! 👍
 
My favorite small Vic, the Executive. Extremely disappointed if it is disco'd, it is a GREAT model. There have been false scares before, though.

Sent my fiance's grandfather's Exec to Vic for repair, they gave me the old pieces (for display) with one with new tools - awesome.
 
The 74mm models were reportedly discontinued in 2020/21 for the same reason as the 84mm scissor models, not enough interest / sales to justify retooling. I read this on SakWiki I think, I have no special knowledge.
 
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