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The CEO mentions that SAKs are made with 95% recycled steel. That's a very interesting fact I've never heard before about Victorinox and I'd be curious to know more details about how they manufacture this recycled steel, where the source comes from, etc.
 
jlomein said:
The CEO mentions that SAKs are made with 95% recycled steel. That's a very interesting fact I've never heard before about Victorinox and I'd be curious to know more details about how they manufacture this recycled steel, where the source comes from, etc.
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I was surprised by that too. If I recall correctly, a video that I saw a while ago (produced by Victorinox, I think) said that after parts are stamped out the remaining steel is sent back to be reformed into rolls. Perhaps that's what he meant.
 
Ace Rimmer said:
I was surprised by that too. If I recall correctly, a video that I saw a while ago (produced by Victorinox, I think) said that after parts are stamped out the remaining steel is sent back to be reformed into rolls. Perhaps that's what he meant.
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Thanks for the video Jeff and yep, that's how I understood the recycled steel as well:thumbsup:
 
Ace Rimmer said:
I was surprised by that too. If I recall correctly, a video that I saw a while ago (produced by Victorinox, I think) said that after parts are stamped out the remaining steel is sent back to be reformed into rolls. Perhaps that's what he meant.
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While it makes perfect sense that they would do that, unless they really do a lousy job at optimizing they stamping pattern that would account for 15-20% of leftovers. Maybe up that to 40% if they were to include the shavings from grinding the different parts. Either way, that's no where close to 95%.

Now I am really intrigued about which steel they use. I always thought it was German 4116 stainless steel (used, e.g., in the Cold Steel Spike knives) or very similar to it.
 
I'm guessing that there may be a grammatical error. It is obvious that English is their second language and I did hear a few grammatical errors in their speech. Context is everything, and I'm sure Victorinox is not using bulk bought recycled steel. But whatever they are doing, they are doing it right, as I can only go with my personal experience of being a SAK user of 52 years, and never having one fail in use.

Not counting the breaking of the 'newer' celidor scales if dropped on a bathroom floor from counter hight.
 
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