How long has the Classic been around

According to SAKWiki, the Classic was introduced in 1935, and in 1942 the tweezers and toothpick were added.

Jim
 
Like some of our forum members — present company excepted — SAKwiki.com is elderly, eccentric, and occasionally confused. Check the pocket knife section of the Elsener 1942 catalog and you will find early versions of several current models, but no Victorinox Classic. The SAKs are on pages 36 and 37.

http://sakwiki.com/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=115

This is from SAKwiki's historical page on Victorinox's 58mm knives:

The small Victorinox 58mm series of knives includes the most popular pocket knife of all time, the Victorinox Classic. They are all based on an original 1952 patented design by Carl Elsener (Diagram) that was granted US patent protection in 1955. Note: The current design is slightly different from Carl Elsener's original.
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http://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Victorinox+58mm

This is the U.S. patent application:

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U.S. patent applied for November 8, 1952; German patent applied for July 17, 1952; U.S. patent granted September 27, 1955. I'm guessing that Swiss production began in 1955. The Classic is not in Victorinox's 1954 U.S. catalog.

http://sakwiki.com/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=96
 
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