Greetings. I recently picked up an older Victorinox Camping knife at a garage sale for $3. It's like the newer camping models, but it doesn't have scissors, the large blade is serrated, and the small blade is a pruning blade -which I'm way digging since I enjoy foraging and gardening. Also, the "Camping" and tipi, as well as the Victoriox emblem on the front scale is in a metal inlay, which leads me to believe this is an older model -anyone able to confirm this? This is the first Victorinox I've owned in my adult life; and it's been one of those things that, once discovered, you can't live with out. I don't think I will ever carry a single blade by it's self again. I'm a believer! Another thing, there is a small bend in the tip of the pruning blade which I would really like to have fixed. Anyone know where I could send it into to get it straightened out?
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How old is my Victorinox?
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The main blade says Elinox with I guess what could be a crossbow, or an umbrella. I would post pics but we recently reformatted our computer and we can't seem to find the CD that has program which would allow us to download pics to the computer.
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Well, I found to separate suggestions based on Elinox. Elinox was trademark that were started using from 1975. My oldest SAK were bought in 1992. There were no Elinox trademark them. So I make uneducated guess and say between 1975 and 1990. Its bit broad but I think your knife can be late 70's or early 80's possible. Still its old. More than 20 years. Still, its a real keeper.
I went to the Smartknives site and found this:
It's called the Victorinox Camper with Pruner
Very rare! Congratulations!
EDITED to add: what's to say you can't send it to Victorinox to have the bend straightened? Wouldn't there be a good chance it can be done under warranty?