How old is my knife?

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Hoff

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Hello
Does anyone know how old is my Victorinox?
Thank you

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A few questions:

Where did you purchase it?
Do you have a model name/number? (don't know SAK's that well)

Any additional info would be helpful in locating another one, and getting a approx. date.
 
Blades are stainless (made after 1923) and it has celluloid scales (made after 1937). This type of can opener was substituted with new one in 1946. It means your knife was made between 1937 and 1946. Very nice knife!

Samek
 
Sorry I don't have any additional info about that knife.
I bought it recently for $10 in Vancouver BC on gunshow. Big blade was badly scrathched and I spent couple hours for polishing to mirror condition.
 
Looks like a very old Spartan. You got a great deal on it. Let me know if you want to sell it :thumbup:
 
Hoff said:
Sorry I don't have any additional info about that knife.
I bought it recently for $10 in Vancouver BC on gunshow. Big blade was badly scrathched and I spent couple hours for polishing to mirror condition.
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If you polished it because you wanted to keep and use it in shiny condition, theres no problem :) For future reference with old collectible blades though, any polishing beyond removing loose rust with a toothbrush and oil may severely diminish the collectors value.
 
at $10, the sellers must have considered it "sellable junk".
but, what a find you've made!
nice restoration.
 
It's a Victorinox Standard, and I agree with the date of production being around WWII. The can opener is the giveaway.
 
Nice knife!

3-4 years ago I found a SAK whilst digging the garden. It was very rusty so I tried soaking it in oil. Unfortunately it was so very badly corroded I could do nothing with it and threw it away. It was not stainless so presumably pre-1923? I'm not a SAK expert and I didn't realise it was quite so old.

Andy
 
yoda4561 said:
If you polished it because you wanted to keep and use it in shiny condition, theres no problem :) For future reference with old collectible blades though, any polishing beyond removing loose rust with a toothbrush and oil may severely diminish the collectors value.
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Your exactly right.
 
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